As if the new ‘Ghostbusters’ reboot needed any more flack flying around it.

UK movie magazine Total Film has now come under fire after it revealed its new 'Ghostbusters’ cover has Chris Hemsworth front and centre.

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Hemsworth plays a supporting character in the movie – the dim-witted office secretary Kevin, in fact – yes has managed to get himself top billing here.

Cast-mates Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig, appear behind the Marvel star on the cover shot, looking distinctly like second fiddles.

Speaking to Metro, editor-in-chief Jane Crowther said: “This film has attracted ugly criticism from the get-go and I was always determined to put a female-led blockbuster on Total Film’s cover.

“We supported the film from the beginning and interviewed everyone for this feature - director, Paul Feig, the leads (Wiig, McCarthy, Jones and McKinnon) and Hemsworth.

“And our feature frankly discusses the sexism and backlash against the film with all those we talked to. Not sexist at all – but if it gets people talking about, and more aware of, sexism – and gets bums on seats for a female-led summer blockbuster all to the good.”

Though it’s noted that the main crux of the interview is with Hemsworth, social media has been busy berating the magazine for having him appear as the lead.

Recently, Ivan Reitman, who helmed the original movie, blamed the backlash on nostalgia, rather than misogyny.

“I think there’s way too much talk about gender [when it comes to this film],” he told Mashable.

“I think that many of the people who were complaining were actually lovers of the [original] movie, not haters of women.”

For his part, he’s a big fan of what director Paul Feig has done.

“How wonderful those four women are together,” he added.

“Individually and together, they’re as unique as Bill Murray and [Dan] Aykroyd and [Harold] Ramis and [Ernie] Hudson were. They look like they should be together. You can’t explain it until you see them moving and talking.”

The movie is out on July 11.

Image credits: Total Film/Future Publishing/Sony