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Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 11:37 am
by AJ Quick
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Sony Entertainment just announced its plans to release Ghostbusters 1 & 2 in a new Blu-ray pack! The new Blu-ray will be completely remastered from new transfers and is scheduled to be released on September 16th. This is the first time Ghostbusters II has been released on Blu-ray and will be the first full 1080P release as well. The Ghostbusters II Blu-ray will feature bonus features including never before seen deleted scenes and a Ghostbusters roundtable discussion with Dan Aykroyd and Ivan Reitman. Complete list of special features:

GHOSTBUSTERS™ Blu-ray Special Features:

• NEW! Who You Gonna Call: A Ghostbusters Retrospective - Roundtable Discussion with Director Ivan Reitman and Dan Aykroyd (Part 1)
• NEW! Poster Art Gallery – Gallery 1988 artwork
• NEW! “Ghostbusters” Music Video – Ray Parker, Jr.
• Legacy Content:
• Slimer Mode – Picture in Picture and Trivia Track
• Commentary w/ Ivan Reitman, Harold Ramis & Joe Medjuck
• 10 Deleted Scenes
• 1984 Featurette
• Cast and Crew Featurette
• SFX Team Featurette
• Multi-Angles
• Ecto-1: Resurrecting the Classic Car
• Ghostbusters Garage: Ecto-1 Gallery Storyboard Comparisons

GHOSTBUSTERS™ II Blu-ray Special Features:

• NEW! Time Is But A Window: Ghostbusters II and Beyond - Roundtable Discussion with Director Ivan Reitman and Dan Aykroyd (Part 2)
• NEW! Deleted Scenes
• NEW! “On Our Own” Music Video – Bobby Brown

Ghostbusters Fans will giving away several copies of the new Blu-ray directly from Sony Entertainment, so look forward for details on that!

The new transfer of Ghostbusters will also be making it's way back into theaters for 1 week starting on August 29th at over 700 theaters across the US.

Today also marks the launch of a brand new Ghostbusters.com website.

View the Press Release.

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-Ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 11:44 am
by Ectojeff88
Is this for real?
Yeah the double movie logo is a bit funky, but the article mentions deleted scenes for GB II!

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-Ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 11:45 am
by YHSCraig
AJ was this the big breaking news for tomorrow?

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-Ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 11:48 am
by AJ Quick
CraigTHEOWL1 wrote:AJ was this the big breaking news for tomorrow?
Yes.

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 11:50 am
by YHSCraig
Ohhh..well it's awesome news. Glad to see that both movies will be mastered in 4k!

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 11:51 am
by Alan Hawkins
I can't wait to strap these to my back!

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 11:51 am
by Venkman's Swagger
These better hit the UK

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 11:52 am
by Hoot
This is excellent news!!

I missed the chance to see it in theatre as a child, so I am hoping I will be able to catch it now :)
And the blu ray is amazing also!

Too bad they couldn't redo it in 3D like they did to Top Gun

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 11:56 am
by cray
Yep, this just made my day.

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 11:59 am
by deadderek
Oh happy day!

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 12:06 pm
by Hybrid
This looks awesome! I am excite!

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 12:10 pm
by Doctor Venkman
This is FANTASTIC news! Can't wait to see the GBII deleted scenes!

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 12:31 pm
by ecto1ghost
This really did make my day! Now I finally get to see GB2 in 1080P!!! Plus deleted scenes and new interviews, can't wait!

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 12:43 pm
by James-Frenshman
Oh my f****g god.

I can`t f****g belive it. Finaly our prayers are comming true. GB2 on Blue Ray. Even if I have allready the BR Version of GB1 I`m gonna by the set. This is so amazing

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 12:44 pm
by charlesbaby2001
Hell yeah!!!!!

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 1:12 pm
by GohstTarp
AJ Quick wrote: The new transfer of Ghostbusters will also be making it's way back into theaters for 1 week starting on August 29th at over 700 theaters across the US.
That is the news I'm most excited for. I'll be at my local theater in full uniform, along with some fellow Portland Ghostbusters, I'm sure!

Just hope it's a real 35mm film print and not a crappy 4K video projection.

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 1:14 pm
by DrJon
Oh yes can't wait for this.....bustin makes me feel good. :-)

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 1:23 pm
by AJ Quick
GohstTarp wrote:Just hope it's a real 35mm film print and not a crappy 4K video projection.
It isn't cost effective to produce 700+ 35mm transfers for a 1 week release. So it will likely be 4K.

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 1:40 pm
by VinceChlortho
So does this mean we'll finally see the scene that was supposed to be after they see Vigo's painting for the first time and Ray ends up possessed driving around New York like a maniac?

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 1:41 pm
by Xanath
Man, I'm pumped! :cool:

I have a digital copy of GB2 in HD from when it was aired on HDNET, but it'll be great to finally see those deleted scenes! The new interviews should be exciting, and both flicks are in 4K, so that's awesome too!! :D

I just wish I didn't JUST buy the 4K Blu-Ray of GB1 last month now, I had a feeling something like this would happen what with the 30/25 anniversary. Ahh, the pressure of getting new home theater gear and wanting to watch something cool on it. :whatever:

- Xanath

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 2:36 pm
by John Stevens 87
Ghostbusters II Deleted Scenes...please tell me this is true,over excitement is a understatement :O

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 2:57 pm
by gbmickey
Great news! Hope these are region free

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 3:37 pm
by GohstTarp
AJ Quick wrote: It isn't cost effective to produce 700+ 35mm transfers for a 1 week release. So it will likely be 4K.
Darn those economic realities! Oh well... I will still go and have fun. On the bright side, it's still higher quality than you can get at home.

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 3:56 pm
by 910dohead
It's about damn time! Haha! Stoked that Sony stepped up and are including some deleted scenes. I really hope that they include the deleted scenes that we want to see and not just alternate takes or extended scenes. I really wish they would include the Fort Detmerring and Louis vs. the gang bangers scenes to the Ghostbusters blu-ray. I'd love to see those but i'm not holding my breath. If this set didn't include GBII, I wouldn't double dip unless they found some magical way to make it look better than the 4K. Overall, i'm glad that it's finally getting a blu-ray release.

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 4:34 pm
by d_osborn
Not that I'm complaining, but I gotta say, Troy's wish list was a little cooler.

http://www.gbfans.com/fans/troy2/blog/1 ... -criteria/

I really wish we would have had more from the first film, especially considering the scanned HD raw footage that leaked. Give us Fort Detmerring! Aykroyd's original script would have been killer!

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 4:48 pm
by Doctor Venkman
Geez... just saw the price that is listed on Ghostbusters.com...

$100 for this set? Man, that's steep.

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 4:54 pm
by d_osborn
Doctor Venkman wrote:Geez... just saw the price that is listed on Ghostbusters.com...

$100 for this set? Man, that's steep.
I'm guessing that's for the box set with the Slimer and logo. The digibook will probably be cheaper.

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 4:57 pm
by Doctor Venkman
d_osborn wrote:
Doctor Venkman wrote:Geez... just saw the price that is listed on Ghostbusters.com...

$100 for this set? Man, that's steep.
I'm guessing that's for the box set with the Slimer and logo. The digibook will probably be cheaper.
So far that's the only version I've seen of the set.

If they're going to release one without the statue that's good though.

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 5:16 pm
by ThrowingChicken
Ugh who is the design team in charge of the Ghostbusters releases, because they really suck at their job.

Re: Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Coming to Blu-ray This Fall

Posted: June 5th, 2014, 5:47 pm
by groschopf
ThrowingChicken wrote:Ugh who is the design team in charge of the Ghostbusters releases, because they really suck at their job.
He's got a point.

The blue background with blinding light looks like it was meant for toothpaste packaging, and the logo appears to be having a stroke as it attempts to flash gang signs.