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EXCLUSIVE: Last year, Sony ruled the Independence Day box office frame with Marvel’s Spider-Man: Far From Home, and this year the studio again can tout that it won the holiday period with their reissue of the 1984 classic Ghostbusters, which grossed $550,000 over the three-day weekend, and $656K since its re-opening…

On the eve of his highly anticipated return to Saturday Night Live, Eddie Murphy stopped by The Tonight Show to share a few stories from his past and clear up some rumors. The Dolemite Is My Name star sat down with Tonight host — and fellow SNL alum — Jimmy Fallon on Friday night and the two quickly started talking…

Annie Potts has been voicing Bo Peep in the Toy Story franchise since its first incarnation in 1995. Back then, Potts' character was far from front and center though, as she mostly aided the exploits of Tom Hanks' Woody from the background. But in this year's Toy Story 4, Potts enjoys a much-deserved major role. This…

Sony Pictures says its next chapter in the Ghostbusters franchise, directed by Jason Reitman, will be titled Ghostbusters: Afterlife. The pic, written by Reitman & Gil Kenan and produced by original director Ivan Reitman, had already set a July 10, 2020 release date. The next chapter in the original Ghostbusters…

Paul Rudd is in final talks to join Sony’s Ghostbusters. The Ant-Man star will reportedly play a teacher in a small town. The film is a new chapter in the Ghostbusters universe written by Reitman and Gil Kenan. The story centers on a single mom and her children. Carrie Coon is in talks to play the mom. Finn Wolfhard…

Freeform is going bigger this year for Halloween. The network announced plans at today's combined Walt Disney Television Upfront presentation to scare up even more interest in October, by expanding its 31 Nights of Halloween programming block. The expansion comes after last year's inaugural 31 Nights of Halloween…

Fargo and The Leftovers star Carrie Coon and Finn Wolfhard, best known for his roles in Stranger Things and WB’s It reboot, are in talks to play the mom and son in Sony’s next Ghostbusters installment, which will center on a single mom and her family. Not much else is known about the plot or whether anyone from the…

Sony Pictures has set official release dates for its Spider-Man spinoff Morbius and Jason Reitman’s new Ghostbusters. The moves were revealed Friday evening among several tweaks in the studio’s 2019-20 release slate, including pushing back the bows of two Tom Hanks movies: Columbia Pictures’ Greyhound and TriStar’s…

A day after news broke of a secret Ghostbusters movie which would be helmed by Jason Reitman (son of original helmer Ivan Reitman), a teaser has been released for the Sony Pictures film, which is due out sometime in the summer of next year. The video opens on a dark cloudy and windy night as the camera moves closer to…

Jason Reitman is carrying on the legacy. The son of the original Ghostbusters helmer, Ivan Reitman, will direct the next Ghostbusters feature for Sony Pictures. Due out summer 2020, the new film will serve as the next chapter following the original story, which was first released in 1984 and starred Bill Murray, Dan…

After knocking the ectoplasm out of Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot on UK TV over the weekend, Dan Aykroyd has softened his stance. The original paranormal investigator/eliminator has taken to social media to clarify his statements, now saying Feig “a good movie and had a superb cast.” Aykroyd also noted in his Facebo…

UPDATE: Sony Pictures has refuted Dan Aykroyd’s version of events, saying that the reshoots he referred to actually cost between $3 million and $4 million, and not the $30 million to $40 million Aykroyd described on Britain’s Channel 4 earlier today. That does sound like a lot of money for reshoots. Paul Feig, who…