Ghostbusters (2016 film)

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters's logo, with the film's famous slogan "who you gonna call?" above, and the film's release date below.

Teaser poster
Directed by Paul Feig
Produced by
Written by
Based on Ghostbusters  
by Dan Aykroyd
and Harold Ramis
Starring
Music by Theodore Shapiro
Cinematography Robert Yeoman
Production
company
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release dates
  • July 15, 2016 (2016-07-15)
Country United States
Language English
Budget $154 million[1]

Ghostbusters is an upcoming American 3D supernatural comedy film that is a reboot of the Ghostbusters franchise. It is directed by Paul Feig and written by Katie Dippold and Feig. It casts four women, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones as the title characters, replacing the male-leads of the original franchise. The film is scheduled for a July 15, 2016 release.

Plot summary

Erin Gilbert (Kristen Wiig) and Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy) are a pair of unheralded authors who write a book positing that ghosts are real. A few years later, Gilbert lands a prestigious teaching position at Columbia University, but her book resurfaces and she is laughed out of academia. When ghosts invade Manhattan, Gilbert reunites with Yates, teaming up with a nuclear engineer, Jillian Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon), and a subway worker, Patty Tolan (Leslie Jones), to save the world from a mysterious evil and powerful demon known as Rowan (Neil Casey) who can exercise control over human forms.

Cast

Cameos

Production

Development

Before the remake, various scripts and ideas for a third movie in the Ghostbusters series had long been planned.[5] These ideas included one in which Bill Murray's character was transformed into a ghost, and another in which the Ghostbusters went to hell.[5] Bill Murray remained uncommited to the project and thus it was decided to make a reboot instead.[5] The project was officially announced in 2014 with Paul Feig announced as the director.[6] Feig has stated that he was partly inspired by the TV series The Walking Dead.[7] Feig tweeted a picture announcing the main cast of Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones in January 2015, although it initially was unclear if the cast had been officially decided at that point.[8] Emma Stone was approached but declined partly because "a franchise [was] a big commitment."[9] Cecily Strong at one point was also considered for a leading role.[10]

Filming

Filming was set to shoot in New York City.[11] Some portions of the film will also be shot in Boston, Massachusetts in Spring.[12] Later in March 2015, it was confirmed that sets were being constructed in Boston for the shoot to begin on June 18, 2015, tentatively.[13]

Principal photography on the film began on June 17, 2015, in Boston.[14][15] On June 29, 2015, Feig tweeted the costumes of the four Ghostbusters.[16] Filming also took place in Chinatown, Boston, for a few days in early July 2015.[17] On August 1, 2015, during filming, the lead cast of the film visited the patients at the Tufts Medical Center in Boston.[18] On August 17, 2015, Hemsworth was spotted filming some scenes on the Ghostbusters bike.[19] After finishing filming at the old Naval Air Station in South Weymouth, it began in Tribeca in New York City on September 12.[20][21] On September 15, filming was taking place in Waltham.[22] Filming also took place outside of Columbia University in New York.[21] Filming wrapped on September 19, 2015, in New York City.[23]

Release

Ghostbusters' original release date in the United States was July 22, 2016,[24] but the film's release was brought forward a week to July 15.[25]

The first official trailer was released on March 3, 2016. It was viewed 24 million times in 24 hours from Facebook and YouTube views[26] and over 60 million times across all social media platforms in its first week.[27] Reception was mixed to negative, with the main criticism being that the jokes were not humorous enough.[28] Commenting on the YouTube trailer's viewer response ratio of "12,000 thumbs up and 13,800 thumbs down" on the morning of release, Ad Week regarded it as "one of the most polarizing in recent memory".[29] By May 2016 the trailer was the most disliked trailer on YouTube, with 221,400 likes and 649,900 dislikes,[30] with ScreenCrush suggesting that this was part of a concerted campaign to "downvote it into oblivion".[30] Several well-received fan-made recuts and re-edits of the trailer were released.[31]

The trailer was criticized for racial bias by various commentators,[32] including Janessa E. Robinson of The Guardian, Nico Lang of Salon[33] and Akilah Hughes of Fusion. All complained that the three white Ghostbusters were scientists and academics while the black Ghostbuster was a streetwise, seemingly inept transit worker; Hughes described the black character as a "minstrel show".[34] Robinson also criticized the film for apparently ignoring "Latina, Asian and Indigenous women".[35]

Acress Leslie Jones responded to criticism on Twitter by saying that her character is "a hardworking woman" that represents "the people", and asked "Why can't a regular person be a ghostbuster?"[36]

References

  1. ↑ Kim Masters and Tatiana Siegel (April 20, 2015). "'Ghostbusters' Budget Cut, Fox Execs Courted: Tom Rothman Puts His Stamp on Sony". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  2. ↑ Berman, Eliza (December 17, 2015). "Exclusive: See the First Poster of Kate McKinnon in Ghostbusters". TIME. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ Martin, Michael (December 14, 2015). "Game of Thrones' Charles Dance Will Be in the Ghostbusters Reboot". IGN. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  4. ↑ Elizabeth Perkins [Elizbethperkins] (March 30, 2015). "Who ya gonna call? #Ghostbusters #Sony #slime pic.twitter.com/qmAmF5a8nG" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 O'Connell, Sean (October 15, 2014). "Bill Murray Finally Explains Why He Kept Passing On Ghostbusters 3". Cinema Blend. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  6. ↑ Whitney, Erin (August 2, 2014). "Paul Feig Reportedly In Talks To Direct Female-Centered 'Ghostbusters' Reboot". The Huffington Post. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Ghostbusters inspired by Walking Dead". RTÉ TEN. February 27, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  8. ↑ Kroll, Justin (January 27, 2015). "‘Ghostbusters’ Female Cast Taking Shape at Sony". Variety. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  9. ↑ Eells, Josh (June 17, 2015). "Emma Stone Talks ‘Irrational Man,’ the Sony Hack and Keeping Her Personal Life Private". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  10. ↑ Cunningham, Joe (February 17, 2015). "Paul Feig has carved out a great role in Ghostbusters just for Cecily Strong". Film Divider. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  11. ↑ de Semlyen, Phil (January 15, 2015). "Exclusive: Paul Feig Talks Ghostbusters". Empire. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  12. ↑ Shanahan, Mark (February 13, 2015). "New ‘Ghostbusters’ to be partially shot in Boston". The Boston Globe. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  13. ↑ "The new ‘Ghostbusters’ movie begins filming in Boston in June". On Location Vacations. March 5, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  14. ↑ Paul Feig [paulfeig] (June 17, 2015). "And ... action! #slimetimestartstomorrow pic.twitter.com/FBKCAP5zMs" (Tweet). Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  15. ↑ Miller, Michael (June 18, 2015). "Check Out Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig and Kate McKinnon in First Photos from the Ghostbusters Set". People. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  16. ↑ Paul Feig [paulfeig] (June 29, 2015). "#whatyougonnawear pic.twitter.com/o5oyHeIaSx" (Tweet). Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  17. ↑ "‘Ghostbusters’ filming on High Street in Boston this weekend". On Location Vacations. July 11, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  18. ↑ Tufts Medical Center [TuftsMedicalCtr] (August 1, 2015). "Thank you #Ghostbusters stars @melissamccarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones for visiting today! pic.twitter.com/aqt1W0Ctqw" (Tweet). Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  19. ↑ Whitney, Erin (August 18, 2015). "See Chris Hemsworth In His 'Ghostbusters' Uniform". Huffington Post. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  20. ↑ "‘Ghostbusters’ filming in NYC this weekend". On Location Vacations. September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  21. 1 2 Hotung, Sophia (September 15, 2015). "Ghostbusters spotted filming outside Columbia". Columbia Daily Spectator. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  22. ↑ Arsenault, Charlene (September 15, 2015). "'Ghostbusters' Starts Filming in Waltham This Week". patch.com. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Ghostbusters Photos: A Look at the Final Day of Shooting". ComingSoon.net. September 20, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  24. ↑ Paul Feig [paulfeig] (January 27, 2015). "In other news, #Ghostbusters will be hitting theaters July 22, 2016. Save the date!" (Tweet). Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  25. ↑ Kroll, Justin (August 5, 2015). "Sony Dates 16 Films Including Two More ‘Bad Boys’ Sequels, ‘Jumanji’ Remake". Variety. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  26. ↑ Marianne Zumberge (March 4, 2016). "‘Ghostbusters’ Trailer Racks Up 24 Million Views in First 24 Hours, Topping ‘Tarzan,’ ‘Independence Day’". Variety. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  27. ↑ Anthony D'Alessandro (March 11, 2016). "‘Ghostbusters’ First Trailer Clocks 60M Views; More Chris Hemsworth & Leslie Jones In The International Trailer". Deadline.com. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  28. ↑ "Someone Took The Funny Out Of The New Ghostbusters Trailer". March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  29. ↑ Griner, David (3 March 2016). "Reactions to the All-Female Ghostbusters Trailer Prove It'll Be the Most Polarizing Movie of the Year". Ad Week. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  30. 1 2 "Ghostbusters trailer 'most disliked' on YouTube". BBC News. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  31. ↑ Germain Lussier. "This Fan-Edited Ghostbusters Trailer Fixes Several Problems From the Official One". io9. Gawker Media. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  32. ↑ "Ghostbusters trailer criticized for racial stereotyping". Mail Online. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  33. ↑ Nico Lang. "The new “Ghostbusters” and race: Why it matters that Leslie Jones isn’t playing one of the scientists". Salon. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  34. ↑ "‘Ghostbusters’ trailer offensive to black women - Fusion". Fusion. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  35. ↑ "They call this Ghostbusters reboot feminist. Not for black women". The Guardian. 2016-03-08. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  36. ↑ Epstein, Michael (2016-03-07). "Leslie Jones Does Not Care If You Think ‘Ghostbusters’ Is Casually Racist". Flavorwire. Retrieved 2016-03-31.

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