![]() Reitman directed, and much of the same cast returned to work on a script that was, once again, penned by Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd. In 1989, five years after Reitman’s 1984 original, the long-awaited, worked-over sequel hit theaters, unseating an even worse sequel, Star Trek: The Final Frontier, and going on to be the seventh most profitable film of the year, just behind Back to the Future 2. Perhaps my greatest frustration about all of this commotion about Feig’s Ghostbusters is that, to me, Ghostbusters 2 has already shown us the depths of how bad a straight remake of Ghostbusters could be with the very same creative team backing it. I have a hard time imagining I’m the only one with this outlook, or that I’m even in the minority. My love for the movie comes from the robust comic chemistry between the leads and the imaginative bouts of supernatural nonsense than the script and director Ivan Reitman conjure so consistently. It’s not some lost gem from the vaults of Ernst Lubitsch or even salad days Cameron Crowe. Still, it’s not like Ghostbusters is some great, reflective story that resonates with all of us emotionally. I’m not sure if more than six months go by without me watching the original film, if we’re being perfectly honest. I was like, ‘What is this? What am I doing? These are like Bulgarian deadlifts, or a Russian kettlebell, getting up and down with this thing on my back.’ It was very uncomfortable.The question - from my perspective, anyway – is pretty obvious: when did the original Ghostbusters become the cinematic equivalent of the holy bible? I grew up with the film like many of these "real fans" have and continue to adore the movie to this day. The special effects in this one are a lot of wind and dirt in your face, and there was a lot of going down and getting back up. It’s still a really heavy thing to wear, all the time. They now have batteries the size of earrings. “Wearing those packs is extremely uncomfortable. “We were just in it for a little while, but it was physically painful,” Murray said about returning to the franchise. ![]() The actor said Reitman’s script “really brings back to life” and has a spirit that matches the original movie. Murray also teased his upcoming appearance in the new “Ghostbusters” movie, the Jason Reitman-directed “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” (currently set for release on November 11 from Sony). But Murray believes the sequel pales in comparison to the original, as he said, “I probably like the first one better than the second one, just because the first cut is the deepest.” Harold had this great idea, but by the time we got to shooting it, I showed up on set and went, ‘What the hell is this? What is this thing?’ But we were already shooting it, so we had to figure out how to make it work.”ĭespite joining “Ghostbusters II” under false pretenses, Murray said the experience remained memorable for reuniting with his co-stars. They got us in the sequel under false pretenses. As the comedian explained, “It ended up not being the story they wrote. Murray agreed to star in “Ghostbusters II” based on the pitch, but that pitch never materialized into what would become the sequel’s screenplay. Quentin Tarantino Doesn’t Care for Bill Murray’s 1980s Movie Redemption Arcs I thought, ‘Holy cow, we could make that work.”” They got us all together and they pitched a story idea that was really great. Sigourney and Annie Potts are some really spectacular women and funny as hell. Those are some really wonderful, really funny guys and girls. I don’t know if Ivan set it up, but they got us all back together in a room, and really, we hadn’t been together in a room since the movie came out and it was just really, really fun to be together. ![]() ![]() “I thought that the only reason anyone would want another one was just to make money,” Murray said. The comedian recently discussed his history with the “Ghostbusters” franchise during a panel at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (via Collider) and noted he was “very, very reluctant” and “in absolutely no hurry” to make a sequel to the blockbuster 1984 original. Bill Murray said he got tricked into starring in 1989’s “ Ghostbusters II” after the studio pitched him and his fellow cast members an idea that never materialized. ![]()
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