Only a day after the first official image of the new Ghostbusters debuted, Sony Pictures has unleashed four character posters for the leading ladies of the Ghostbusters revival.
Keep in mind, this is a hard reboot of the entire Ghostbusters franchise. Dan Akyroyd, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, and Sigourney Weaver are all making cameos in the new Ghostbusters film, but this is a completely separate world from the one in the original â84 film.
Erin Gilbert (Kristen Wiig)
The first poster debuted on Entertainment Weekly, where Kristen Wiig described her character as a âparticle physicist, academic firebrand, spectral warriorâ who enjoys fighting the supernatural.
Jillian Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon)
Kate McKinnonâs spotlight poster was premiered on Timeâs website, where Ghostbusters director Paul Figg described her character, Jillian Holtzmann, as a ânuclear engineer, munitions expert, proton wrangler.â
Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy)
People Magazine had the first look at Melissa McCarthyâs Abby Yates, but declined to share any information about Abbyâs character. Fortunately, we already know that Abby co-authored a book about the supernatural with Erin Gilbert.
Patty Tolan (Leslie Jones)
Finally, InStyle had the reveal of Leslie Jonesâ Patty Tolan, the everywoman on the new Ghostbusters team. Feig told InStyle that Patty is a âghost tracker, municipal historian, metaphysical commando.â Sheâs also a former subway worker who stumbles upon the filmâs supernatural threat before joining the team.
The threat discovered by Patty will link back to Rowan (Neil Casey), the main villain of the Ghostbusters reboot. Chris Hemsworth co-stars as the Ghostbustersâ secretary, Kevin, with Andy GarcÃa, Cecily Strong, Michael K. Williams, Matt Walsh, Pat Kiernan, and Charles Dance in supporting roles.
Ghostbusters will haunt theaters on July 15, 2016.
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HT: Entertainment Weekly, Time, People Magazine, InStyle
Image Credits: Sony Pictures