Chris Hemsworth joins 'Ghostbusters': Guess who he's playing?
Hemsworth has reportedly taken a role in the upcoming 'Ghostbusters' movie that stars such comedians as Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig. Paul Feig of 'The Heat' and 'Spy' is directing.
Hemsworth has reportedly taken a role in the upcoming 'Ghostbusters' movie that stars such comedians as Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig. Paul Feig of 'The Heat' and 'Spy' is directing.
According to 鈥淕hostbusters鈥� director Paul Feig, 鈥淎vengers鈥� actor Chris Hemsworth has come on board the project. But his new role may surprise you.聽
Feig tweeted a picture of Hemsworth with a caption reading,
In the original 鈥淕hostbusters鈥� films, 鈥淧retty in Pink鈥� actress Annie Potts took on the role of Janine, the Ghostbusters鈥� receptionist who is attracted to Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis).
When Feig, the director of such films as 鈥淏ridesmaids鈥� and the recent movie 鈥淪py,鈥� came on board to direct a new 鈥淕hostbusters鈥� film, he made clear early on that he would be asking women to don the Ghostbusters uniforms.
Since he had previously worked with 鈥淭he Skeleton Twins鈥� actress Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy of 鈥淢ike and Molly鈥� on the movie "Bridesmaids" (and has since directed McCarthy in the comedies 鈥淭he Heat鈥� and 鈥淪py鈥�), fans wondered whether the two would be coming on board for the film. Feig later tweeted photos of Wiig, McCarthy, and 鈥淪aturday Night Live鈥� actresses Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon.
Many were happy to hear a female-led 鈥淕hostbusters鈥� movie was in the works. But according to Deadline, Feig's project is not the only "Ghostbusters" remake being planned.
Studio Sony is working on a 鈥渃ounterpart鈥� to Feig鈥檚 planned movie that would be a separate 鈥淕hostbusters鈥� series and possibly star actor Channing Tatum. 鈥淭his is a branded entertainment, a scary supernatural premise mixed with comedy,鈥� original 鈥淕hostbusters鈥� director Ivan Reitman told Deadline. 鈥淧aul Feig鈥檚 film will be the first version of that, shooting in June to come out in July 2016. He鈥檚 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.鈥�
Does that diminish the planned female-led 鈥淕hostbusters鈥� movie? Feig himself said in an interview with RadioTimes that the news was 鈥渁 bit of a shock.鈥� 鈥淚 was like, 'Does that mean don't worry, the real one's coming after this?'鈥� he said.
The first 鈥淕hostbusters鈥� movie with the female quartet 鈥� and now, Hemsworth 鈥� is due to be released in 2016.