Leaked Sony Emails Hint At Dream Cast For The All-Female 'Ghostbusters' Reboot
Recently, a major hack revealed tons of information about forthcoming Sony Pictures Entertainment features, and it looks like the all-female "Ghostbusters" sequel is among them. Emails leaked by a still-unknown group of hackers reveal that several big name actresses have expressed interest in becoming the new "Ghostbusters" team.
Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone, Melissa McCarthy, Amy Schumer, and Lizzy Kaplan were all named in an email from Amy Pascal, co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, to Ivan Reitman, who directed and produced the original "Ghostbusters" movie in 1984. The email was sent on October 8, 2014, reports the Daily Beast. It includes the following paragraph:
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Agree that everyone is way too nervous about how this issue and how we. present it but it's isn't a sequel to the 80s movies and it is gonna be totally original with completely different characters and our job is to find a clever way to connect the movie to the original franchise so that we can use all the assets and everything that is great about the original franchise. Paul's movie is gonna be the first one and from what I'm hearing Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone and Melissa McCarthy and Amy Schumer and Lizzy Kaplan just to name a few have already said thy wanted to be in...."
Paul Feig, who directed the successful comedy "Bridesmaids," is set to take the helm on the new "Ghostbusters." Hopefully at least some of these amazing women appear in his movie's final cut!
