About a year ago, this is what Dan Aykroyd had to say about the “Ghostbusters” remake/reboot:
Oh, how things of changed. Over the weekend, the actor got out his proton pack and aimed it at director Paul Feig, claiming the filmmaker ignored advice given to him about scenes that were needed for the movie, leading to reshoots that cost $30-40 million. However, Sony has come out and disputed those figures. The studio said in a statement to Deadline, the reshoots actually only cost between $3 million and $4 million, so somebody might want to check his math again.
At any rate, Aykroyd isn’t issuing any apologies and drawing back on his comments. In a new post on Facebook, he now says “Ghostbusters” is simply a “good movie,” but goes on to complain it wasn’t “more inclusive to the originators” (wait, didn’t they all have cameos?) and says again, that the movie cost too much, and that the cast will never reprise their roles. In fairness, the movie was expensive at $144 million, and certainly needed a better box office result than the $229 million to warrant a sequel.
Paul Feig or the cast have yet to respond, but I can only imagine it’ll be a matter of time, especially if Aykroyd keeps lobbing shots at the picture.