Ghostbusters 3 Is Official (all women Ghostbusters)

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Rumors that Bridesmaids director Paul Feig was set to direct a female-led Ghostbusters 3 started ramping up in late August, and today Feig confirmed on Twitter that it's really happening.
It's official. I'm making a new Ghostbusters & writing it with @katiedippold & yes, it will star hilarious women. That's who I'm gonna call.

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The Heat and Parks and Rec writer Katie Dippold will co-write, and "hilarious women" will star.

As for which hilarious women, Bill Murray suggested some in a recent interview: Bridesmaids stars Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy, Linda Cardellini (who was great in Feig and Judd Apatow's Freaks and Geeks), and Emma Stone.

Stone was said to have passed on the project, but that was last year, before Feig was involved. At the time, Ghostbusters 3 was still trapped in the years-long process of Dan Aykroyd writing and rewriting scripts in an effort to get Murray on board.

Aykroyd and original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman are rumored to be involved with the new film, probably as producers.
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I will wait for trailers.

Though a female in a Ghostbuster lead is possible on a reboot.
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So is it a sequel or a reboot? I don't hold out any hope of it not being shit if it's merely a reboot.
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Suspect it will be a continuation kind of deal. A new crew, with the originals perhaps making cameos or in supporting roles.

Shame, but they've waited so long that having the originals running around in the lead roles would look a bit ridiculous now.
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I wouldn't mind a new all-female team, but the actresses mentioned in the article are all awful.
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Would it be an idea to cast comedians in the role, maybe? Sarah Silverman is the name that jumps to my mind.
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Or they can do Ghostbusters in a magical land:
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My feed got hit a few times tonight about this. I looked at the comments and it's practically universal. No one likes the idea of an all female cast.

It would be the same as making all of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles all female according to a few people.
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Oh good... ANOTHER movie where Melissa McCarthy will probably play up the "look, I'm frumpy, clumsy and fat... ain't it funny" thing that she does in EVERY movie.
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Coalition wrote:Or they can do Ghostbusters in a magical land:
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"I hear the new Ghostbusters movie is going to have all female ghostbusters!"
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Graham Kennedy wrote:"I hear the new Ghostbusters movie is going to have all female ghostbusters!"
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Well I guess response was almost inevitable. Reitman involved in a cinematic universe is intriguing, but I don't think this franchise has the legs for it.
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