Ghostbusters Afterlife (Jason Reitman)

El Duda · 10-12-2019 2:00pm

I think Finn Wolfhard would be able to play Earthworm Jim without the need for any prosthetics or CGI.

Mark Hamill · 11-12-2019 9:40am

TheIrishGrover wrote: »

Well that was totally underwhelming and out of character with all the other Ghostbusters films. Say what you want about the "reboot", tonally it was much more inline with the first film. I actually really enjoyed the reboot but because of mouth-breathing, mom's-basement-dwelling woman-fearing losers, we have this teen Stranger Ghostbuster Things......

The reboot was like one of those god awful SNL parodies, it didn't match the tone of the originals at all, it was just an appallingly bad movie all round.

faceman · 11-12-2019 10:04am

Mark Hamill wrote: »

The reboot was like one of those god awful SNL parodies, it didn't match the tone of the originals at all, it was just an appallingly bad movie all round.

Maybe that’s why this trailer is a more serious and less focus on comedy. To try win back the crowd.

peteeeed · 31-03-2020 7:43am

Delayed till 2021

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/sony-delays-ghostbusters-morbius-uncharted-2021/

w/s/p/c/ · 31-03-2020 10:14am

peteeeed wrote: »

Delayed till 2021

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/sony-delays-ghostbusters-morbius-uncharted-2021/

Was expecting that.... ah well something to look forward to once the world gets back to normal and everything has settled down.

pixelburp · 31-03-2020 10:16am

That's a pity: I won't deny I was vaguely looking forward to this. Said it here or elsewhere, I am huge sucker for any "Small Town Kids Solve (optionally supernatural) Mysteries", and general storytelling set within that rural, almost mythical Americana.

p to the e · 31-03-2020 10:33am

It's crazy that the Broccolis got out before all this kicked off. I remember thinking it was a bit of overkill when they pushed Bond out a few months.

Dades · 31-03-2020 1:27pm

p to the e wrote: »

It's crazy that the Broccolis got out before all this kicked off. I remember thinking it was a bit of overkill when they pushed Bond out a few months.

I guess they saw the writing on the wall.

*shakes fist at Sam Smyth*

B.A._Baracus · 31-03-2020 3:26pm

p to the e wrote: »

It's crazy that the Broccolis got out before all this kicked off. I remember thinking it was a bit of overkill when they pushed Bond out a few months.

Only my two cents but on one hand releasing the movie worldwide but not in China would be a bad move (this being based on information at the time the movie announced its push back)
so the choice could have been based off that and just so turned out they were right.

On the other hand the Broccolis are extremely wealthy people and the bond franchise is big business. Is it really far fetched to say they know someone, even indirectly / through the grapevine from government or certain organisation who was like "yeah, you guys would be mental to release a bond in April. Even in the states. We're looking at total lockdown by then short of a miracle"

pixelburp · 31-03-2020 3:30pm

Ghostbusters suffers from its international reach given it's about, ya know, Ghosts & China has its infamous ban on any movies featuring spookies from beyond the grave.

B.A._Baracus · 31-03-2020 3:33pm

pixelburp wrote: »

Ghostbusters suffers from its international reach given it's about, ya know, Ghosts & China has its infamous ban on any movies featuring spookies from beyond the grave.

Was that a reference to mine and p's post?
Cause we're talking about bond :pac:

pixelburp · 31-03-2020 9:40pm

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Was that a reference to mine and p's post?
Cause we're talking about bond :pac:

I know you were but just in mentioning China it reminded that this Ghostbusters' reach will be lessened by the Chinese ban. So I can see why they've put the release back so far, compared to other tentative postponements. The potential market being smaller than other blockbusters

seandotcomm · 01-04-2020 2:30am

Pity its been delayed. Would be great if the extra year allowed them to shoot a cameo for Rick Moranis who's since come out of retirement

py2006 · 01-04-2020 12:23pm

seandotcomm wrote: »

Rick Moranis who's since come out of retirement

Ya what???? :eek:

pixelburp · 01-04-2020 12:27pm

py2006 wrote: »

Ya what???? :eek:

Yup; tempted out of retirement for a Honey I Shrunk the Kids sequel; supposedly he'll play a reclusive version of his original character, shut off for Dramatic Tragic Reasons (but that's the rumour anyway)

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51487170

Josh Gad will star as Wayne's son, who as an adult is now an aspiring scientist like is father. Joe Johnston, who directed the 1989 original, will also direct the sequel, which is being produced by Disney.

py2006 · 01-04-2020 12:42pm

It may be a hint as to how bad this new GB will be if he wasn't tempted by it.

pixelburp · 01-04-2020 12:44pm

Ah now let's not get on the hate train a year out like. Any number of reasons Moranis isn't involved, not least the possibility nobody in the production thought to ask him.

py2006 · 10-06-2020 11:52pm

Not sure if anyone here as being following Josh Gad's Reunited Apart videos. If not, check them out.

Teaser below for tomorrows episode which should have more info on the new GB:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lCeQAwTHls

CastorTroy · 11-06-2020 12:04am

Need to watch some of those. No Moranis.

py2006 · 15-06-2020 5:35pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JtOHr4IJHQ

py2006 · 03-10-2020 12:09am

Not really related but it makes me real angry.

Rick Moranis was savagely attacked in NY.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaaaScmZiuM

biko · 06-10-2020 4:40pm

News bit about the Moranis attack, such a cowardly act

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WFniaApjSA

silverharp · 06-10-2020 4:58pm

biko wrote: »

News bit about the Moranis attack, such a cowardly act

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WFniaApjSA

"random" :rolleyes:

sydthebeat · 06-10-2020 5:01pm

silverharp wrote: »

"random" :rolleyes:

why wouldnt it be considered random???

do you know something about the attack which hasnt been reported?

silverharp · 06-10-2020 7:27pm

sydthebeat wrote: »

why wouldnt it be considered random???

do you know something about the attack which hasnt been reported?

it seems to be a sport by some black males mostly against white or orthodox Jews in NY, so in that sense its not random, a hate crime is a more accurate description

peteeeed · 22-10-2020 7:18am

New release date June 11th 2021

peteeeed · 19-01-2021 10:36am

Ghostbusters: Afterlife: Jason Reitman Says His Father Cried And Was ‘So Proud’ After Watching New Sequel

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/ghostbusters-afterlife-jason-reitman-father-cried-proud-new-sequel-exclusive/

pixelburp · 22-01-2021 3:58am

peteeeed wrote: »

New release date June 11th 2021

Not anymore, this has been moved to November 11.

pixelburp · 06-04-2021 3:17pm

I can't recall if it was ever properly confirmed, but in a recent interview with Bill Murray, he revealed some details about his part in the shoot of this. No idea how trustworthy his perspective is here (thinking of the likes of James Cameron being effusive over Terminator: Genisys; or indeed Murray's previous CV

)

https://collider.com/bill-murray-interview-ghostbusters-groundhog-day-wes-anderson/

I think he’s really got something. It was hard. It was really hard. That’s why I think it’s gonna be good. We were just in it for a little while, but it was physically painful. Wearing those packs is extremely uncomfortable. We had batteries the size of batteries. They now have batteries the size of earrings. It’s still a really heavy thing to wear, all the time. 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. 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. Usually, when something has a very high misery quotient, something comes of that and some quality is produced that, if you can capture it and project it, comes on the screen and affects you. I think it comes out sometime in the fall. They’ve delayed it for a year or a year and a half, but I’m glad they did. It will be worth seeing.

peteeeed · 07-04-2021 2:19pm

https://twitter.com/Ghostbusters/status/1379784775922241536?s=20

pixelburp · 07-04-2021 2:34pm

The real supernatural mystery is how Paul Rudd manages to age so well.

That wee clip was already more entertaining and on-point than the entirety of the 2016 ad-lib disaster.

peteeeed · 07-04-2021 3:09pm

pixelburp wrote: »

The real supernatural mystery is how Paul Rudd manages to age so well.

That wee clip was already more entertaining and on-point than the entirety of the 2016 ad-lib disaster.

agreed, what ive seen so far, its hitting the right notes

El Duda · 07-04-2021 3:27pm

I really hope this is a 'Stay-Puft- tie in commercial masquerading as a clip from the film.

Roar · 07-04-2021 3:35pm

Getting Krampus vibes off that tbh.

Fysh · 07-04-2021 3:36pm

El Duda wrote: »

I really hope this is a 'Stay-Puft- tie in commercial masquerading as a clip from the film.

Yeah, not really seeing what's so great about that. "Hey, we knocked off the gingerbread men bit from Krampus only with tiny Staypuft Marshmallow Men!"

Then again, I'm one of those terrible people who thought the new movie was grand (as in, bang-on 6/10 film-making, but about as much use as any franchise-threequel-decades-later vehicle is going to be, moaning about wimminz in mah fandom notwithstanding).

pixelburp · 07-04-2021 4:37pm

Fysh wrote: »

Yeah, not really seeing what's so great about that. "Hey, we knocked off the gingerbread men bit from Krampus only with tiny Staypuft Marshmallow Men!"

Then again, I'm one of those terrible people who thought the new movie was grand (as in, bang-on 6/10 film-making, but about as much use as any franchise-threequel-decades-later vehicle is going to be, moaning about wimminz in mah fandom notwithstanding).

It's a cute little scene that gave off a slightly more faithful vibe - but that's also taking into account the vibe from the released trailer. So far it has all felt a little more faithful, in a good way. But many a slip between cup and lip etc.

I don't think the 2016 film is remotely as bad as the outsized reaction towards it - and ye gods the reaction was an embarrassment to pop-culture itself - but 6/10 was still generous. Paul Feig took a big swing on allowing his cast to ad-lib the comedy, and it fell almost universally flat. There wasn't a consistent tone across the whole feature, with it sometimes swinging into full-on farce.

Fysh · 07-04-2021 9:42pm

Either I haven't watched the released trailer or it hasn't registered at all with me, but that clip to me looks like a fairly uninspired "What if <something clever from another film, but sanitised and with our IP grafted onto it>?" clip. Which, if it's an ad - fair enough. If it's supposed to make me care about the film, it does the exact opposite.

(Agree to disagree on the previous film - some of the improv was a bit loose but to me that's just improv in films, and the same complaint can and should be directed at most films Will Ferrell has been in, amongst others.)

07-04-2021 9:49pm

Fysh wrote: »

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(Agree to disagree on the previous film - some of the improv was a bit loose but to me that's just improv in films, and the same complaint can and should be directed at most films Will Ferrell has been in, amongst others.)

Those are Will Farrell vehicles though, designed around that style, as opposed to a franchise with films, comics, games, and cartoons

ThePott · 07-04-2021 10:33pm

I honestly thought the clip was cross-promotion first or advertising some tie-in marshmallows. Not sure how I feel about it, not enough to judge the film on but not enough to sell me on it either.

johnny_ultimate · 07-04-2021 10:39pm

The clip’s pretty ****e, to be honest, and hopefully not representative of the general quality of the final film.

But then Ghostbusters has been a pretty weak series since the first sequel (inclusive), so optimism is low. I’m someone who believes the 2016 film is ‘fine’ rather than a war crime, but the franchise had been used and abused many times before that. One funny, entertaining film followed by a lot of noise, children’s cartoons and merchandising. Expectations for this are set accordingly.

Basq · 07-04-2021 11:32pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

.. I’m someone who believes the 2016 film is ‘fine’ rather than a war crime..

Ironic given the uproar of a female reboot.. but let's face it, Hemsworth stole the show.

Kingp35 · 08-04-2021 11:42am

Ghostbusters: The Video Game is still the best Ghostbusters sequel by far!

Written by Aykroyd and Ramis and will all the original actors as voice actors, it's brilliant.

pixelburp · 08-04-2021 12:06pm

It's a good story but man oh man, the actors (and especially Murray) couldn't have sounded less bored & disinterested if they tried.

peteeeed · 08-04-2021 12:13pm

i'm covering my eyes and ears with the blasphemy i'm reading , IM ALL IN
ghostbusters is my favourite movies , ghostbusters 2 is a nice Christmas movie , the 2016 movie considering the talent involved was terrible
i can't wait to see this movie

razorblunt · 09-04-2021 6:17pm

There were marshmellows release after the 80s films, probably the same again here.

Very Gremlins-esque

py2006 · 26-04-2021 12:10pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1iretuNB0w

silverharp · 26-04-2021 2:13pm

py2006 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1iretuNB0w

that scene shows that its going to be more cutsie than the original

faceman · 28-05-2021 12:06am

So here’s some of the plot of the movie.

On retirement or however the original ghostbusters wound up, Egon moved his gear to the town featured in the movie. The mine has a link with Gozer and the original apartment building. It’s a portal so Egon sets up equipment to keep in check. Slimer, or a Slimer inspired ghost, is either guarding or haunting the mine. The kids find it and the chase scene in the trailer is the kids pursuing Slimer. Obviously the portal becomes unstable thus drawing whoever is left from the original ghostbusters

I realise this isn’t a complete synopsis but it comes from a crew member and it’s all he’d give me

ThePott · 28-05-2021 7:50am

That sounds about right, the mine is named the Shandor mine (I think) which is named for Ivo Shandor who is mentioned in the original as being in Tobin's Spirit Guid and as the architect of Dana's apartment.

peteeeed · 01-06-2021 5:25pm

https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1399757955076182016?s=20

Ghostbusters Afterlife (Jason Reitman)

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