Say it with me now: “Alright, this chick is toast!”

That’s the message coming down from Sony with their newly christened all-male Ghostbusters reboot. This news follows the announcement of the all-female film starring Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig. I’d roll my eyes at the obviousness of this move, but Bill Murray’s probably doing it already. Ernie Hudson must be thrilled after protesting the all-woman cast, calling it “a bad idea” unless “it’ll be sexy.”

The dudes called up the big guns. Channing Tatum will probably lead the Bro-Busters. Ivan Reitman and Dan Aykroyd will produce. Joe and Anthony Russo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) will direct, and Drew Pearce (Iron Man 3, Mission: Impossible 5) will write the screenplay. Deadline has much more about this new “universe,” but here’s an excerpt:

Sony Pictures is broadening the Ghostbusters franchise and the first order of business will be an action-centric comedy that is a counterpart to the Paul Feig-directed film that will start production in June. The studio is simultaneously forming Ghostcorps, a new production company whose principals include original Ghostbusters architects Ivan Reitman and Dan Aykroyd; they will have offices at Sony with the mission to scare up branding opportunities based on the 1984 comedy classic.

This is being put together even as the studio moves to the start line with a Ghostbusters reboot that will be directed by Feig and star his Bridesmaids leads Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy, and Saturday Night Live stand outs Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon.

[From Deadline]

Ivan Reitman tells Deadline that plans for a Bro-Busters movie have been gestating forever. Obviously! Dan Aykroyd’s entire existence has been devoted to more Ghostbusters. He hounded poor Bill Murray for decades. Yet nothing happened for the guys until the women got their own movie. Only then did plans come together for a band of bros. Reitman says the films will work together, but it’s still a lousy move. Couldn’t they at least wait for the women to film their movie first?

We’ll see dreamcasting lists in the near future, so I’ll start now. Channing Tatum will likely star, which means Jonah Hill will want a piece. Shia LaBeouf’s name was once floated, but he might be too messy. Maybe Vince Vaughn, since he’s got nothing going on anymore. Ernie Hudson? Sure. Oh, and why not “think outside the box” and add a meathead — Joe Manganiello. Done.

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