The gang is all here: Peter Venkman, Egon Spengler, Winston Zeddemore, Ray Stantz and Slimer. The team comes equipped in full GB uniforms, armed with Proton Packs and bear striking resemblances to the 1984-era Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and the late Harold Ramis.

The figures are set for release in 2018.

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We’ve been anxiously counting down to the first trailer to the much discussed and over scrutinized Ghostbusters reboot from director Paul Feig, and now the wait is officially over. So how does the new all female team team stack up next to the unforgettable line-up from the 1984 comedy classic?

Feig reunites with his Bridesmaids stars Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig and teams them with current SNL‘ers Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones to pick up the proton packs of the iconic paranormal investigators.

I can’t say this really knocked it out of the ballpark for me. It certainly looks great (check out Slimer in full state of the art CGI glory), and I have absolutely no problem with the direction this reboot is taking. But after all the anticipation, it wasn’t exactly what I was expecting, mainly in the humor department.

The first impression here certainly doesn’t scream slap stick, and the typically over the top McCarthy appears to be taking on a more subdued character than were used to seeing. But the jokes didn’t hit hard enough for a first tailer that needs to really hit some home runs to get the masses on board for this.

I have the feeling it’s going to be the McKinnon and Jones show, and if the role is executed correctly, Chis Hemsworth could clean up with some big laughs too. Kate McKinnon delivers big every week on Saturday Night Live and Leslie Jones is likely going to blow up the screen in the best ways possible with her immense screen presence.

This is only the first look, so there’s a lot more to come before the film’s summer release, especially when it comes to fleshing out the main cast’s characters a bit more.

Set for July 22, 2016, Ghostbusters stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth, Andy García, Neil Casey, Michael K. Williams and Matt Walsh.

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Mattel debuted the proton pack armed action figures based on stars Melissa McCarthy (Abby Yates), Kate McKinnon (Jillian Holtzmann), Leslie Jones (Patty Tolan) and Kristen Wiig (Erin Gilbert). Additionally, we were treated to a sneak peek reveal at the film’s new ghost villain known as Rowan as well as an unmistakable Stay Puft Marshmellow Man figure from the 1984 original.

Set for July 22, 2016, Ghostbusters stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth, Andy García, Neil Casey, Michael K. Williams and Matt Walsh.

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The highly anticipated Ghostbusters reboot is still a few months away, but we have your first look at the new team as Funko Pop! figures from the floor of the 2016 International Toy Fair!

Funko has really become your go-to destination for 3.75-inch tall vinyl figures for every popular pop culture license on the horizon. We have a sneak peek at the collectibles based on Ghostbusters stars Melissa McCarthy (Abby Yates), Kate McKinnon (Jillian Holtzmann), Leslie Jones (Patty Tolan), Kristen Wiig (Erin Gilbert), Chris Hemsworth (Kevin), Gertrude Eldridge and Rowan’s ghost targeted for a May release.

Set for July 22, 2016 and directed by Paul Feig, Ghostbusters stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth, Andy García, Neil Casey, Michael K. Williams and Matt Walsh.

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Check out the latest official picture of the new Ghostbusters team in full costume and armed with proton packs from director Paul Feig’s upcoming reboot!

Ghostbusters features an all-female team headlined by Melissa McCarthy. Kristen Wiig and Saturday Night Live cast members Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones round out the new foursome of paranormal investigators.

Set for July 22, 2016, Ghostbusters stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth, Andy García, Neil Casey, Michael K. Williams and Matt Walsh.

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We’ve seen little bits and teases of what we can expect from the Ghostbusters reboot starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones. We finally have a peek at the entire team in uniform! Now are they ready to believe you?

Ghostbusters director Paul Feig tweeted this OFFICIAL image of the cast in uniform. Unlike the earlier online images, here they are armed with proton packs AND posing with Ecto-1. Feig is on the ball and wants fans up to date via sanctioned pics from his team, and not paparazzi shots taken from off the set.

#whoyougonnacall pic.twitter.com/hnrSjhCqSl

— Paul Feig (@paulfeig) July 10, 2015

Via Twitter, director Paul Feig has been keeping fans in the loop and previously revealed behind-the-scenes images of ECTO-1, the new proton packs and these very uniforms hanging on a clothes rack.

Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth, Andy García, Neil Casey, Michael K. Williams and Matt Walsh and is set to opens on July 22, 2016.

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Via Twitter, Ghostbusters reboot director Paul Feig has revealed Ecto-1. Still a hearse, with that classic family truckster-esque old school look. Check it out.

#whattheygonnadrivepic.twitter.com/bBLEhrfTEQ

— Paul Feig (@paulfeig) July 8, 2015

Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth, Andy García, Michael K. Williams and Matt Walsh and is set to opens on July 22, 2016.

SOURCE: Paul Feig

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The Ghostbusters reboot starring Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon as the new paranormal exterminators is shooting in Boston under director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, The Heat). Feig took to twitter and shared some awesome images with fans.

The recent set photos that surfaced online didn’t offer too much, not even a shot of Leslie Jones. But the reboot’s Gatekeeper did reveal the new looks for the iconic uniforms and ghost bustin’ proton packs the all-female team will be wearing. Hopefully Feig will keep up with the awesome trend of releasing official production and behind-the-scenes images during filming.

#whatyougonnawearpic.twitter.com/o5oyHeIaSx

— Paul Feig (@paulfeig) June 29, 2015

The new proton pack looks a little worse for wear, possibly assembled from old parts by the team. It still sports a wand cannon and looks to use radioactive power (with a heart in the center of the symbol).

#whatyougonnashootpic.twitter.com/sGsYSgS1Io

— Paul Feig (@paulfeig) June 30, 2015

Paul Fieg’s Ghostbusters stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth and is set to opens on July 22, 2016.

SOURCE: Paul Feig

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Who ya gonna call? Well actually now we know who will be ready to believe you.

Paul Feig, who directed Bridesmaids and The Heat, and Sony’s choice to spearhead the Ghostbusters reboot to the big screen, revealed today on Twitter who will be suiting up and armed with proton packs in the film.

pic.twitter.com/LBtv2YXfv6

— Paul Feig (@paulfeig) January 27, 2015

Not too much of a surpise here that Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig are on board (both are solid memebrs of Feig’s trusted stable of actors and Bridesmaids alum), but rounding out the foursome are current Saturday Night Live cast members Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones.

Feig has also enlisted Katie Dippold, who penned his female buddy cop comedy The Heat starring McCarthy and Sandra Bullock, to co-write the paranormal screenplay.

Feig explained to Entertainment Weekly last October his thought process regarding rebooting the series with a female team:

I love the first one so much I don’t want to do anything to ruin the memory of that. So it just felt like, let’s just restart it because then we can have new dynamics. I want the technology to be even cooler. I want it to be really scary, and I want it to happen in our world today that hasn’t gone through it so it’s like, oh my God what’s going on?

I just find funny women so great. For me it’s just more of a no-brainer. I just go, what would make me excited to do it? I go: four female Ghostbusters to me is really fun. I want to see that dynamic. I want to see that energy and that type of comedy and them going up against these ghosts and going up against human detractors and rivals and that kind of thing.

If we just flop four women into the exact same personalities and roles as original, then that’s lazy filmmaking on my behalf, and who wants to see that? I don’t want to do a shot by shot update of a movie that existed. It’s the difficult thing about remaking a great movie. So that’s why we’re not remaking a great movie. We’re doing our take on it.

Original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman will return as a producer, bowing out to helm the film following years of script re-writes, non-commitment to from Bill Murray to reprise his role as Peter Venkman and finally the death of Harold Ramis. Once Feig was selected, a reboot of the series was set with (presumably) all-female leads.

Ghostbusters will hit theaters July 22, 2016.

SOURCE: THR, EW, Twitter

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