The ladies are taking over for Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson, who starred in the original 1984 film. The original team will all have cameos in this film, except for Ramis, who passed away in 2014. Sigourney Weaver, who played Dana in the first two films, will also appear.
The original Ghostbusters’ receptionist, Janine, was played by Annie Potts, who will also make an appearance in Sony’s July 15 release directed by Paul Feig (“Bridesmaids”).
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7 Male Roles Rewritten for Women in 2015, From Sandra Bullock to 'Ghostbusters' (Photos)
Before she was approached for the film, Roberts' role was written for a man whose wife is murdered. In order to land her involvement, director/screenwriter Billy Ray recast the role as a woman who loses her daughter.
Producers pushed to rewrite Blunt's character as a man, but writer Taylor Sheridan believed it would alter the film's central dynamic. Blunt plays an FBI agent dispatched to fight the drug war along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Bullock landed the role of "Calamity" Jane Bodine, a character originally written for George Clooney and based on real-life (male) American political consultants working on the 2002 presidential election in Bolivia.
In the TV reboot of the science fiction film, Hampshire took on Brad Pitt's iconic role of mental patient Jeffrey (now "Jennifer") Goines. The reason for the switch? Writers for the show didn't think they could find a male actor to live up to Pitt's part.
In another role originally meant for Brad Pitt, Theron will play an assassin fighting her way across Europe. The change was made after a three-year halt in the project.
This remake of the 1989 cult classic was developed as a starring vehicle for Rousey. The UFC fighter will take on the role that made Patrick Swayze famous.
In a gender swap that was rumored for years, Sony's gonna call this all-star, all-female team for its "Ghostbusters" reboot due in theaters in 2016. The film marks a rekindling of the comedic chemistry Wiig and McCarthy shared in "Bridesmaids" flanked by "SNL" stars McKinnon and Jones.
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Gender-swapping roles has become the new Hollywood trend — and female stars aren’t complaining
