GHOSTBUSTERS - The third supernatural comedy film from Ghostbusters franchise

USPA NEWS - This is the third feature film in the Ghostbusters franchise, this one to be released in FRANCE on August 10,2016. Bill Murray was reluctant to participate in a third Ghostbusters film. In a 2014 interview with Variety, he stated that after Ghostbusters II Columbia had wanted to create a franchise,

This is the third feature film in the Ghostbusters franchise, this one to be released in FRANCE on August 10,2016. Bill Murray was reluctant to participate in a third Ghostbusters film. In a 2014 interview with Variety, he stated that after Ghostbusters II Columbia had wanted to create a franchise, which made him uncomfortable as he felt the sequel had been lackluster. The third film remained on the writing table for several years.

THE FILM :

Directed by : Paul Feig
Produced by : Ivan Reitman and Amy Pascal
Starring : Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Charles Dance, Michael Kenneth Williams, Chris Hemsworth, Bill Murray.
Distributed by : Columbia Pictures
Release dates : July 9, 2016 (TCL Chinese Theatre), July 15, 2016 (United States), August 10, 2016 (France)
Running time : 116 minutes

THE STORY :

Drs. Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy ) and Erin Gilbert (Kristen Wiig ) are co-authors of a book which posits the existence of paranormal phenomena such as ghosts. When the book proves unpopular, Gilbert distances herself and eventually becomes a physics professor at Columbia University, while Yates continues to study the paranormal at a technical college with eccentric engineer Dr. Jillian Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon). Gilbert learns Yates republished the book, threatening her bid for tenure at Columbia. Gilbert reunites with Yates and, in exchange for getting the book out of publication, agrees to assist Yates and Holtzmann on a paranormal investigation.

OUR REVIEW :

Variety and The Hollywood Reporter reported in August 2014 that Paul Feig had been selected as director and that the reboot would feature an all-female cast. A third Ghostbusters film had been in various stages of development following the release of Ghostbusters II in 1989. Sony decided to reboot the series with much of the original film's cast in cameo roles. The female cast was announced in 2015.

Now Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig and their darned ladyfriends replacing good old Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd. Here is an example of gender-swapped, modern day 'bro' movie reboots. This is a movie from a film-maker whose previous efforts with stars Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig, Spy and Bridesmaids, are among the best comic efforts to come out of Hollywood in the past few years. The new Ghostbusters film has even won the approval of the famously hesitant Bill Murray, who will take a cameo role. It has come to be seen as symbol of everything Hollywood film-making can do in matter of reboot.

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