Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (2016)
The third entry into the Ghostbusters franchise, Ghostbusters: Answer the Call, serves as a reboot in which four eccentric women discover the key to containing paranormal entities using science. Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones form a new all-female version of the iconic team, aided by their incompetent assistant Kevin (Chris Hemsworth). When an occultist threatens to unleash an army of ghosts on New York, the Ghostbusters must step up to save the city.
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call
- Director
- Paul Feig
- Release Date
- July 15, 2016
- Studio(s)
- Sony
- Distributor(s)
- Sony
- Cast
- Kate McKinnon , Melissa McCarthy , Kristen Wiig , Chris Hemsworth , Leslie Jones
- Writers
- Katie Dippold , Paul Feig
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Franchise(s)
- Ghostbusters
- prequel(s)
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- Budget
- 144 million
Summary
This hard reboot will see a new all-female team of heroes take up the mantle as the Ghostbusters, doing battle with the paranormal to save the world.
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