Ivan Reitman, who directed the original 1984 movie and its 1989 sequel, will be producing the new effort - with his son, Jason, serving as director and co-writer. This also seemingly confirms once and for all that the all-female reboot, made by Paul Feig and released in 2016 to a disappointing box office performance, will definitely not be getting any of its originally planned sequels.
The new Ghostbusters has been tentatively given a release date of summer 2020, with an exact day yet to be confirmed.
“I’ve always thought of myself as the first Ghostbusters fan, when I was a six-year-old visiting the set,” Jason Reitman told Entertainment Weekly.
“I wanted to make a movie for all the other fans.”
He added: “This is the next chapter in the original franchise. It is not a reboot.
Ghostbusters returns for a new movie in the same universe as the originals (Image: PACKSHOT)
