The Ghostbusters franchise has continued to be standard because the unique movie debuted in 1984, although it has been dormant for almost all of that point. The franchise delivered two motion pictures within the ‘80s, however followers spent years hoping to see a Ghostbusters 3 materialize that by no means actually occurred. Whereas it’s been typically reported that Invoice Murray holding out on Ghostbusters 3 was one of many huge causes it by no means occurred, it seems he wasn’t the one one.
Jason Reitman, the author and director of the 2 current Ghostbusters motion pictures, and the son of unique franchise director Ivan Reitman, not too long ago revealed that his dad had little love for the idea of sequels basically, which additionally led to one of many strangest elements of all the franchise: the one time he did really make a sequel.
Ghostbusters Director Ivan Reitman Hated Sequels
Jason Reitman not too long ago appeared on the Blocks Podcast with Neil Brennan, the place he talked over his whole movie profession. In discussing Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Reitman the youthful revealed that his dad didn’t perceive why so many film followers wished to go backward. Apparently Ivan Reitman was a fan of the extra unique concepts launched in Ghostbusters: Afterlife, however much less so of the elements that particularly handled plot factors from the unique film. Reitman stated…
My dad by no means understood sequels. My dad was like, ‘I don’t know why folks wish to return to these things.’ Once I wrote Afterlife, and also you meet this lady, and he or she, like, goes out to Oklahoma, and he or she finds a proton pack, and my dad’s like, ‘That is nice.’ After which terror canine confirmed up, which is identical factor as ’84, and he’s like, ‘Why Gozer? Why do we have to return?’ He’s identical to, ‘Can I simply have a brand new story?’ I believe it’s one of many causes the Ghostbusters franchise didn’t flourish, like, persistently over many years is trigger my dad, after Ghostbusters was like, ‘I’m gonna go do Twins. I don’t care.’He made Ghostbusters II after which there’s nothing for years.
It’s simple to see that Ivan Reitman didn’t love sequels. Ghostbusters II is the one one he ever directed. He additionally as soon as informed our personal ReelBlend podcast that he would not have directed Ghostbusters 3 if the film had ever occurred. Whereas one other standard Reitman film, the aforementioned Twins, has had followers hoping for a sequel for many years, the closest the director ever received was making Junior, one other comedy that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, however with a totally unique story, which sounds precisely just like the type of factor Jason Reitman is speaking about.
The Ghostbusters II Emblem Showing In The Movie Was “Most likely A Mistake”
It’s superb to say that Ivan Reitman didn’t like sequels, however there’s additionally proof that proves that time unequivocally. One of many strangest issues in Ghostbusters II is the truth that the emblem on the aspect of the Ghostbusters automobile is definitely the film’s brand, some extent that makes zero sense throughout the context of the movie. It seems Jason Reitman as soon as requested his dad about that, and the reply signifies how little thought he gave it on the time…
That is how a lot my dad cared about sequels: on the Ghostbusters automobile in Ghostbusters II, it has the [Ghostbusters II logo]. That doesn’t make any sense. I requested him years later, I used to be like, ‘Why does the Ghostbusters film brand for the sequel seem on Ecto-1? Are they conscious that they’re in a sequel? Is that why they’ve the Ghostbusters ghost with a two on the aspect of their bodily automobile?’ My dad was like, ‘Yeah, that was most likely a mistake.
Ivan Reitman might not have beloved sequels, but it surely appears Jason Reitman has no downside with them. Whereas there isn’t any indication but if we’ll see a sequel to Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, a 3rd Ghostbusters movie on this period of the franchise appears more likely to occur now than it ever did within the ‘80s.