Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis marked the end of filming on Thursday.
Jenna Ortega read the script at the side of the Pacific Coast Highway.
Tom Gormican is directing the new iteration of the horror franchise.
Screenwriter Simon Stephenson accused The Holdovers and its scribe David Hemingson of plagiarising his 2013 screenplay Frisco.
Robert Downey Jr. is making his Marvel comeback.
Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis will complete filming later this week.
Michael Keaton only had 17 minutes of screen time in the 1988 original.
Morena Baccarin "still has nightmares" about the sequence.
Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander and Domhnall Gleeson were ultimately cast in the lead roles.
Blake Lively and Isabela Ferrer play older and younger versions of the same character Lily Bloom.
Chris Hemsworth's children influenced his decision to take the role.
The cast already includes Austin Butler, Zoë Kravitz and Regina King.