Slimered wrote: ↑June 13th, 2019, 4:19 pmghoulishfright wrote: ↑June 12th, 2019, 6:27 pm I don't care if we get a passing-the-torch movie, as long as we also get a back in the saddle moment with the original GB's...
We'll definitely get that. After Ghostbusters: Answer The Call didn't make back its budget this film is going to give us a lot of what people were asking for before Answer The Call. Sony won't want to risk not making a profit again on a lucrative franchise like this one. It's probably also why they are going for a much smaller budget, and kids as part of the main cast rather than the 'Ben Stiller + other famous comedy actors' route.
The smaller budget has nothing to do with cast. I work in the Canadian film industry and filming in Calgary Vs filming in NYC, even with tax incentives, is waaaay cheaper. The Canadian dollar is lower than the American dollar. So everytime you spend X amount of money on X amount of crew and supplies, you get X amount of dollars back. Also. Jason Reitman is Canadian. Finn Wolfhard is Canadian. Dan Aykroyd are Canadian. Ivan Reitman is Canadian. Why does that matter? Sony might, might, be able to claim this as Canadian content and recieve more tax breaks.
Filming is New York is pricey. That's where GB16 filmed. You have New York hotels, New York unions, New York crew. I've been to both New York and Calgary. And one thing I can tell you with insane certainty? 10 dollars will get you waaaaaay more in Calgary than 10 dollars in New York.
One thing I can tell you for sure: GB20 is going to be a helluva lot more intimate than GB16. Unless things have drastically changed from a few months ago, and they may have, the VFX bidding had less than 750 shots estimate. (Now that might've been just for a single vendor or the entire movie).
I haven't read a script or anything close to that but here's a clue that, based on what I was told/saw, might or might not tell you something. Again, if everything's stayed the same, here's the last thing I'll say:
Violet.
Get excited ladies and gents and strap yourselves in. The next few months may prove interesting.