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Sony considering an all-female ‘Ghostbusters 3’ directed by Paul Feig

Sony – and especially Dan Aykroyd – really want to make a third Ghostbusters movie, and after years of false starts and rewrites and failed attempts to woo Bill Murray, the studio might be close with an all-female reboot. According to Variety, Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, The Heat) is being courted to direct the flick, which […]

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‘The Heat’ is getting a spinoff

Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock’s cop comedy The Heat was one of the year’s biggest hits, so it’s no surprise 20th Century Fox want a follow-up. However, since Bullock has expressed her displeasure with sequels (Speed 2 and Miss Congeniality 2 enough to put anyone off), Fox and director Paul Feig are looking elsewhere for stars. Deadline reports […]

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Rose Byrne joins Melissa McCarthy for spy flick Susan Cooper

Rose Byrne will join her Bridesmaids co-star Melissa McCarthy in the upcoming James Bond pastiche, Susan Cooper. Bridesmaids helmer Paul Feig will direct. Though The Wrap‘s report does not include specifics on Byrne’s role, it implies the picture will be more of a two-hander than the title implies. McCarthy is set to play the titular […]

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Sandra Bullock doesn’t want to make The Heat 2, because of Speed 2

Sandra Bullock won’t make a sequel to The Heat, as she was burned by those notorious follow-ups to Speed and Miss Congeniality. We know how she feels. Speaking to The Wrap, Bullock was upfront about the prospects for The Heat 2. “I’m not doing a sequel to The Heat… I’ve done two sequels. They were horrible. […]

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Trailer Debut: The Heat

Did someone say ‘female buddy-cop movie’? Check out Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy in the trailer for The Heat, a worryingly conventional-looking film that has one original thing going for it – the two cops are women. Taking a script from Parks and Recreation writer Kate Dippold, The Heat brings together Sandra Bullock’s “uptight and […]

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