Ever since Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters got the go-ahead from Sony Pictures, people have been wondering if the film would use the classic Ray Parker Jr. theme song or if it too would be rebooted. Now, we know the answer.
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Peter Wentz confirmed on Twitter that his band, Fall Out Boy, and the rap/hip hop superstar Missy Elliott have collaborated on a cover of Ray Parker Jr.’s theme song.
@Popjustice crossed one off the kid dream bucket list by covering Ray Parker theme with missy Elliot verse 😁
— t(-.-t) (@petewentz) June 2, 2016
FOB x @MissyElliott #Ghostbusters collab coming soon 👻 who ya gonna call? pic.twitter.com/teaspEHtEH
— Fall Out Boy (@falloutboy) June 2, 2016
Parker Jr.’s catchy theme song for the 1984 Ghostbusters was a huge. It skyrocketed to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and clung to the top spot for three weeks in a row. It even earned Parker Jr. an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.
Ghostbusters makes its long-awaited return, rebooted with a cast of hilarious new characters. Thirty years after the beloved original franchise took the world by storm, director Paul Feig brings his fresh take to the supernatural comedy, joined by some of the funniest actors working today – Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth. This summer, they’re here to save the world!
The film is directed by Paul Feig (The Heat, Bridesmaids), written by Feig and Katie Dippold, and produced by Ivan Reitman and Amy Pascal. Feig, Jessie Henderson, Tom Pollock, Joe Medjuck, Ali Bell, Michele Imperato Stabile, and Dan Aykroyd are its executive producers. The cast features Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Charles Dance, Michael Kenneth Williams and Chris Hemsworth.
Ghostbusters is due in theaters July 15, 2016.
