Ahead of the release of the Sony Pictures film on July 15 comes the new Ghostbusters theme song by Fall Out Boy and Missy Elliot. You can check out the song in the player below! Fans who pre-order the full soundtrack for the film, available the day of the film’s release, can get the single for free!
The new Ghostbusters team begins with Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy as scientists Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, respectively. Gilbert is a particle physicist while Yates, Gilbert’s close friend, is an expert in the paranormal. As ghost sightings ramp up, they team with Kate McKinnon‘s Jillian Holtzmann, a nuclear engineer who winds up creating the team’s tech. Leslie Jones‘ Patty Tolan, then, is the Ghostbusters team’s everyman character who winds up playing an important role connected to an early supernatural encounter.
The new Ghostbusters also stars Chris Hemsworth as the team’s new secretary, Andy Garcia as the Mayor of New York City, Michael K. Williams as a character named “Hawkins,” Matt Walsh as a character named “Rourke,” and Neil Casey as the film’s villain. New York City’s NY1 news anchor Pat Kiernan is also set to appear as news anchor in the film.
The Ghostbusters movie is directed by Paul Feig from a script he co-wrote with Katie Dippold.
