Left to right: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis in the 1984 film.
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Jason Reitman is staying the course to make a new Ghostbusters movie—but his latest remarks about the project are already kicking up backlash. In an interview on Bill Burr’s podcast on Monday, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker—son of original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman—said that the newest Ghostbusters will be a reboot that will “go back to original technique and hand the movie back to the fans.”
Reitman went into detail about said “original technique,” explaining that for the first teaser released in January, he used original files for the sounds of the proton pack and the original lettering that was used in the first film’s promotional materials. “We went back and found the original physical vinyl letters that they used to create the Ghostbusters poster in 1984, [and] rescanned them, then our titles guys reprinted them and we filmed the titles,” he said. “We shot physical titles with a light and smoke effect ’cause that’s how they would have done it back in the day.”
He also made it clear that he’s not necessarily looking to put his own stamp on this material, and instead intends to remain loyal to the franchise’s core. “I’m not making the Juno of Ghostbusters movies,” he said, referring to his breakthrough 2007 film. “This is gonna be a love letter to Ghostbusters . . . I want to make a movie for my fellow Ghostbusters fans.”
On the surface, Reitman’s comments are fairly innocuous; the man loves Ghostbusters, and he’s making a movie that die-hard Ghostbusters fans will love. Clear enough! But considering the oft-toxic discourse surrounding the franchise, his comments have raised eyebrows—not least because Reitman hasn’t acknowledged the ugly reaction to the 2016 Ghostbusters remake, which starred an all-female cast that included Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Kristen Wiig. Members of the cast and director Paul Feig were hounded for months by misogynistic trolls who decried the reboot long before it officially opened, harassing and doxxing Jones in particular. Reitman has made it clear that his reboot, which will shoot this summer, will ignore the 2016 film entirely. “I have so much respect for what Paul created with those brilliant actresses, and would love to see more stories from them,” he told Entertainment Weekly in January. “However, this new movie will follow the trajectory of the original film.”
Jones has weighed in on Reitman’s decision to gloss over the 2016 film, writing on Twitter that she finds it “so insulting.”
“Like fuck us. We dint count. It’s like something trump would do. (Trump voice)‘Gonna redo ghostbusteeeeers, better with men, will be huge. Those women ain’t ghostbusteeeeers‘ ugh so annoying. Such a dick move. And I don’t give fuck I’m saying something!!” she said.
Reitman’s latest comments seem like a further attempt to assuage existing fans of the original franchise—particularly those who vocally spoke out against the 2016 reboot—and assure them that his film will be Different. Which is a bit troubling, all things considered! But without an actual movie to judge at this point, it’s unclear which way the wind will blow. There’s still so much time between now and the summer.
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