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Meet the Men of the New ‘Ghostbusters’
Even though the Paul Feig-directed Ghostbusters reboot is already filming, Chris Hemsworth is the only known male to star in the film that features Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones as the new ‘Busters quartet.
Now, it has been revealed that Andy Garcia (pictured above in Ocean’s Eleven) has been cast as the Mayor of New York City, writes TheWrap. They also add that Michael Kenneth Williams of “Boardwalk Empire” and HBO fan favorite “The Wire” (pictured below) also joined the project, currently shooting in Boston, as a character named Hawkins.
There’s more: Matt Walsh, best known as press aide Mike McLintock of “Veep,” also joins the cast as Rourke, with Pat Kiernan, the longtime morning anchor on New York City’s NY1 on Time Warner Cable, stretching himself as a news anchor in the film.
Feig recently revealed the Ghostbusters’ outfits as well as their proton packs.
Early plot details revealed that [Kristen] Wiig and [Melissa] McCarthy play a pair of unheralded authors who write a book positing that ghosts are real. Flash forward a few years and Wiig lands a prestigious teaching position at Columbia U. Which is pretty sweet, until her book resurfaces and she is laughed out of academia.
Wiig reunites with McCarthy and the other two proton pack-packing phantom wranglers, and she gets some sweet revenge when ghosts invade Manhattan and she and her team have to save the world.
Sunrise Films has announced the official North American release of William Bagley‘s horror comedy Hold the Fort, and it’s accompanied by an energetic new trailer.
Hold the Fort debuts on digital platforms on June 23.
In the film, “Lucas and Jenny think their life is finally coming together when the couple become homeowners. Little do they know that their new house comes with a big catch. Lucas and Jenny soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when they become trapped in a battle between their Homeowners Association and an onslaught of monsters from hell. The horror-comedy takes the timely concern of home-ownership and wraps this up in an entertaining action-packed thrill ride.“
Watch the new trailer below, which introduces one wild HOA gathering during an equinox. Things get bloody fast.
Chris Mayers (Adult Swim Yule Log), Haley Leary (“The Walking Dead”), Levi Burdick, and Julian Smith star.
William Bagley writes and directs, in addition to producing with Smith, Matt Dodd, Luke Williams, and Tim Reis (Adult Swim Yule Log).
Ahead of the release, Bagley said, “My goal with this film was to make a hilarious, fast-paced thrill ride while also telling a great story with heart. Hopefully, through all the blood, laughs, fights, and gags, you leave the film feeling inspired to tackle whatever life throws at you.“
Hold the Fort premiered at Fantasia last summer before going on to play FrightFest London, Toronto After Dark, and Beyond Fest.
I wrote in my review, “It’s an infectiously charming assemblage of jokes and monster vignettes bound together by a barebones plot with not much on its mind beyond delivering an entertaining time.”
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