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On the heels of the newly announced Ghostbusters toon series in the works at Netfilx comes word of an animated feature based on the 38-year-old IP. Sony Pictures Animation is teaming with Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan to develop the untitled movie from Brenda Hsueh’s script. Who they gonna call to direct it? Chris…

A Ghostbusters animated series is in development at Netflix, Deadline has confirmed. The project, based on the Ghostbusters IP, hails from Ghostbusters: Afterlife co-writers Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan (Ghost Corps) and Sony Pictures Animation. Plot details are not yet known. The project was announced Wednesday, day 3…

From the time he stepped in as chairman of Sony's Motion Picture Group in 2015, Tom Rothman has heard the rumors that Sony would eventually sell because it didn't have a streaming service or the scale to compete with its behemoth rivals. Universal, Warner Bros., Disney and Paramount battle it out with him at the box…

Sony ain’t afraid of no ghosts, specifically making more Ghostbusters movies. The studio announced today at CinemaCon in a closing sizzle reel that a fifth movie in the series is in the works. No talent attachments were revealed. The latest movie, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, centers around the grandkids of Dr. Egon…

Dan Aykroyd, who not only played the role of the brilliant Dr. Raymond Stantz in Ghostbusters but was a creative force behind the blockbuster 1980s supernatural comedies, expressed his sympathies today about Ivan Reitman’s death. "Feeling heartbreak today for Geneviève, Catherine, Caroline, Jason and family. The loss…

UPDATED WITH LATEST: After a 51-year directing career, and longer as a producer, Ivan Reitman, the comedy architect behind such classics as the Ghostbusters franchise, Twins, Kindergarten Cop and more, died Saturday night, leaving a deep hole in many hearts. 2021 was quite a year for Reitman: He saw his son Jason…

Ivan Reitman, the director of Ghostbusters, Stripes and Twins who also produced films including Best Picture Oscar nominee Up in the Air, died peacefully in his sleep on Saturday. He was 75. His family confirmed the news to the AP. "Our family is grieving the unexpected loss of a husband, father, and grandfather who…

A very diplomatic-sounding Paul Feig called out Sony and Columbia Pictures over an omission in the studio’s forthcoming “Ultimate Collection” of Ghostbusters movies. What’s missing? While the eight(!)-disc boxed set includes the original Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II and this year’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, it does…

Austin-based Alamo Drafthouse Monday renamed its new lower Manhattan theater the Ivan Reitman Cinema after the prolific director of Ghostbusters — and ahead of the theatrical release of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, helmed by his son Jason Reitman. Both Reitmans were on site for the solemn occasion to inaugurate a giant…

David J. Negron Sr., a conceptual painter, illustrator and storyboard artist with credits including Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters and Jurassic Park, died peacefully in his sleep on October 12, his family tells Deadline. He was 85. “He was an inspiration to the Motion Picture community and the fine arts world,” the…

On Saturday, Bill Murray appeared virtually to accept the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Maltin Modern Master Award. Presented by Sofia and Roman Coppola, the award recognized the screen icon for his long-standing contributions to the film industry. Most recently, Murray starred in Sofia Coppola’s On the R…

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…