ghostbusters 2016 cast director interview Ghostbusters Director Talks the Reboots Marketing Challenges Somewhat surprisingly, the most controversial movie of the summer of 2016 isn?t a film with any sort of incendiary political theme. It?s the reboot of Ghostbusters. Ever since the film was announced two years ago ? along with the news that the four Ghostbusters would be played by women (Melissa McCarthy, Kristin Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones), a lot of diehard fans of the original have been forcefully condemning the project.