New all-female Ghostbusters cast includes Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy

New all-female Ghostbusters cast includes Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy

SNL's Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones will round out the group.

Not only does it seem rumors of a all-female Ghostbusters may be true, the cast is turning out to be a comedy lover’s dream. The Hollywood Reporter reported Tuesday January 27 that the studio has picked its anti-ghost quartet: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon.

Director Paul Feig will be helming the project. He himself broke the casting news on Monday by tweeting a photo of the four actresses with no caption, then following with a tweet explaining, “In other news, #Ghostbusters will be hitting theaters July 22, 2016. Save the date!”

Feig directed both McCarthy and Wiig in their box office hit Bridesmaids. Wiig earned an Oscar nomination for co-writing the film and McCarthy was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her endearingly bizarre character.

THR writes the McCarthy has formally signed on to the project, and that negotiations are close to concluding with Wiig, Jones, and McKinnon. McKinnon has been on Saturday Night Live since 2012 and won an Emmy nomination for her work last year. Jones began on SNL as a writer and has made the transition to featured player in the 2014 season. She can currently be seen in movie theatres in Chris Rock’s latest film Top Five.

The Ghostbusters reboot has traveled a long road. Original director Ivan Reitman and original castmembers Ernie Hudson, Dan Aykroyd, and Ivan Ramis had all agreed to the project but signing star Bill Murray had proved difficult. Ramis passed away in 2014 and Reitman decided to step down from the film, leaving room for Feig and the all-female group.

Shooting is rumored to begin this summer in New York.

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