Paul Rudd joins ‘Ghostbusters 2020’
Team Udayavani, Jun 28, 2019, 11:34 AM IST
Image for Representation
Los Angeles: “Avengers: Endgame” star Paul Rudd has boarded the cast of director Jason Reitman’s new “Ghostbusters” film.
The news was shared by the official Ghostbusters Twitter account on Thursday, where it posted a video of Rudd standing in front of Firehouse, Hook & Ladder Company 8 in New York’s Tribeca, the building which served as the base for the Ghostbusters in the 1984 original film.
“I nearly slimed myself,” said the actor, joking about the time when he heard that the makers were planning to approach him for a role in the new film, which has been titled “Ghostbusters 2020”.
“I can’t wait to join the cast this fall for ‘Ghostbusters’. In fact, I’m sliming myself right now,” he added.
According to Variety, the 50-year-old actor will portray a small-town teacher. He joins Finn Wolfhard, Carrie Coon and McKenna Grace in the film.
Reitman, whose directorial credits includes movies such as “Juno” and “Up in the Air”, had confirmed in January that he will be directing and producing the latest installment of the famed franchise.
He has co-written the screenplay with Gil Kenan.
Reitman’s father, Ivan Reitman, had directed the original “Ghostbuster” films which featured Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis as parapsychology professors who hunts ghosts.
Murray and Aykroyd, along with Sigourney Weaver, are all coming back for the new film.
The film is set to go into production later this year and will release in July next year.
Udayavani is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel and stay updated with the latest news.
Top News
Related Articles More
Aryan Khan to debut as director with Netflix series in 2025, SRK welcomes son to showbiz
AR Rahman, wife Saira Banu separating after 29 years of marriage: lawyer
Success can isolate you and lead to failure: Shah Rukh Khan
Salman loved it, SRK didn’t believe in the film: Rakesh Roshan ‘Karan Arjun’ re-release
RSS remarks case: Lyricist Javed Akhtar acquitted as complainant withdraws case
MUST WATCH
Latest Additions
Teen stabs man to death at railway station in Mumbai after quarrel over local train seat
War has endangered future of 2.5 billion children of world: UP CM Adityanath
UP man gets 10-yr jail term for murder attempt on father
Cement mixer truck overturns near Ambagilu
SC notice to Gujarat govt on Asaram’s plea seeking suspension of sentence in 2013 rape case
Thanks for visiting Udayavani
You seem to have an Ad Blocker on.
To continue reading, please turn it off or whitelist Udayavani.