“Ghostbusters” to Have Male-Driven Movie; Channing Tatum to Star?
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Stuart Wilson/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Paul Feig recently announced the female cast of Ghostbusters, featuring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon. Now, according to Deadline, there’s a male-driven movie coming as well.
Sony Pictures is creating Ghostcorps, which will create the franchise and include leadership from Ghostbusters vets Ivan Reitman and Dan Aykroyd.
Channing Tatum is also attached to the project and is rumored to be one of the male stars. The idea is to have separate movies, one with a female cast and the other male.
“Reitman confirmed these early plans to Deadline,” the report added.
There is no official word, but it could be expected that eventually the teams could unite down the road.
“We want to expand the Ghostbusters universe in ways that will include different films, TV shows, merchandise, all things that are part of modern filmed entertainment,” Reitman told Deadline. “This is a branded entertainment, a scary supernatural premise mixed with comedy. Paul Feig’s film will be the first version of that, shooting in June to come out in July 2016. He’s got four of the funniest women in the world, and there will be other surprises to come. The second film has a wonderful idea that builds on that.”
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