Caffeinated Clint
More movie-plot spoilage has dribbled off those leaky Sony emails, this time pertaining to the yarn encompassed within Paul Feig’s upcoming “Ghostbusters” reboot.
While we’re aware the film has jack-shit to do with the beloved original, and has changed up the core cast of males with females, script details suggest it will maintain that same spooky-silly tone of the 1984 original.
In an email between Paul Feig and Sony’s Amy Pascal, the “Bridesmaids” helmer pitches his version of the brand relaunch. He also mentions Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”) being his top pick to play the villain.
Via Vulture :
In the email, Feig explains the film is a reboot, not a sequel — humans aren’t afraid of no ghosts, he says, because they haven’t met them yet. He says his film will be “scarier and more hi-tech” than the original Ghostbusters: The villain will be a convicted murderer, ideally played by Peter Dinklage, who turns into a ghost after his execution is hit by “a supercharged electrical storm.” This gives him the power to raise an army of other ghosts, which could be made up of famous villains throughout history. It’s like Night at the Museum! These ghosts will in turn have to be busted by “four very different women” who have to “figure out in funny, scary and action-packed ways how to save New York City and the world.”
For greater franchise opportunities, Feig tells Pascal that the Ghostbusters will work for the U.S. government, but, because ghosts don’t officially exist, the government will have to continually disavow their relationship. He sees Strong as their bureaucratic nemesis who’s “always saying terrible things about them in press conferences and then apologizing to them behind the scenes.” Every time God closes a “Weekend-Update”-shaped door, He opens a Ghostbusters-sized window.
Ignoring the previous “Ghostbusters” films? Sounds insulting to me, but I suppose it worked for… wait, I’m stumped.
