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Jessica Gibb

Original Ghostbusters cast will reunite for London based sequel to 1980s classic

The original cast Ghostbusters are set to reunite for a new sequel.

Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver and Dan Ackroyd are among the cast of the reboot of the 1980s classic.

Ghostbusters has always been set in New York, but the new movie will film in London - playing on the historical past of the city.

The new movie is expected to begin shooting in the UK this March.

The original stars will make cameos in the film that focuses on a fresh cast of ghost hunters.

The late Harold Ramis died in 2014 but was brought back digitally as Egon Spengler for Ghostbusters: Afterlife in 2021.

Dan Aykroyd as Dr. Raymond Stantz (© 2016 Sony Pictures Television. All rights reserved.)

A source told The Sun: “Studio bosses are taking a classic franchise, setting it in a new location but keeping the magic of the original. It’s going to be brilliant.”

Getting the original stars interested in the remake reportedly "wasn't difficult" as they love the originals.

The original hit became the highest-grossing comedy ever and was nominated for two Oscars and earned around $300 million worldwide.

The new film is codenamed Firehouse and is directed by Gil Kenan with co-writer and producer Jason Reitman, and cinematographer Eric Steelbergand.

Bill Murray and Eugene Levy in Ghostbusters 2 in 1989 (Columbia/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)

The forthcoming sequel is expected to pick up following the events of 2021 film Afterlife.

Speaking at Ghostbusters Day last year, Reitman said: “We’re writing another movie. Tonight, we’re going to share the code name for the next chapter in the Spengler family story.

“The last time we saw Ecto-1, it was driving back into Manhattan: the home of Ghostbusters. That’s where our story begins. The code name is FIREHOUSE.”

Ghostbusters the gender-flipped reboot of 2016 starred Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones as the ghoul hunters with Dan Aykroyd making a cameo and Chris Hemsworth playing the good-looking receptionist.

Sigourney Weaver in the original Ghostbusters released in 1984 (Columbia/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)

In 2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife went back to its roots with Oscar-nominated Jason Reitman writing and directing. Dad Ivan directed both 1 and 2.

Original crew Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Sigourney Weaver starred with a group of teens led by Finn Wolfhard, of Netflix series Stranger Things.

Little else is known about the plot of the upcoming film at this stage, or the official title.

Meanwhile, a new Ghostbusters animated series is in the works for Netflix.

This series is the third animated Ghostbusters television show and follows The Real Ghostbusters, which aired for 140 episodes from 1986-1991 and Extreme Ghostbusters which was released in 1997.

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