All-Female 'Ghostbusters' Cast Chosen
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Melissa McCarthy, who was already in talks for one of the leads, has signed on for the Paul Feig-directed reboot, and the studio is now negotiating with Kristen Wiig, as well as Saturday Night Live players Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Negotiations are ongoing but the quartet are expected to sign on as the specter-seeking, poltergeist-punishing and phantom-phollowing foursome in the reboot, which is eyeing a summer shoot in New York.
McCarthy and Wiig have worked with Feig before, both breaking out with the director’s Bridesmaids comedy.
Jones, who is currently on screen in Chris Rock’s Top Five, joined SNL early last year and this fall was promoted to feature player status.
McKinnon has been on SNL since 2012 and last year was nominated for an Emmy for her work.
The Ghostbusters reboot has seen a long development process. Original director Ivan Reitman was on board to return, but while original castmembers Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson had agreed to reprise their characters, Bill Murray proved elusive. Then Reitman bowed out of the project when Ramis passed away last year. Feig was then approached to direct and reconceived the project as a reboot starring an all-female cast.
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call this ? "Dustbusters" because these hoes need to be vacuuming
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I like wiig I hate McCarthy and I have no idea who the other two are. Might have to pass just bc of McCarthy
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Bunch of ugly hoes
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Kate McKinnon is sexy, but is lesbian unfortunately
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looking at these pictures I can tell who the roles are going to already.
left to right.
Egon, Winston, Peter and Ray. -
Alot of basic chicks gonna want to see this ? . Could do real well in box office.
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Yall think Leslie Jones huge ass gunna play the Marshmallow Man or Slimer?
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McCarthy is hilarious. Wiig is pretty funny. I think leslie jones is the funniest cast member on snl at the moment. I know thats not saying much, but it really helps her standout. I dont like that blond chick though. she aint funny.
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actually dont really care about the cast
the director is alot more important imo
that director hasnt made any good movies thus far tho so f it -
actually dont really care about the cast
the director is alot more important imo
that director hasnt made any good movies thus far tho so f it
Freaks & Geeks
Heavyweights
Bad Teacher
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Yall think Leslie Jones huge ass gunna play the Marshmallow Man or Slimer?
the one on the end looks like slimer. is she that fat chick from identity theft? -
damn though why they had to go with an all female cast. just replace egon with a chick. i mean they could have replaced him with janine the secratary or louis skullnick(the nerdy short dude who stayed in peters girlfriends appartment). r.i.p. harold ramis.
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Dont really find female comics funny so its a wait and see for me
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This is gonna flop like a fish out of water.
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damn though why they had to go with an all female cast. just replace egon with a chick. i mean they could have replaced him with janine the secratary or louis skullnick(the nerdy short dude who stayed in peters girlfriends appartment). r.i.p. harold ramis.
Yeah but Bill Murray didn't want to do it either and with Harold Ramis dying he really wasn't going to do it.
Should've took the cast from this is the end and made them the Ghostbusters. Would be a lot funnier imo.
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Hell no not from this is the end. Would be too many ? jokes
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StoneColdMikey wrote: »Hell no not from this is the end. Would be too many ? jokes
Put Kevin Hart in it to neutralize the homosexuality agenda. -
? no
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1st off congrats to Big ? because she been grinding since the 90's at least.
This idea sucks.females aren't the supporters of the Ghostbusters and this doesn't interest me.
It's like Ghostmaids.
They may as well Ghostbust me because they're killing my childhood. -
I'm willin to give it a shot
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Lol at the responses in this thread. Is this LCA or G&S? Lol
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Looks interesting.
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Half the cast from Bridesmaids plus the director. Don't know much about Mckinnon, but Jones is funny. This could be good.
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vagrant-718 wrote: »Dont really find female comics funny so its a wait and see for me
amy schumer would have been a good choice as a female counterpart to bill murray's peter venkman character.