‘Who you gonna call’
Ghostbusters is a 2016 American supernatural comedy film directed by Paul Feig (who began his movie career in 1987 as an actor in Zombie High) from a screenplay co-written with Katie Dippold. The film’s working title was Ghostbusters 3 and it is a gender-swapped reboot of the Ghostbusters franchise.
Principal filming took place in Boston and New York City from June to September 2015. The film, which has reported budget of $154 million, is scheduled for a July 15, 2016 release in 3D and Real D 3D.
Main cast:
Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth, Neil Casey and Andy García.
Plot:
Erin Gilbert (Kristen Wiig) and Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy) are a pair of unheralded authors who write a book positing thatghosts are real. A few years later, Gilbert lands a prestigious teaching position at Columbia University, but her book resurfaces and she is laughed out of academia.
When ghosts invade Manhattan, Gilbert reunites with Yates, plus Jillian Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon), a nuclear engineer, and Patty Tolan (Leslie Jones), an NYC subway worker, to save the world…
Cast and characters:
- Kristen Wiig as Erin Gilbert, a published author on the subject of the paranormal and professor at Columbia University
- Melissa McCarthy as Abby Yates, who co-authored the book with Gilbert
- Kate McKinnon as Jillian Holtzmann, a nuclear engineer and Yates’ new partner
- Leslie Jones as Patty Tolan, an NYC subway worker who stumbles across the main supernatural threat in the film.
- Chris Hemsworth as Kevin, the Ghostbusters’ receptionist
- Neil Casey as Rowan, the villain
- Andy García as the Mayor of New York City
- Elizabeth Perkins
- Cecily Strong
- Michael K. Williams as Hawkins
- Matt Walsh as Rourke
- Pat Kiernan as a News Anchor
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