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Is Paul Feig ‘creative enough’ to direct Ghostbusters?

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Simon Columb weighs in on Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot… Fellow Flickering Myth-er and Ghostbusters fan, Luke Owen, followed the release of the new trailer [watch it here] with an article titled “Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters is everything wrong with reboots…”. His interest in the topic is deep and the first few paragraphs of his informative article […]

Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters is everything wrong with reboots

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Luke Owen on the Ghostbusters reboot… Here’s a fairly unpopular opinion: I quite like reboots and remakes. Just as theatre directors have put their own stamp on the works of William Shakespeare, reboots and remakes allow directors to put their own spin on existing material and come at it from a new perspective. Two of […]

Ghostbusters reboot trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth Team React… Who you gonna call? Well if Sony and Paul Feig have their way it will be the reboot of Ghostbusters which lands in cinemas in a couple of months. The long-awaited trailer was released online yesterday [more footage was released here], and the Flickering Myth writing and editorial staff felt it […]

Ghostbusters trailer gives you someone to call

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After a lot of build-up, the trailer for this summer’s Ghostbusters reboot has finally arrived. As one of the most anticipated movies of the summer, Ghostbusters features a new cast as they take up the mantle left behind by the original Ghostbusters to prevent paranormal beings from causing chaos in New York City. Look out […]

Official synopsis for Ghostbusters reboot

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It may not be popular with The Internet or fans of the franchise, but Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot will be with us next year (with the trailer arriving before the end of the year), and now we have the first official synopsis. It backs up a lot of rumours surrounding the movie, mostly that Kristin […]

The Week in Disappointment – Iron Fist, The Punisher, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Man of Steel, Deadpool, The Walking Dead, Ghostbusters, Spider-Man

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Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “Rumour: Marvel to replace Iron Fist Netflix series with The Punisher” Let’s start with he week’s most disappointing news. The Iron Fist Netflix series potentially getting scrubbed for a Punisher series. Marvel has been trying to get Punisher right for ages. And after seeing Daredevil, […]

Dan Aykroyd says Ghostbusters reboot may be “better than” original

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While Dan Aykroyd, star of 1984’s Ghostbusters, is confirmed to be making a cameo in Paul Feig’s upcoming Ghostbusters reboot, the actor has remained rather silent on whether or not he likes what he has seen from the film so far. That is, of course, until now, as during a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly […]

Ghostbusters animated movie in development at Sony

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Having confirmed their plans to build a Ghostbusters expanded universe in the past, Sony Pictures Animation is now reportedly developing an animated Ghostbusters movie. The film’s plot is largely unknown at the time, but The Tracking Board says the film will, much like 1984’s Ghostbusters and Paul Feig’s upcoming Ghostbusters, follow a group of scientists who “team up to […]

Paul Feig hits out at Ghostbusters critics

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Paul Feig (Spy) has responded to critics of his upcoming all-female Ghostbusters reboot in a series of comments on Twitter, urging them to “let this movie happen”. SEE ALSO: First trailer for Ghostbusters reboot will be online “by the end of the year” SEE ALSO: Bill Murray talks about his cameo in Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters […]

Ernie Hudson to appear in Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters

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It looks like Ernie Hudson is joining Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray in Paul Feig’s upcoming Ghostbusters movie, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Hudson is set to feature in the female-led reboot. Back in January, Hudson criticised the idea of a female Ghostbusters, before changing his mind the following day and describing it as […]