Director Paul Feig Says GHOSTBUSTERS Reboot Will Stay in New York
The trailer for Paul Feig's upcoming film Spy dropped earlier this week, but the movie that people really want to know about is the one he's working on after that: the long-awaited Ghostbusters reboot. In a new interview with Empire, Feig spoke about those casting rumors, nodding to the original, how it's important to keep the location the same, and more. Check out the highlights from the conversation below:
On possibly changing the setting:
"No, to me it’s such a New York movie and the biggest sin would be to pull it out of there. I just love New York and, selfishly, I just want to shoot in New York."
He and co-writer Katie Dippold want to include “fun nods to the old movie” without turning into a parody of the first film:
"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.”
On the Melissa McCarthy casting discussions:
"It came out publically [sic] that we’re in talks with Melissa but there’s a lot to work out."
On dealing with the haters out there:
“There’s a lot of haters and I get it. The problem with the internet is that if 500 really angry men start bombarding me, I think, ‘Oh god, everybody hates this movie,’ but then you realise that it’s only 500 people. I don’t block anyone out or not read that stuff because I want to know what the most hardcore hater fan’s problem is.”
On bringing the franchise to a modern audience:
“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.”
Personally, I'd prefer it if Sony left this property alone altogether, but since that's obviously not going to happen, I think Ghostbusters is in good hands with Feig. What do you think?