Ghostbusters 2020is officially gonna callBill Murray!
On Friday, Murray’s original costar Dan Aykroyd — who is confirmed to be a part of the sequel — appeared onThe Greg Hill Showthis week and revealed that Murray would be reprising his role as Dr. Peter Venkman.
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Jason Reitman, who is the son of the originalGhostbustersdirector, wrote a “beautiful, heartfelt script that takes the real DNA from the first two movies and transfers that directly to the third, the next generation,” Aykroyd said. “It hands the legacy off to a new generation of stars, and players, and actors, and characters.”
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New to theGhostbustersfranchise will bePaul Rudd, Carrie Coon,Stranger Thingsstar Finn Wolfhard and McKenna Grace, theIndependentconfirmed.
Jason Reitman drew criticism shortly after his sequel was announced for sayinghis upcoming sequelto the classic film will “hand the movie back to fans” three years after the release of the female-led reboot that starred Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, and Melissa McCarthy.
“I’m not making theJunoofGhostbustersmovies,” Reitman said on an episode ofBill Burr’s Monday Morning Podcast. “This is gonna be a love letter toGhostbusters…. I want to make a movie for my fellowGhostbustersfans.”
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Reitman’s clarification found support in Feig, who defended him onTwitter.
“Jason was a supporter of mine at a time when I couldn’t get movies made. He has always been a true gentleman to me and a supporter of Ghostbusters: Answer the Call,” he wrote. “I can’t wait to see his take on the Ghostbusters universe. Big love and respect to you, Jason. Your fan, Paul.”
Ghostbusters 2020is set to hit theaters on July 10, 2020.
source: people.com
