Channing tatum ghostbusters, Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman is teaming with Dan Aykroyd to form Ghost Corps, a new production company based on the Sony lot that is teaming with Channing Tatum, Captain America: The Winter Soldier directors Joe and Anthony Russo and Iron Man 3 writer Drew Pearce to develop a supernatural comedy set in the Ghostbusters universe, TheWrap has learned.
The film will serve as a counterpart to Paul Feig's female-powered Ghostbusters movie starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones.
The testosterone-heavy project will be developed as a potential starring vehicle for Tatum, who will produce with Reid Carolin, Peter Kiernan, the Russo brothers and Ghost Corps.
The Russo brothers are not officially attached to direct at this point, as they're busy with Captain America: Civil War and have set their sights on potentially directing Marvel's two-part Avengers finale. The siblings signed a first-look deal with Sony Pictures just last week.
"We want to expand the Ghostbusters universe in ways that will include different films, TV shows, merchandise, all things that are part of modern filmed entertainment," Reitman told Deadline, which first reported the news. "This is a branded entertainment, a scary supernatural premise mixed with comedy. Paul Feig's film will be the first version of that. ... It's just the beginning of what I hope will be a lot of wonderful movies. … My primary focus will be to build the Ghostbusters into the universe it always promised it might become. The original film is beloved, as is the cast, and we hope to create films we will continue to love."Reitman and Akyroyd will be principals at Ghost Corps along with Tom Pollock, Ali Bell and Alex Plapinger. Reitman and Pollock will continue to operate their Montecito Picture Company as a separate entity at Paramount, where MPC is developing a Baywatch movie that is expected to score Dwayne Johnson as one of its leads.
In addition to feature films, Ghost Corps will develop TV projects set in the Ghostbusters universe, as well as exploit lucrative merchandising opportunities for the popular franchise.
The Ghost Corps deal has been percolating for the last several months, as Reitman discussed the wide-ranging possibilities to expand the Ghostbusters franchise with Sony executives Amy Pascal and Doug Belgrad last fall at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The film will serve as a counterpart to Paul Feig's female-powered Ghostbusters movie starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones.
The testosterone-heavy project will be developed as a potential starring vehicle for Tatum, who will produce with Reid Carolin, Peter Kiernan, the Russo brothers and Ghost Corps.
The Russo brothers are not officially attached to direct at this point, as they're busy with Captain America: Civil War and have set their sights on potentially directing Marvel's two-part Avengers finale. The siblings signed a first-look deal with Sony Pictures just last week.
"We want to expand the Ghostbusters universe in ways that will include different films, TV shows, merchandise, all things that are part of modern filmed entertainment," Reitman told Deadline, which first reported the news. "This is a branded entertainment, a scary supernatural premise mixed with comedy. Paul Feig's film will be the first version of that. ... It's just the beginning of what I hope will be a lot of wonderful movies. … My primary focus will be to build the Ghostbusters into the universe it always promised it might become. The original film is beloved, as is the cast, and we hope to create films we will continue to love."Reitman and Akyroyd will be principals at Ghost Corps along with Tom Pollock, Ali Bell and Alex Plapinger. Reitman and Pollock will continue to operate their Montecito Picture Company as a separate entity at Paramount, where MPC is developing a Baywatch movie that is expected to score Dwayne Johnson as one of its leads.
In addition to feature films, Ghost Corps will develop TV projects set in the Ghostbusters universe, as well as exploit lucrative merchandising opportunities for the popular franchise.
The Ghost Corps deal has been percolating for the last several months, as Reitman discussed the wide-ranging possibilities to expand the Ghostbusters franchise with Sony executives Amy Pascal and Doug Belgrad last fall at the Toronto International Film Festival.
