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"Bridesmaids" filmmaker Feig said on Wednesday he is working
on a new "Ghostbusters" film for Sony Pictures and co-writing
the movie.
"Yes, it will star hilarious women. That's who I'm gonna call,"
he said on Twitter.
The studio had no further details on casting or a release date.
Supernatural comedy "Ghostbusters," directed by Ivan Reitman and
known for the tagline and theme song "Who you gonna call?," was
first released in 1984 and became a cult movie classic, spawning
a 1989 sequel.
The film follows a team of oddball scientists, played by Bill
Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, who invent a device to
catch ghosts around New York City. When Manhattan becomes
infested with a ghoulish slime, the ghostbusting team are called
to save the city from demons.
Film trade website Deadline first reported in March that Reitman
was stepping down from making the long-awaited third film after
the death of Ramis.
Feig is the director behind 2011's "Bridesmaids," starring
Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy, and 2013's "The Heat,"
starring McCarthy and Sandra Bullock in a female twist on the
buddy-cop genre. Both movies were credited with leading a new
wave of raunchy female-led comedies.
He is reuniting with McCarthy, who earned an Oscar nomination
for her "Bridesmaids" role, in next year's "Spy."
(This version corrects "Kristen" from "Kristin" in eighth
paragraph)
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Patricia Reaney and
Diane Craft)
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'Ghostbusters'
to be remade with 'hilarious women': Feig
