Reboots are one those things that you either don't really care about, or just
hate and don't understand, but when it comes to rebooting a property that has
fans with pitchforks and torches ready to go at any moment in case you mess it up, you better have a very
good reason for wanting to do it.
In a recent interview director, Paul Feig explained the logic behind taking
on the Ghostbuster reboot.
“A lot of people ask why I didn’t create my own thing, but Ghostbusters
never ran out of steam, it’s such a great idea, It’s such a fun franchise so
why not bring it to a new generation? The old movie is never going to not
exist. It’s not my plan to erase every copy! Hopefully they can all live together.”
Feig also spoke about the humor he expects to have in the film, and states
that this isn't a parody of the original films.
“We’re not recreating the old movie, but we want to do just enough fun nods
that the fans will go, ‘Oh, okay, they’re acknowledging that the other movie
existed.’ I like to watch parodies, but I don’t want to do them because they’re
too referential. Comedy that’s too referential has such a short shelf life,
whereas comedy that’s based around characters will be relatable 2000 years from
now because people won’t change that much.”
Finally, the director reveals that
he doesn't plan to change the setting of the new film, and plans to keep it in
New York.
“To me it’s such a New York movie and
the biggest sin would be to pull it out of there.”
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