Ghostbusters Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Erin Gilbert (Wiig) and Abby Bergman (McCarthy) are a pair of unheralded authors who write a book positing that ghosts are real. A few years later, Gilbert lands a prestigious teaching position at Columbia University, but her book resurfaces and she is laughed out of academia. Gilbert reunites with Bergman and others when ghosts invade Manhattan and try to save the world.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Ghostbusters.

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  Melissa McCarthy

  ... Abby Bergman

  The Little Mermaid, Spy

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  Kristen Wiig

  ... Erin Gilbert

  Despicable Me 4, Despicable Me

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  Kate McKinnon

  ... Jillian Holtzmann

  Barbie, Office Christmas Party

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  Leslie Jones

  ... Patty Tolan

  Sing, Coming 2 America

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  Chris Hemsworth

  ... Kevin

  Avengers: Infinity War, Transformers One

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  Neil Casey

  ... Rowan [villain]

  Merry Good Enough

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  Andy Garcia

  ... Mayor of New York City

  Long Gone Heroes , Geostorm

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  Michael K. Williams

  ... Hawkins

  The Gambler, Surrounded

Crew Behind the Film

The Ghostbusters behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Paul Feig last directed Jackpot! and The School For Good and Evil. The film's writer Paul Feig last wrote The School For Good and Evil and Spy.

Director

Paul Feig

Screenwriters

Paul Feig
Katie Dippold

Producers

Ivan Reitman

Additional Information

All Trailers

Official Ghostbusters movie trailers and clips.

Production Details

What we know about the Ghostbusters movie production.

Key Facts

• Leslie Jones plays as Patty Tolan, an NYC subway worker who stumbles across the main supernatural threat in the film. She becomes a new member of the Ghostbusters team.
• Chris Hemsworth plays Kevin, the Ghostbusters' receptionist.
• Kristen Wiig plays as Erin Gilbert, a published author on the subject of the paranormal and professor at Columbia University.
• The project is a reboot starring an all-female cast.
• The Ghostbusters project was announced as a sequel to the 1984 hit, most likely starring members of the original cast. But after the death of Harold Ramis, script editing issues and original director Ivan Reiman pulling out, the sequel was scrapped. An all female cast is planned now (10/8/14, Hollywood Reporter).

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