https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46889992The new film - which follows the 1984 original, 1989's Ghostbusters II and 2016's female-led reboot - is scheduled for release in summer 2020.
Reitman, who will also co-write the film with Gil Kenan, said it would not be another reboot, but would "follow the trajectory of the original film".
There will be "a lot of wonderful surprises and new characters for the audience to meet", he promised.