Oliver Cooper Joins Sony’s Ghostbusters 2020

November 6, 2019

According to Deadline, Oliver Cooper (Project X, The Front Runner, Runner Runner) has joined Sony Pictures’ Ghostbusters 2020.

Cooper’s recent credits also include Mindhunter, Valley of the Boom, and Good Game. His upcoming projects include Beyond Paranormal, The Swing of Things, The Coop, Take Me to Tarzana, Heirlooms, and Echo Boomers.

12-year-old Mckenna Grace (Captain Marvel, Annabelle Comes Home) will star in Ghostbusters 2020, with Carrie Coon (The Leftovers) playing her mother. Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things, IT) will also star. Sigourney Weaver recently confirmed that she and the original cast 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.

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

Jason Reitman (Juno, Young Adult, Tully) directed 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, co-wrote the script with Gil Kenan (Monster House, Poltergeist), who is no stranger to ghost stories.

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

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