During an interview with Empire Magazine, Bridesmaids and The Heat director Paul Feig has opened up about his upcoming Ghostbusters reboot, discussing why he opted against a direct sequel to the original films, his choice of an all-female line-up, and rumours of potential cast additions.
“I have too much respect for the original one,” said Feig when asked why the new film will be a reboot. “There’s also the feeling that once the world knows ghosts and has seen them busted on such a large scale, they run the risk of becoming pedestrian. There’s something fun about introducing our world, which has never seen ghosts to the phenomenon of ghosts. I love origin stories and to introduce new characters.”
As for the all-female cast of Ghostbusters, Feig states that: “A lot of people accused it of being a gimmick. I guess I can see the cynics’ view of it, but for me I just love working with funny women. People said, ‘Why don’t you do a mix?’ I’m just more interested in the idea of lady Ghostbusters. It’s the way my brain works. It won’t be called Lady Ghostbusters! Certainly not… Ghostbustieres is the way to go.”
“Right now, honestly, there could be 50 Ghostbusters,” he continues, with regards to rumours that have linked the likes of Emma Stone, Jennifer Lawrence, Rebel Wilson and Kristen Wiig to the film. “I’m just waiting to get our first draft of the script together to go, ‘Who makes sense in these roles?’ If I put the list in front of me of people that have said they want to do it, talk about a Sophie’s Choice. When you do a movie like Ghostbusters, people get very interested.”
And finally, he revealed that he’s aiming to push the boundaries of PG-13 with the reboot: “I want ours to be scarier than the original, to be quite honest. Katie Dipold and I are so focused on wanting to do scary comedy. We don’t want to hold back. The reason I do a lot of R-Rated comedies is that you want a movie to feel honest. But the Ghostbusters world doesn’t need that level of swearing. We’ll have to be PG-13 with this one. I would like to make it R-Rated, but I won’t. You want the biggest number of people to watch it and not be put off by it.”
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Source: MovieWeb
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Originally published December 30, 2014. Updated April 15, 2018.
