Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig lead cast of all-female Ghostbusters reboot

The cast for the long-awaited return of the Ghostbusters franchise has finally been assembled. Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon are reportedly set to take the lead roles in an all-female reboot of the franchise.

The casting hasn't been formally confirmed, but is widely expected to go through. Melissa McCarthy has already signed on, and The Hollywood Reporter says that "negotiations are ongoing" for the remaining three stars. Most tellingly, director Paul Feig has already tweeted a picture of the quartet:

The Ghostbusters reboot comes at the end of a long, long road for the franchise, which saw the prospect of a third Ghostbusters movie dangled in front of fans for more than a decade. The 2014 death of original Ghostbusters star Harold Ramis, along with the continued reluctance of Bill Murray to join the project, led to the idea of a reboot instead of a sequel.

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