Newcomers Celeste O'Connor, Logan Kim Join Ghostbusters 2020

Newcomers Celeste O’Connor, Logan Kim Join Ghostbusters 2020

Variety brings word that Ghostbusters 2020 has added newcomers Celeste O’Connor (Selah and the Spades) and Logan Kim to the cast of the Sony Pictures’ movie directed by Jason Reitman.

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12-year-old Mckenna Grace (Captain MarvelAnnbelle Comes Home) will star in Ghostbusters 2020, with Carrie Coon (The Leftovers) playing her mother. Finn Wolfhard (Stranger ThingsIT) will also star. Sigourney Weaver recently confirmed that she and the original cast of Ghostbusters were coming back for the sequel. Annie Potts also announced that she would be reprising her role as the Ghostbusters’ perpetually overworked secretary Janine Melnitz. Paul Rudd (Avengers: Endgame) will be playing a teacher in the film.

“Celeste and Logan are rare talents and we’re all grateful that they’ll be lending their unique voices to GB20,” Reitman said.

Official plot details have not been released, but the outlet notes that the story will be an extension of the original Ghostbusters and will focus on a single mom and her family, with Coon playing the mom and Wolfhard playing her son.

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Jason Reitman (JunoYoung AdultTully) will direct the new film, taking over from his father Ivan Reitman who helmed the first two and will produce. We also know that Reitman, who had a cameo in 1989’s Ghostbusters 2, will be co-writing the script with Gil Kenan (Monster HousePoltergeist), who is no stranger to ghost stories.

The new Ghostbusters is slated to drop in theaters on July 10, 2020.

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