“I love these characters, and I love this world,” he said. Speaking about the future of the “Ghostbusters” franchise, Reitman said there are already ideas cooking for a potential afterlife to “Afterlife.” As Winston enters the now-abandoned firehouse that served as the Ghostbusters’ headquarters and runs his hand across the Ecto-1, the camera pans to reveal the blinking red light of the spectral containment unit, suggesting there may soon be something strange in your neighborhood. Having paid tribute to a key member of the franchise’s family and planted seeds for a new generation of ghostbusting, the film delivers a post-credits sequence that teases a potential next chapter ahead.īack in New York, Hudson’s Winston, who is now a wealthy businessman, appears to have rekindled the old ghostbusting itch. Harold was a genius from Second City all the way through his career. “It was deeply moving to play the scene because I loved him and I miss him. “There would be no ‘Ghostbusters’ without Harold, without his brilliant writing and his frame of reference,” Aykroyd said. The question that Gil and I would ask ourselves the most is: what would Harold think of this? And are we actually capturing the voice of Egon, particularly through his granddaughter, who is modeled after him?”įor Aykroyd, shooting the film’s final sequence, knowing the character of Egon would be standing beside him once again via CGI, was very emotional. “The question was how to be how to be really respectful to the character of Egon Spengler. “The film’s journey is very much about the Spenglers but it was also very personal for me,” says Reitman, who shared the script before shooting began with Ramis’ widow, Erica, and daughter Violet. But with Ramis, who also directed such classic comedies as “Caddyshack,” “National Lampoon’s Vacation” and “Groundhog Day,” no longer here, Reitman knew he needed to handle the character with great sensitivity. Placing Egon at the heart of the film offered a way to bridge the ‘84 “Ghostbusters” - co-written by Ramis and Dan Aykroyd - with a new younger generation that hadn’t yet been born when the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man first terrorized New York. Movies How Jason and Ivan Reitman crossed their creative streams to revive ‘Ghostbusters’įor father-and-son filmmakers Jason and Ivan Reitman, new sequel ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ marks an emotional passing of the torch.
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