( CNN ) Sony Pictures is expanding its `` Ghostbusters '' movies with Ghost Corps , a collective headed by original `` Ghostbusters '' director Ivan Reitman and star Dan Aykroyd , that will oversee the expansion of the movie franchise beyond a cinematic universe into television and merchandising . The first order of business will be to develop a new male-oriented `` Ghostbusters '' that will be released after the much ballyhooed female-centric movie being put together by Paul Feig . The movie , which is to star Kirsten Wiig and Melissa McCarthy , shoots this summer and will be released July 22 , 2016 . New all-female 'Ghostbusters ' cast chosen . Joe and Anthony Russo , the duo behind `` Captain America : The Winter Soldier '' and who signed a first-look deal with Sony last week , are being tapped to produce and direct the new movie . Drew Pearce , who penned `` Iron Man 3 '' , will write the script while Channing Tatum , another Sony favorite after the 22 Jump Street movies , will also produce with his partners Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan . If all goes as planned , Tatum would also star in the movie . Read the original 1984 THR review of 'Ghostbusters ' Reitman will also produce the new movie . Sony is one of the studios less franchise-rich than others , such as Disney or Warner Bros. or even Paramount , which is cranking out `` Transformers '' and `` G.I . Joe '' movies . Female Ghostbusters ? Why Studios Want More Women-Led Blockbusters . How seriously is Sony taking this ? Enough that Reitman is moving his entire staff of his production banner The Montecito Picture Co. onto the studio lot to focus on this endeavor . Montecito and Ghost Corps will be separate entities , however . ©2015 The Hollywood Reporter . All rights reserved .
Sony Pictures is planning a `` cinematic universe '' similar to the Marvel films for its `` Ghostbusters '' franchise . Channing Tatum will star in one of the films , described as `` male-oriented '' `` Ghostbusters '' reboot is already planned with female cast .