A lot of people are mad because it’s a reboot...
Paul Feig is on this week's Empire Podcast to talk about his latest, Spy, which is out right about... now. But as well as the espionage-based chatter, there was plenty on Feig's next project, the reboot of Ghostbusters - starring Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon - and here below are some quotes from the interview to get you excited. Which Feig also happens to be, by the by.
Lots of strange things in the neighborhood today!
Some brave Ghostbusters fans have poked their heads above the online parapet to name the 2016 reboot as better than Afterlife.
The director of the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot blamed the film’s poor performance on that year’s election cycle.
He's pretty deluded if he thinks that. I like the way he's trying to spin it though
Is it that hard to do a sequel which hands the torch to some new blood.
Have it so the Ghostbusters shut down years ago when Egon Spengler was killed while hunting down a ghost. One of the originals sees something in a guy or maybe a son of Egons and decide to try and revive the business so they can carry it on. They go around looking for people to hire, train them up and in the end fight the ghost they couldn't beat all those years ago.
Pitch one made up in 20 seconds.
As I've said my top picks would be
Bill Hader, Sam Rockwell, Rob Corddry and Donald Glover.
Such a disappointing continuation of this franchise. I can't believe they thought this was their best idea.
This "reboot" doesn't ring true.
All the people involved are talented, but one must never loose sight of what the property is about and who you are catering to.
This new Ghostbusters will alienate the biggest demographic I predict. McCarthy's movie have never been able to cross-pollinate over to every genre. This isn't Will Smith we are talking about here or even Bette Midler.
So much money poured into something that doesn't feel right and lets be honest here. The art of movie making is 50% inspiration and 50% perspiration. Its all luck and as I said earlier, its just no ringing true.