Given the chance, original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman would love to see the Ghostbusters franchise move in a direction that, perhaps, fans had hoped to see. Recently, Super News Live chatted with Ivan Reitman, and Ghostbusters star Ernie -” … if someone asks you if you’re a God, you say YES!” – Hudson about the past, and future of the Ghostbusters franchise. The director had this to say regarding future plans:
“I think one thing that fans have clearly wanted, and so did I, is that somehow we tie the worlds together. That the historical films – the ones that I originally directed, you know, back in the ’80s – mixed with the film that Paul Feig just did and that world. I think it was a little awkward that it wasn’t connected, and we certainly heard a lot from everybody out there. So I would definitely want to connect to all of that.”
Many fans definitely felt burned by the exclusion of the original team in this recent go-around. Given that the Ghostbusters reboot was a box-office flop, as well as receiving middling reviews, it will be interesting to see if we ever get these universes collided. Throw in the fact that Dan Aykroyd recently called out director Paul Feig for the movie’s failure, and the chances seem even more slim. Who knows though: Perhaps crossing these two streams will be enough to save the franchise?
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Originally published June 10, 2017. Updated November 26, 2019.
