‘Ghostbuster’ Image: Rock Out With Your Proton Packs Out
The newGhostbustersmovie has damn big shoes to fill. Ivan Reitman’s 1984 is a stone-cold classic that millions of Gen Xers and Millennials around the world have grown up with, andGhostbusters IIis remembered with great affection even if it’s not quite up to par. It’s hard to imagine anyone else quite replacing the original foursome, which may be why directorPaul Feigisn’t really trying. There’s no “new Venkman,” or new Ray or Winston or Egon for that matter.
Instead, Feig’s serving up a whole new team. And if the trailers, posters, and images are any indication, this new gang is more than capable of keeping New York safe from supernatural forces. The latestGhostbustersimage shows the new Ghostbusters team lighting up their newly redesigned proton packs, and looking pretty damn cool doing it. Check it out below.
Empireunveiled the latestGhostbustersimage.
The image shows Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy), Jillian Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon), Erin Gilbert (Kristen Wiig), and Patty Tolan (Leslie Jones) lined up at a rock show, unleashing their proton packs while the musicians play on and concertgoers enthusiastically throw devil horns. We previously heard some details about the scenewhen it shot back in August, and got a glimpse at the finished product inthe international trailer. “I wanted my ladies to be badass,” Feig told Empire. “I wanted them to get in over their heads and fight ghosts. I like the idea of them having to enter a giant setting and take on ghosts.”
Ghostbustersrepresents a slight change of pace for Feig, in that he’s never directed an action-comedy-horror mash-up before. But as he sees it, it’s a natural progression of his affection for the action genre. “I like action movies,” he said. “I got to play with that inSpy, and it felt very natural here. It makes it fun and very unexpected for people when they hear it’s four lady Ghostbusters.”
Though the trailers aren’t exactly going out of their way to flaunt it, the newGhostbustersis in fact a reboot, not a sequel. Feig’sspoken at lengthabout why he made that choice, and though some longtimeGhostbustersfans areless than thrilled with it, the new film has a lot to recommend it. Like a cast that includes not only the four very funny actors you see above, but alsoChris Hemsworthleaning into his whole surfer-bro vibe, and some snazzy new updates to familiar Ghostbusters technology like those proton packs. If nothing else, it should give you a whole range of new costume ideas when Halloween comes around later this year.
