Jason Reitman to Direct New 'Ghostbusters' Movie
by EG
Sony isn't ready to give up on the Ghostbusters franchise after the failure of its last shot at a reboot. This time around, the studio has hired the son of the director of the original film to helm the new project. Maybe that will work. Read on for details.
Sony Pictures is once again calling on the Ghostbusters, this time enlisting Jason Reitman as director.
Reitman, the son of original Ghostbusters helmer Ivan Reitman, will helm a new Ghostbusters movie that he has been working on in secret.
The filmmaker discreetly co-wrote a script with Gil Kenan, director of the animated movie Monster House, and the pic is set to go into production this summer with an eye on a 2020 release.
The whole project has been under a veil of secrecy; the code name it has been operating under has been "Rust City."
Sony is calling the new feature โthe next chapter in the original story,โ saying it continues the narrative of the 1980s classic. It has also been described as a passing of the torch, โboth inside and out.โ
What is unclear is if any of the original members will return. Sources say that Reitman is on the lookout to cast four teens in the movie, two boys and two girls.
Ghostbusters is an important title for Sony, a studio that is facing a dearth of franchise players that rivals such as Disney and Warner Bros. enjoy. It found a surprise franchise when it resurrected Jumanji with Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart in 2017, and it is also relaunching Men in Black this summer.
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