Ghostbuster Cast revealed for Reboot

[Autbot_Benz]

Ghostbusters (Reboot) / 27 Jan 2015
Female Ghostbusters Cast Revealed: Wiig, McCarthy, McKinnon & Jones
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Paul Feig is directing.

By Steve WattsSeveral well-known comedic actresses are said to be in negotiations for the new Ghostbusters movie.

Former and current SNL cast members Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones are all in early talks for the film, according to Variety. Earlier this week, director Paul Feig confirmed that Melissa McCarthy was in talks as well.

Sources reportedly claim Cecily Strong is likely to play a government official, similar to William Atherton's role in the first Ghostbusters film.

Feig himself tweeted this image today of his quartet of ghostbustin' leads:

Feig has said that the new movie will pay homage to the original, and acknowledge those stories. He's trying to steer clear of self-parody, and instead is hoping to bring the franchise into the "new generation."
From IGN.com
http://i60.tinypic.com/ilzyud.jpg

[TurtleTitan97]

I don't know what movie I'm looking forward to the least. This or The Not-So Fantastic Four film.

[CyberCubed]

I don't think I've ever been so appalled of the casting choices in a movie since we thought Eric Sachs was playing Shredder.

This is somehow even worse since at least Shredder was still Asian in the film.

[NinjaPug]

I think a Ghostbusters reboot is a really bad idea but I like this cast a lot better than the previously rumored folks like Seth Green and Jonah Hill.

[ToTheNines]

I never cared much when Murray was fiddle farting about doing it or not, and I really quit caring when Ramis went to the other side.

I wish they'd let it die. We got that awesome videogame and the spectacular IDW books. Those make up for the fact that we never got a real GB3, easily.

[TheCanadiandrome]

I never cared much when Murray was fiddle farting about doing it or not, and I really quit caring when Ramis went to the other side.

I wish they'd let it die. We got that awesome videogame and the spectacular IDW books. Those make up for the fact that we never got a real GB3, easily.
agreed 110% with ya

[Bry]

Having some present and past SNLers in the cast feels pretty right to me. But my main concern is that they're gonna be essentially playing female versions of the same characters. If you're gonna do something new with it... then do something new.

[snake]

Kill me. This reeks of bad ideas.

[B-Man]

Wiig is a legend. She'll be funny. Really irritated that McCarthy is onboard (which was pretty much a lock the second Feig was onboard). I don't find her funny at all & can't stand her loud & obnoxious schtick she's been forcing ever since Bridesmaids. As a Ghostbusters fanatic, I want this to be good. Please be good.

[ProactiveMan]

I'll reserve judgement, but I'm relieved that he mentioned acknowledging the other movies. You can read into that a number of different ways, but I hope it means that they exist in the same continuity. There are so many simple ways to write a continuation of Ghostbusters, even with an entirely new cast, that a reboot just seems lazy and unsatisfying to me.

[Powder]

I don't think I've ever been so appalled of the casting choices in a movie since we thought Eric Sachs was playing Shredder.

This is somehow even worse since at least Shredder was still Asian in the film.

Agreed 100%. I also stand by what Tothenines said.

[TonySiegel]

where do I start?

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/d7/d739acd3de269f9e53f95fa02e56cd1e46652c59f5a04f4709 71e6e48eae42be.jpg

[Wildcat]

Ever since the all female rumor started last year people have been complaining (for lack of a better word). Imdb has been flooded with basically spam at this point. I got into a couple of ridiculous discussions. The same old shtick.

There's literally the same complaints for every new sequel or big name movie. "[Insert Name] is too new, never gonna work, all cgi, bad cast etc." The typical naysayer stuff. I know not everyone is like this though. Just one side of field. A lot of people still want another GB and don't mind a female team.

I for one love the idea. Seeing a female take on it sounds cool to me. I'd prefer a sequel too so I'm glad to hear it will acknowledge the first 2. I hope it's finally happening because it's been on/off for so long. So many supposed ideas and dates have been given out over the years.

I absolutely HATE when people say let it die. I've heard this even before Ramis passed away. Ooh its impossible to make a good update cause Hollwood sucks now, right?... :roll: please.

[Peanut]

A lot of people still want another GB and don't mind a female team.

I for one love the idea. Seeing a female take on it sounds cool to me.

I think you're confusing people caring about them being female to people dreading, day f*cking ONE, that Feig directing would lead to having to deal with McCarthy's tired act sh*tting up the movie. There's a reason Tammy tanked and it's because no one wants to see that trash anymore.

I was absolutely in love with the idea of a female Ghostbusters team from the beginning, but I was also equally as worried she'd be in it playing her part from Bridesmaids. Again.

We can only hope if she's 100% locked for this movie that she isn't written as a loud mouth slob.

[Wildcat]

I think you're confusing people caring about them being female to people dreading, day f*cking ONE, that Feig directing would lead to having to deal with McCarthy's tired act sh*tting up the movie. There's a reason Tammy tanked and it's because no one wants to see that trash anymore.

I was absolutely in love with the idea of a female Ghostbusters team from the beginning, but I was also equally as worried she'd be in it playing her part from Bridesmaids. Again.

We can only hope if she's 100% locked for this movie that she isn't written as a loud mouth slob.I understand people complaining about McCarthy. I probably would have picked different girls but I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt. It comes down to the script and how they're written.

McCarthy doesn't play a slob on Mike and Molly. Not one of my favorite shows. Only seen a few episodes but she can play a non-slob.

Still regardless of the choices a lot of people have been complaining just for the all female idea alone. They've been complaining about a new team in general. Way before any of this.

[Purse Grabbin Puke]

Having some present and past SNLers in the cast feels pretty right to me. But my main concern is that they're gonna be essentially playing female versions of the same characters. If you're gonna do something new with it... then do something new.

They won't be playing female versions of the original characters. This will be a completely original concept aside from the fact they're Ghostbusters.

If I'd have to guess based on the director, I'd say he's smart enough to capture the essence of the original in the fact that all the Ghostbusters were just caricatures of the actor playing them. I for one cannot wait to see Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones in this. They will steal this movie I'm guaranteeing it right now.

[Roseangelo]

This is so much bad. So. Much. Bad.

[TheBlueTurtle1]

Why they can't just leave things alone..... Sick of all these stupid reboots. Ill give this a big miss.

[Memphis]

I hope I die before this and fantastic four release... But after Avengers.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

They won't be playing female versions of the original characters. This will be a completely original concept aside from the fact they're Ghostbusters.

Bry wasn't saying that. He was concerned that they would just be original characters, but have the same basic traits as the original Ghostbusters.

This is going to be a box office bomb of legendary proportions. I don't think anyone is at all interested in a Ghostbusters movie without Bill Murray (or any of the original cast, for that matter).

[Shred Head]

Not everything needs a reboot or sequel over twenty or thirty years later. I have seen Hollywood do some stupid **** but this doesn't just cross the line it throws up on it.

[DarthRaphael]

We all know why Hollywood does reboots, etc. No original ideas and they hope to ride the coattails of the originals to success. For me to enjoy this there will need to be some good writing. On the positive side it will be interesting to see how the story works with a female cast.

[TigerClaw]

Plot details about the new Ghostbusters movie, Its a remake and not a reboot or sequel. Plus Sony wants Bill Murray and Peter Dinklage as Villains.
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/GraphicCity/news/?a=114452

+Kristen Wiig is playing Erin Garber, a published author on the subject of the paranormal. Erin now works for Columbia University.

+Leslie Jones is playing Abby Bergman, who co-authored the book with Garber. Since publication, the two former colleagues had a falling out and went their separate ways. Abby more actively chases ghost a la Ghost Hunters. This tension between academic investigation (Wiig's character) and mainstream media investigation (Jones' character) is central to the story.

+Kate McKinnon is playing Abby Berman's new partner, Jillian.

+Melissa McCarthy is playing Patty, an NYC subway worker who stumbles across the main, supernatural threat in the film.

+Sony wants Peter Dinklage to play the main villain in the film. Whether this role is as a ghost or human is unclear.

+Sony also wants Bill Murray to play a character named Martin Heiss, a man who is "a professional supernatural debunker who is out to prove that the Ghostbusters are frauds."

[MikeandRaph87]

A female version? The daughters of the group? I don't like the casting either. I think I will stick with the idea of not trying to rework a classic or make poorly made sequels. I will give it a pass and be the proud owner of Ghostbusters 1 & 2 DVD boxset. I thought the biggest problem the films would ever see is Weaver's character married someone else and had a kid.

[plastroncafe]

No matter how good this movie is, it won't come anywhere NEAR as close to being as entertaining as watching the impotent fanboy rage explode online.

[pingclang]

No matter how good this movie is, it won't come anywhere NEAR as close to being as entertaining as watching the impotent fanboy rage explode online.

It's been pretty thrilling so far. Comicvine and comicbookresources are pretty entertaining already.

[NinjaPug]

I'd be pretty pissed if Bill Murray ends up doing this remake movie after dicking around with a 3rd Ghostbusters for years. He was always the main holdup in moving forward with a 3rd one.

[Peanut]

No matter how good this movie is, it won't come anywhere NEAR as close to being as entertaining as watching the impotent fanboy rage explode online.

This kind of thing is always incredibly delicious.

[BabyTurtles]

No matter how good this movie is, it won't come anywhere NEAR as close to being as entertaining as watching the impotent fanboy rage explode online.

lol XD I agree.

Usually all the rage annoys me, but I learned to just sit back and let it roll.

I'm not bothered by the cast choices cause I don't know much about ghostbusters XD I'm sure if it was something I knew and loved I'd be upset too.

but it's always fun to see something different ya know?

[Autbot_Benz]

http://i60.tinypic.com/33c2gef.jpg Regarding the casting and Ghostbuster 1 reference.

[LeoRaph]

The All Female cast isn't a problem, it's the fact they are doing an all female cast for the sake of an all female cast with an original classic which to me IS the reason it will fail. It's the equivalent of having an all female TMNT just 'because' with Leanne, Rachel, Michelle and Donna but hey they're NOT based on the originals in any way at all...

Then you have the fact that they are trying to reboot with 'original' characters who are NOT loosely based on Ray, Peter, Egon and Winston which is hard to believe because they have a cast which matches the original 'race ratio' already. They could have really mixed things up with maybe Asian, Hispanic, White, Black Actors or whatever works but the EXACT same Race Ratio, no not buying it. Whether they like it or not they will be forever in the shadows of the original cast which was one of those chemistry things that just worked. They weren't trying to make a timeless classic or recreate something they were simply trying to make an entertaining movie about something they were interested in, namely Dan Aykroyd having genuine interest in paranormal things where the humour just naturally happened.

Who know this could succeed but they just have too many things stacked against them. I think If they even mixed the cast up 2 male 2 female with races that ACTUALLY represent modern times that could work but it really feels like it's a 'just because' type thing with an original timeless comedy classic.

[TurtleTitan97]

The All Female cast isn't a problem, it's the fact they are doing an all female cast for the sake of an all female cast with an original classic which to me IS the reason it will fail. It's the equivalent of having an all female TMNT just 'because' with Leanne, Rachel, Michelle and Donna but hey they're NOT based on the originals in any way at all...

That's one the biggest issues I have with this movie. I'm not against the idea of female Ghostbusters, but why does the team have to consist solely of females? Why not just throw in at least 2-3 guys into the mix?

[snake]

I'm gonna bet were going to see the same characters but female and named differently.

If I'm wrong and they DO have different personalites, I'll be pretty happy.

[Cure]

If I'm wrong and they DO have different personalites, I'll be pretty happy.

You say that now, but wait until Melissa McCarthy does the same schtick she's been doing for her last few movies. You'll wish she was just a female Egon.

[ProactiveMan]

No matter how good this movie is, it won't come anywhere NEAR as close to being as entertaining as watching the impotent fanboy rage explode online.

Well, let's say this Twinkie represents the normal amount of butthurt on the internet...

[ToTheNines]

I'd be pretty pissed if Bill Murray ends up doing this remake movie after dicking around with a 3rd Ghostbusters for years. He was always the main holdup in moving forward with a 3rd one.

!!!

Same here.

We all know why Hollywood does reboots, etc. No original ideas and they hope to ride the coattails of the originals to success. For me to enjoy this there will need to be some good writing. On the positive side it will be interesting to see how the story works with a female cast.

Perhaps I'm being closed minded or counter creative, but Ghostbusters just isn't something you reboot. Pretty much everything GB related has been in continuity with (or at least branched out from) the first movie. It's not like turtles or Batman.

I understood that they were gonna get some contemporary stars to be in GB3, but it woulda been cool seeing Egon, Winston, Ray and Pete handing over the reins, but now...

What the **** ever. I literally don't care. At this point I'm just happy they won't make a GB3 that contradicts the IDW comics (which now includes the Turtles :) )

[Peanut]

Well, let's say this Twinkie represents the normal amount of butthurt on the internet...

https://i.imgur.com/Ie17FZ6.gif

[plastroncafe]

Well, let's say this Twinkie represents the normal amount of butthurt on the internet...

http://media.giphy.com/media/Cp9cUJc4hgNvG/giphy.gif

[Leo656]

So for over 20 years they couldn't get the "real" movie made, so it's time for "Screw it, Gimmick Reboot". Never mind that every single attempt to relaunch, revamp, or otherwise make the franchise relevant to a mass audience again after 1990 has been an abysmal failure.

Few things in life meant as much to me growing up as Ghsotbusters, so I'm pretty hurt by this. I know I'm a cynic, but I'm really upset by how quickly this thing got fast-tracked before Ramis's body was even cold. For the longest time, the desire among the original crew to "Do It Right Or Not At All" was the biggest obstacle. Then, when one of the co-creators dies, suddenly everything is a "Go" right away. It's like, "WHEW, now that we got THAT guy out of the way, let's get this POS rolling! Anybody got that fat, goofy broad's phone number?" :roll: In fact, the fact one of the main people behind it is gone means it's much more appropriate and respectful to never touch it again. But, of course, that's never how Hollywood works.

It's going to be SO horrible. Nothing will erase the first movie or the second (which was pretty derivative but I still like it), but it's going to be frustrating having this turd stapled onto an otherwise-mostly-stellar franchise. "But all franchises that last a while have their fair share of garbage!" Yeah, still no excuse.

[snake]

I really have a feeling this will be forgotten or looked upon as "Oh, THAT one". Like that made for tv Xmen movie.

[plastroncafe]

You're not talking about the Generation X one, are you?
Because I've still got that badboy on VHS.

[snake]

You're not talking about the Generation X one, are you?
Because I've still got that badboy on VHS.

Yeah. The one with Jubilee and other mutants who were never in the fox films.

[Wildcat]

Nice to see plot details. Disappointed it will in fact be a straight remake but it's ok as long as it's good and different enough.

I like that they wanna show how things got going. That's something I always thought would be cool, to see how the equipment was built and stuff. I hope they finally explain all the stuff on top of the car. I've always wondered about it.

I don't care what the naysayers think. There's been complaining about what a GB3/Sequel should be for years. They were gonna complain no matter what it turned out to be.

I would have had Ray (with Egon before) hand over the business and be like mentors or something but I'm still really excited for this. Still kinda hard to believe another movie is finally happening.

[Leo656]

They were gonna complain no matter what it turned out to be.

Yep. Soooo, maybe they could save everyone on both sides the headache, and just, y'know... NOT do the movie? Seems pretty simple. Studio doesn't waste anyone's time or money on a bad movie, fans don't get anything to cry about, it's win/win. You don't NEED to do another movie. Especially now, it's more pointless than ever. Really, it's been pointless since about 1995.

I don't get the "It existed once, now let it exist again... in half-hearted, watered-down form" thing people have. I get nostalgia. I do. People are nostalgic for things the way they were. So, why people don't just settle for having one great movie, one pretty okay movie, and a pretty-good-for-its-era cartoon show, and insist on muddying the waters with More Stuff that isn't going to do anything but tarnish the brand name, is a complete mystery to me.

"No, I want a crappy New version of something I liked when I was a kid!" Why? Just go have fun with the Good stuff that already exists. I know, you could just as easily say, "Well, you can just ignore the movie and do the same thing." True, but why that logic is faulty is, they should Not be making the movie to begin with. Ideally, people shouldn't have to "ignore" something that shouldn't even exist in the first place.

There are "reasons" to do the movie. I get that. There are no GOOD reasons to do the movie, however. Zero.

[plastroncafe]

For me the "crappier version of something I liked as a kid" is Ghostbusters 2.
If that couldn't tarnish the brand name, nothing will.

If this movie is a smash hit, no one is going to forget the original.
If the movie is a flop, no one is going to forget the original.

The original is untouchable.

If they had made this movie with Seth Green, Seth Rogan, James Franco, and Craig Robinson...would there be this level of outrage?
I honestly doubt it.

[Leo656]

Depends. I'd still hate it, and I'm pretty sure most people would. It's just a different Awful Idea. Doing a third movie at all, at this point, is an Awful idea.

The concept worked in a certain time and place, largely due to the charisma of the people playing the roles. Changing literally anything about it risks "breaking" it. Beyond that, is the issue that literally nobody asked for this. Yes, for a while, many people including myself thought a third movie could work, under very specific circumstances. The movie they are actually making, though, is pretty far off from what anyone actually wanted, once upon a time.

Once they did the video game, the third movie became entirely pointless. They even admitted that a huge reason they did a game and not a movie, is that more of the people most likely to care would be likely to play a game rather than see a movie, thus saving everyone a ton of hassle and aggravation. I have a magazine interview somewhere from 2008-ish with Akroyd basically saying, "So many of the fans have moved on, and movies are such a huge investment, that if it wasn't perfect it'd be a waste of everybody's time, and games are much less of a risk and at least this way we can still put the story out there that we actually wanted to do." Not an exact quote, but that was the gist of it.

I'm not surprised that at this stage in his life, a few bucks from the studio can completely change his mind, but that doesn't mean he was Wrong back then. I love Dan, but he's kind of a putz. I'm not going to let the guy who thought Blues Brothers 2000 was a good idea direct my enthusiasm.

And again, "every ongoing franchise eventually suffers crap, it doesn't erase the original" is NO excuse. There is never ANY excuse for making bad movies on purpose, just because "Brand Name". I never met Harold Ramis, but I'm *pretty* sure based on things I've heard/read him him say about films in general, that he would NOT be okay with this project moving forward the way that it is, and like I said, the way it seemed like they were just waiting for him to die so they could move forward unimpeded really taints the entire thing. 25 years of start-stop, because "If we're gonna do it at all, it has to be Perfect"... then, suddenly, "Yeah, let's just throw anything out there. S'just a stupid movie, who cares?"

Another half dozen garbage movies every weekend, and people want MORE of them "just because". As if we aren't already drowning in garbage. I don't get it.

[Wildcat]

Ha, waiting for Ramis to die.

Bill has always been the one holding things back. I'm still surprised this is finally moving forward. Everyone else was in agreement to do another one and other scripts were written (one even leaked recently).

If they were "waiting for someone to die" it would have been Bill Murray. What a horrible thing to imply in the first place. Talk about Hollywood cynicism.

[Leo656]

Whether or not Bill did it, Harold and Dan were still the ones "steering" it, because they created it, and even if they HAD to do it without Bill, it could have at least been true to the original in some way other than the name.

And you don't find it AT ALL convenient that they announced the third movie AND that it was going to be an all-female cast gimmick less than a week after Ramis died? Seriously? I know I'm more cynical than most, but... THAT is only true because more people should rightfully be More Cynical. If you don't think the studio saw Ramis being "out of the way" as a "gift", so they could make any movie(s) they wanted, well... I can't help you. It's all right there in how quickly "We can't do a third movie" became "We're starting a whole new franchise!" as soon as the one guy with any restraint was out of the picture. Don't kid yourself.

[Wildcat]

Haha wow. No.

Go look up all the supposed dates and announcements given out over the years.

There was a reboot reported well before he passed away too that had just cameos of the original team.

[Leo656]

Yeah, because the First time I'm ever wrong about anything, it's gonna be about This.

Whatever man, enjoy your garbage.

[Jester]

I'm cautiously optimistic. I was never a huge Ghostbusters fan, only seeing the movies, and not really watching much of The Real Ghostbusters. That and I honestly like Jones and McKinnon on SNL, so I'm sure I'll be ok with half the GBs...unlike the Seths Green and Rogan, Franko, and Robinson version, because i only like Green and tollerate Craig Robinson on good day.

[chrisdude]

The movie was going to happen, eventually, no matter what. It's a popular franchise, so it's a safer bet than a new idea. It is most likely going to turn a profit, even if it sucks. I'm not saying it's "good" way to go about business but, it's reasonable.

I don't know Jones or McKinnon, and I think McCarthy is genuine hack. I had been praying for McCarthy's exclusion, since the word "female" came up. BUT - I see no reason why the Ghostbusting concept wouldn't work just fine with a new cast, and I think the female cast idea is a fun twist. I love Ghostbusters, too, but I don't see why the idea of a reboot or a new cast is so offensive. I would never cast new actors as the original characters in a million years. But I don't see why the idea of Ghostbusters has to be shelved forever.

If you ask me, in the case of Ghostbusters, if you're not able to get the original cast, new characters is the way to go. Because everyone here would be 80x as mad if they had announced a new Venkman, Winston, etc. And, I believe that if you're going to remake something, you should put a spin on it, so it has a reason to exist alongside the original. And this movie has that.

I'll give it a shot. Will it be as good as the original? No. That movie clicked with pop-culture in a way that can't be re-created. But I don't think the original cast and crew could have pulled that off, either. Heck, Dumb & Dumber To did everything the same, and people were still disappointed...

[Spike Spiegel]

I'm not terribly excited about this movie...

However, they added new characters in the past with the animated series "Extreme Ghostbusters" from the late '90s. I think it was a spin-off of "The Real Ghostbusters."

I'm kind of surprised no one's made any comparisons...

[ToTheNines]

Because there's no comparison. I'm not saying EGB was great, but it was about Egon passing on the torch to a new generation and even had a team up episode with all the originals.

[Spike Spiegel]

Bumped this thread with a new photo of the cast

http://i1.wp.com/bitcast-a-sm.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/wp/wp-content/images/New-Ghostbusters-SNL.jpg?resize=600%2C450

Still not terribly interested...but we'll see.

[Autbot_Benz]

Bumped this thread with a new photo of the cast

http://i1.wp.com/bitcast-a-sm.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/wp/wp-content/images/New-Ghostbusters-SNL.jpg?resize=600%2C450

Still not terribly interested...but we'll see.

yeesh not the prettiest girls ever. Still probably going to boycott this.

[Bry]

yeesh not the prettiest girls ever. Still probably going to boycott this.

And these weren't the best-looking guys ever, either:

http://www.tribute.ca/tribute_objects/images/movies/Ghostbusters/ghostbusters4.jpg

But that didn't matter much.

[Cure]

Bumped this thread with a new photo of the cast

http://i1.wp.com/bitcast-a-sm.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/wp/wp-content/images/New-Ghostbusters-SNL.jpg?resize=600%2C450

Still not terribly interested...but we'll see.

Yo, that is frightening.

[Spike Spiegel]

And these weren't the best-looking guys ever, either:

http://www.tribute.ca/tribute_objects/images/movies/Ghostbusters/ghostbusters4.jpg

But that didn't matter much.

They're still better looking than those two ladies in the middle.

Ah well, as long as they make us laugh.

I wonder if the uniforms will be radically redesigned.

[Andrew NDB]

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/11/21/paul-feig-regrets-ghostbusters-cause/

Paul Feig admits "the cause" hurt the box office.

[Vegita-San]

i'm tired of ranting about this thing.

About the only good thing that came out of it is that it seems to have killed feigs career and slowed down mcarthy's.

[ranger_scout]

Sandra Bullock, who is starring in the all-female spin-off of Ocean's Eleven, is aware of the backlash that the Ghostbusters cast received.

When it was announced there would be an all-female cast of Ghostbusters, those actresses were put through hell. Has it been the same for the cast of Oceans 8?

They did put them through hell. And I’m still trying to figure out why. Forget what the final product was! There were four or five of the most talented comediennes in that film. Everyone should’ve just taken a breath and said, “let’s see what happens.” It doesn’t take just five people to make a movie. It’s pretty much like around 300. So I keep reminding everybody, if you hate my film remember there’s another 299 people all around me. We’re not a reboot. We’re just a this is what’s happening in 2017. It’s not even a passing of the torch. It’s a parallel story of another family member that was raised in the same family Danny Ocean was and what happens when Debbie steps out of jail with all of these amazing, powerful women.

http://ew.com/movies/2017/12/06/sandra-bullock-oceans-8-first-look/

[Vegita-San]

she's got to promote this thing. we get it. but no one can be that clueless on why people thought feigbusters was a bad idea.

all you had to do was see feigs previous work to know it was NOT the right fit, and read all the behind the scenes info to know it wasn't being done for the right reasons.

if you didn't, you where either a fan boy who loved anything with the ghostbusters logo on it and couldn't be subjective, or one of andrews infamous plants.

and then there are people who just love paul feig movies for whatever reason, and they are a whole nother interesting category.

whoops, I just triggered people. incoming reverse rage nonsensical argument alert :). that's my argument and i'm sticking too it. you will most likely disagree vehemently :).

[Spike Spiegel]

whoops, I just triggered people. incoming reverse rage nonsensical argument alert :). that's my argument and i'm sticking too it. you will most likely disagree vehemently :).

https://memeguy.com/photos/images/when-an-elderly-relatives-says-something-incredibly-stupid-116839.gif

[Andrew NDB]

Melissa McCarthy is still at it.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/survivor-contestants-evacuated-camps-obliterated-043149061.html

The Ghostbusters remake failed because "people are afraid of women." Apparently.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Melissa McCarthy is still at it.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/survivor-contestants-evacuated-camps-obliterated-043149061.html

The Ghostbusters remake failed because "people are afraid of women." Apparently.

Ugh. She needs to let it die and go make Spy 2 or whatever. :tlol:

[Vegita-San]

why is this still news?

[ZariusTwo]

why is this still news?

'Cuz women.

[Autbot_Benz]

Melissa McCarthy is still at it.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/survivor-contestants-evacuated-camps-obliterated-043149061.html

The Ghostbusters remake failed because "people are afraid of women." Apparently.

what a load of crap. It was an abomination on Cinema. Also didn't help Mccarthy was in it either.

[Leo656]

By far, one of the worst f*cking movies I've ever seen. Maybe THE worst. "Meet The Feebles" is pretty bad but it also wasn't trying to be any good.

F*ck everyone involved in the Ghostbusters reboot right in the goddamn ear.

[Cure]

I feel like no one is actually clicking on that link because it leads to an article about Survivor.

[Candy Kappa]

They don't need to click on a link or even read it, just need Andrew to stir up drama about a 2 year old movie and they start right where they left off. :lol:

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

I feel like no one is actually clicking on that link because it leads to an article about Survivor.

You're not wrong, on either point. :tlol:

[Vegita-San]

i had to search out the story just for morbid curiosity. she's not promoting anything ....for some reason, someone randomly decided to bring up the 'GB16 failure' again for no reason at all.

[Cure]

They don't need to click on a link or even read it, just need Andrew to stir up drama about a 2 year old movie and they start right where they left off. :lol:

Yeah, like, does no one see a problem with that? It's ****ed up how people are quick to react and get angry, especially for a group of people who like to pretend to be intellectuals.

[Autbot_Benz]

https://comicbook.com/movies/2018/10/24/ghostbusters-reboot-backlash-melissa-mccarthy-comments/


the article does bring up her saying why people are so afraid of women its fascinating to Mccarthy. For some reason I get 403 forbidden error when I try and post said quote

[Sumac]

Melissa McCarthy is still at it.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/survivor-contestants-evacuated-camps-obliterated-043149061.html

The Ghostbusters remake failed because "people are afraid of women." Apparently.
Unless she says that Russian spies and trolls were involved, I won't believe her. :lol:

[Andrew NDB]

Hemsworth had no plan with his character in Ghostbusters 2016, and Paul Feig lied to him about writing up his character:

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/horror/ghostbusters/chris-hemsworth-reflects-on-ghostbusters-backlash-and-missing-out-on-roles-in-gi-joe-and-wolverine-a168621

[Vegita-San]

I don't believe anything anyone in hollywood says.

Something tells me this is what hemsworth thinks his bosses want him to say.
after how he reacted to brie larsen and her toxicity.

He'd be pretty stupid to think fans have no say in where a franchise should go. while their voice doesn't count in the long creative process...it DOES have a say in things. Look at Sonic and the design changes made because of fans.

[raph27]

Hemsworth had no plan with his character in Ghostbusters 2016, and Paul Feig lied to him about writing up his character:

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/horror/ghostbusters/chris-hemsworth-reflects-on-ghostbusters-backlash-and-missing-out-on-roles-in-gi-joe-and-wolverine-a168621

We're still digging up this grave three years later?

Let it go, man.

[ranger_scout]

Paul Feig is not pleased with Sony that the film isn't included in a franchise box set.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/paul-feig-calls-out-sony-ghostbusters-1235066671/

[Autbot_Benz]

Paul Feig is not pleased with Sony that the film isn't included in a franchise box set.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/paul-feig-calls-out-sony-ghostbusters-1235066671/

Paul Feig can go suck a STD'd dick for all I care. The set is for all the Canon movie IE the 2 OG's and afterlife

Also here is his quote. He is seriously using winning a Nick Kids Choice award to help his case

“Um … @SonyPictures , I know this must be a mistake,” he wrote. “We do have a lot of fans and Bill, Dan and Ernie were in it and it won the Kids Choice Award for Best Feature Film the year it came out. So, I guess this was just an oversight?”

Feig added the hashtag #weareallghostbusters.

[Sumac]

Feig can "feig" himself.

[neatoman]

I don't see the big deal, his movie is obviously not part of the same continuity as the other three. Technically it could be included but that's like making a 90's Godzilla set and including the Tristar one, or a Dragon Ball collection with Evolution included.

[Autbot_Benz]

https://ghostbustersnews.com/2021/12/27/update-ghostbusters-2016-will-be-included-in-ghostbusters-ultimate-collection-gift-set-as-digital-pack-in/

Allegedly Sony always planned to have all 4 movies digitally in this set so 2016 will be included just as a digital copy

“Featuring GHOSTBUSTERS, GHOSTBUSTERS II and GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE on 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray, plus two discs full of special features! Includes over 20 hours of rare behind-the-scenes and must-see archival gems, including the full Preview Cut of the original movie and much, much more! Presented in collectible “ghost trap” packaging with lights,and includes a full 220-page reprint of the rare 1985 “Making GHOSTBUSTERS” book! Also includes digital versions of GHOSTBUSTERS, GHOSTBUSTERS II, GHOSTBUSTERS: ANSWER THE CALL and GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE.“

[Andrew NDB]

More heat from SJWs:

https://www.cracked.com/article_32225_2016s-ghostbusters-is-still-a-ghostbusters-movie-sony.html

[LeotheLateBloomer]

If it was a Ghostbusters movie, it was a bad one.

[Allio]

Damn. 150 for the set of 3 films? No thanks.

[Andrew NDB]

Damn. 150 for the set of 3 films? No thanks.

The big draw is the expanded cuts of both 1 and 2. Plus never seen deleted scenes from 2 at least.

I'm not getting it but I might be more into it if they promised some more Afterlife deleted stuff and clowning around footage. Like with the OGs.

[Allio]

Also where is the most important ghostbusters film “Casper”? :P

[Leo656]

It's a steep price on its face BUT you're really getting like five full movies and a ton of bonus content, some of it never-released like all the deleted scenes from Ghostbusters II. Combine that with the fancy packaging and it seems almost reasonable.

I definitely want it but things are a bit tight right now, so I don't know. I was like "nah" since I already have an awesome set of I and II on DVD with a ton of great Special Features, but more than anything the deleted scenes from GBII are what put it over to me. The TV cuts of the first two movies are more of a curiosity than anything, and I'm a bit baffled that they even included them, but they're a fun little gift for those folks who first saw the movie as kids during its semi-annual network TV airing. But the GBII deleted scenes? Man, that's stuff people have been asking for ever since the NOW Comics adaptation came out and had a ton of scenes that weren't in the actual movie, leaving all of us asking "What Happened?" Possessed Ray trying to drive the Ecto-1A into oncoming traffic and kill everyone after they left the museum? Louis's continued inept attempts to trap Slimer at the firehouse? Louis's cousin who works at the hospital getting the Ghostbusters released from their commitment to the sanitarium? Jack Hardemeyer getting "eaten" by the wall of slime outside of the museum? The Ghostbusters big victory celebration at Liberty Island at the end? SURE, I'll take all of that, thanks! I'm well aware that all of that stuff mostly bombed with test audiences and was cut out of the movie for fairly good reason, but knowing it was "supposed to be in there" and NOT seeing it has always made those scenes like some sort of hidden gold for Ghostbusters fans. We just wanna see it already!

Otherwise, yeah, I'd just buy Afterlife on Blu-Ray. But they said that this set will have all of the Bonus Features from the earlier releases PLUS a bunch of never-before-seen stuff, and that's just too good to pass up. I'll find a way to get it. Eventually. Some people can go without it but this set was obviously made for super-hardcore types.

[Autbot_Benz]

Paul Fieg claims so many people who hated his movie were Trump Supporters.

"The political climate of the time was really weird, with Hillary Clinton running for office in 2016," he went on. "There were a lot of dudes looking for a fight. When I was getting piled on, on Twitter, I’d go back and see who they were. So many were Trump supporters. Then Trump came out against us. He was like: 'They’re remaking Indiana Jones without Harrison Ford. You can’t do that. And now they’re making Ghostbusters with only women. What’s going on?' and got all upset. Everybody went [frick]ing cannibal. It turned the movie into a political statement, as if to say: “If you’re pro-women, you’re going to go see this. If you’re not, then …” I didn’t think it mattered at all that the main characters were women, but people brought a lot of baggage."

https://comicbookmovie.com/horror/ghostbusters/ghostbusters-2016-director-paul-feig-on-the-reboots-negative-reception-so-many-were-trump-supporters-a213616#gs.fz7c0o

[Coola Yagami]

Excuses, excuses. Even women hated that shlock so.... how do they explain that one?

[Andrew NDB]

Paul Fieg claims so many people who hated his movie were Trump Supporters.



https://comicbookmovie.com/horror/ghostbusters/ghostbusters-2016-director-paul-feig-on-the-reboots-negative-reception-so-many-were-trump-supporters-a213616#gs.fz7c0o

That doesn't even make sense. Trump supporters in 2016 were "looking for a fight"? Why? Wouldn't it make more sense that they'd be looking for a fight if he'd lost?

[IMJ]

Once again, then a psychotic leftist looking to label their "enemy" - "Trump Supporters" - fails to realize that more people on Earth did not pay see his movie than did pay to see his movie.

And once again, for anyone here with a brain to comprehend what that means - that should speak volumes about these situations in any manner that you unpack it....

[Coola Yagami]

Once again, then a psychotic leftist looking to label their "enemy" - "Trump Supporters" - fails to realize that more people on Earth did not pay see his movie than did pay to see his movie.

And once again, for anyone here with a brain to comprehend what that means - that should speak volumes about these situations in any manner that you unpack it....

I mean they're practically saying everyone that didn't watch it was a Trump supporter. That's nonsense. You'd have tons of woke people flocking to see the movie to 'stick it to Trump' if that was true.... but they didn't see the movie either.

[Andrew NDB]

Once again, then a psychotic leftist looking to label their "enemy" - "Trump Supporters" - fails to realize that more people on Earth did not pay see his movie than did pay to see his movie.

And once again, for anyone here with a brain to comprehend what that means - that should speak volumes about these situations in any manner that you unpack it....

Yep, "negative box office" receipts, somehow.