--- description: The reprise of the classic comedy is being written by the minds that brought us The Heat title: Ghostbusters Movie with Female Cast Coming Soon image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcdc48d6f50dcda54/69875f4c55a8591e4aa8314f/katie-dippold.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A New, Women-Led _Ghostbusters_ Is Coming by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 8, 2014 9:02 PM CUT  Screenwriter/actress Katie Dippold attends "The Heat" New York Premiere at Ziegfeld Theatre on June 23, 2013 in New York City. Screenwriter/actress Katie Dippold attends "The Heat" New York Premiere at Ziegfeld Theatre on June 23, 2013 in New York City.Jim Spellman—WireImage/Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 8, 2014 9:02 PM CUT A new _Ghostbusters_ film is coming. What’s more, the ghost-fighting team this time around will be made up of women, and _Bridesmaids_ director and mastermind behind the cult classic television series _Freaks and Geeks,_ Paul Feig, has been tapped to write the script. > [](http://twitter.com/paulfeig/status/519939618264088576) The _Hollywood Reporter_ says [Katie Dippold](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ghostbusters-reboot-lands-heat-writer-738556 "undefined"), who worked with Feig on Sandra Bullock/Melissa McCarthy body cop flick _The Heat,_ will be teaming up with the director again on the new _Ghostbusters_ project. Who you gonna call? Call us excited. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3482668/new-ghostbusters-women-paul-feig/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3482668/new-ghostbusters-women-paul-feig/"},"headline":"A New, Women-Led Ghostbusters Is Coming","datePublished":"2014-10-08T21:02:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:40:10.251Z","description":"The reprise of the classic comedy is being written by the minds that brought us The Heat","url":"https://time.com/3482668/new-ghostbusters-women-paul-feig/","keywords":["movies","Ghostbusters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcdc48d6f50dcda54/69875f4c55a8591e4aa8314f/katie-dippold.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcdc48d6f50dcda54/69875f4c55a8591e4aa8314f/katie-dippold.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screenwriter/actress Katie Dippold attends \"The Heat\" New York Premiere at Ziegfeld Theatre on June 23, 2013 in New York City.","caption":"Screenwriter/actress Katie Dippold attends \"The Heat\" New York Premiere at Ziegfeld Theatre on June 23, 2013 in New York City.","creditText":"Jim Spellman—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3482668/new-ghostbusters-women-paul-feig/","name":"A New, Women-Led Ghostbusters Is Coming"}}]}] ```