Reitman no longer directing Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman has pulled out of the planned remake, scheduled to start shooting in 2015, but will stay on as producer.

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Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman has pulled out of a planned remake, but will stay on as producer. (AAP)

Director Ivan Reitman has stepped down as the brains behind the latest Ghostbusters movie.

The 67-year-old, who directed the 1984 spook-chasing film and its 1989 sequel, helped co-write the script for the latest film and had to tweak the storyline when Harold Ramis, who was set for a small role in the movie, died in February.

Reitman will stay on as a producer.

The film is finally expected to start shooting in early 2015. Original Ghostbusters star Dan Aykroyd is slated to return, but his co-star Bill Murray is not.


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