Melissa McCarthy In Talks For GHOSTBUSTERS With Jillian Bell And Cecily Strong In The Mix

THR is reporting that Melissa McCarthy is finally in early talks to take a role in Paul Feig's Ghostbusters reboot. However, they are cautious since McCarthy's CBS series and other film projects could become an issue. Melissa has been linked for the film ever since it was announced, and seems like a lock.

On the other hand, we've seen a huge amount of other actresses Sony and Paul have met with. The list of ladies in the mix also include Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone, Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect) and Lizzy Caplan (The Interview, Cloverfield).

THR mentions two other names which are Jillian Bell (Eastbound And Down, Workaholics, 22 Jump Street) and Cicely Strong (SNL). Jillian was my favorite part of 22 Jump Street so I see where Feig and Sony are coming from. No, I have not watched Workaholics and I've heard she is excellent there as well.

It should be noted that Emma has been talking with Sony about the project even when it was still going to be the third sequel and not a reboot, they want her badly for the film. I just hope they go for comedians here.

Also, why the fuck is Sony only looking at white women? There seven actresses officially linked, and we know of a few others who haven't been named by trades (like Kristen Wiig). The commonality with all these ladies is that they're all white. I'm actually shocked Sony hasn't even tried to throw in a couple of names for appearance-sake. I would assume people of color still exist in New York City, and basically everyone else on the planet.

You'd think someone like rising comedian Mindy Kaling would be at least asked. She isn't even being mentioned for contention even though some of these ladies are in fact her peers. Being apart of the Apatow crew and having a wildly popularly series which is set in New York you'd think she'd get a shot.

I'm not even saying Mindy is the only female comedic actress of color out there perfect for this film. Dear White People's Tessa Thompson is a strong contender for me, since her breakout comedic performance. She also is apart of the sprawling cast of the acclaimed civil rights film Selma.

Hell, why aren't beloved comedians like Rashida Jones or Maya Rudolph even being mentioned? These two ladies are always killing-it in film and television. They are used extensively by Hollywood and Maya was the bride in Bridesmaids. Even Latina comedic actress Aubrey Plaza hasn't been approached, it's not like she's overly busy these days. I'm just appalled that we aren't seeing a more diverse casting search, while Sony can take some of this blame Paul Feig is at fault as well.


SOURCE: THR

Ryan Gosling Expresses Interest To Sony About GHOSTBUSTERS Reboot

More email leaks concerning Sony's Ghostbusters reboot are coming out. A couple more have been dug-up by TheDailyBeast. One suggested that director Paul Feig is extremely interested in casting both Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone in roles. Jennifer earning three Oscar nominations and one win for the dark comedy Silver Linings Playbook, while Emma is looking to get some serious awards consideration for her role in Birdman.

A new email leak points-out actor Ryan Gosling has expressed interest in a role in Ghostbusters, apparently there is only one leading male role. Gosling grew-up during the era of the Ghostbusters craze, so it would sort of make sense he would be interested. It should be also noted that Emma Stone's involvement might have something to do with it, the two have played on screen couples in both Crazy Stupid Love and Gangster Squad.

Ryan hasn't been too interested in these type of roles, but was attached to Nicholas Winding Refn's Logan's Run remake. Until the director exited the project, and it eventually went into limbo. While going on record about disinterest about superhero films, he said he'd be apart of Refn's hypothetically Wonder Woman movie.  He was also recently reported to be the mix for both Marvel's Doctor Strange and Warner Bros' Suicide Squad. He could be choosing these big films based on his co-workers.


SOURCE: DAILYBEAST

Lizzy Caplan And Amy Schumer Linked For GHOSTBUSTERS Reboot

Another day and another leaked Sony email. The newest one via TheDailyBeast concerns Sony's reboot of Ghostbusters with director Paul Feig's all-female concept. Well we've been hearing a few names of people who have met with the studio and Feig. They include Emma Stone (linked when it was Ghostbusters 3), Rebel Wilson and Jennifer Lawrence.

"Paul's movie is gonna be the first one and from what I'm hearing jennifer lawrence and Emma stone and Melissa McCarthy and Amy schumer and liszzy [Lizzy] Kaplan [Caplan] just to name a few have already said thy wanted to be in....,”

The email from Sony's Amy Pascal to producer Ivan Reitman confirms Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence are indeed in the mix for the reboot. Along with Lizzy Caplan (Cloverfield, The Interview, Party Down) , Amy Schumer (Trainwreck) and Feig's lucky charm Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids, The Heat). This is the first time hearing about comedic actresses Lizzy and Amy, making a lot of sense since the two are apart of their big comedy features Seth Rogen's The Interview and Judd Apatow's Trainwreck.

It's been assumed for ages that McCarthy was a lock for a role, similar to Emma Stone being linked since the studio resurrected sequel development. Both getting the Bill Murray bump, previously working with him in Zombieland and St. Vincent.

I'm digging this lineup, but hopefully we get more diversity.

SOURCE: DAILYBEAST 

Lizzy Caplan Joins Seth Rogen And James Franco In THE INTERVIEW, Plus Jamie Chung And Randall Park Linked For Roles

Variety reports Lizzy Caplan (Cloverfield) will be reuniting with her Freaks And Geeks co-stars James Franco and Seth Rogen in the comedy The Interview. The film will be written and directed by comedic partners Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Following the success of This Is The End which was also an original passion project. Lizzy will play Agent Lacey in the comedy that follows a talk show host and producer pair who find themselves caught up in an assassination attempt against the political leader of North Korea. Sony has set the release for The Interview on October 10th, 2014.

BleedingCool reports that Randall Park (Veep) and Jamie Chung (Hangover 3, Sucker Punch, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For) have unofficially taken roles as well. Park will play Kim Jong-Un while Jamie will play a North Korean woman who falls for Seth's character.