Ghostbusters 3 Coming, Female Reboot Tossed Aside
Reboots. You either love them or hate them. With the 2016 reboot of Ghostbusters it seems the vocal minority are winning the battle. While I am a huge fan of the first two films, even enjoyed both versions of the cartoon, I am also apparently one of the few that found a lot to like in the all female lead Ghostbusters reboot that we saw. I get why people had a problem with it, I just don’t get why they had such a huge problem with it. Now word has gotten out that there will be an official Ghostbusters 3 movie and it is bringing most of the original cast to reprise their roles - all but ignoring the reboot. Some fans are not happy about this fact while others are ecstatic. I am more interested in how Ghostbusters 3 handles things than I am where it places in the overall movie universe.
Late last year Comicbook.com ran an article stating that Dan Aykroyd flat out put to rest the idea of any link between Ghostbusters 3 and the 2016 reboot. There won’t be any.
Some of the people upset about this revelation include Leslie Jones, who played in the 2016 reboot in case anyone managed to avoid that tidbit. Jones returned to Twitter at some point after leaving the social media platform due to harassment over her involvement with the 2016 reboot. She had this to say:
So insulting. Like fuck us. We dint count. It’s like something trump would do. (Trump voice)”Gonna redo ghostbusteeeeers, better with men, will be huge. Those women ain’t ghostbusteeeeers” ugh so annoying. Such a dick move. And I don’t give fuck I’m saying something!!
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) January 19, 2019
Fans are coming out in droves calling Jones out for her lack of respect for the franchise in general at this point. Some are asking how Jones can be mad at a film not acknowledging the 2016 reboot when that same reboot all but ignored the original source material in the first place.
Others are claiming they would like to see continuations of both versions of the franchise with new stories and adventures. I don’t think that will happen though.
According to Hollywood Reporter, the 2016 reboot of Ghostbusters lost Sony over $70 million. Movies that do that don’t tend to receive sequels as the studios either kill the project or go in another direction. With the recent news of a sequel featuring most of the original cast it seems the studio is going in another direction. Maybe the direction they should have gone in the first place and not even attempting the reboot?
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I didn't mind the reboot but I'll always prefer a true sequel. Of course, that depends on it being well executed...
Exactly. People are jumping on either side of the discussion without seeing anything worthwhile from the final product. It is sad really.
I agree so much with you here. I would go as far as to say I was kind of excited when the 101 comics had come out to show love to both worlds, and a little saddened when I was first hearing about this third movie not including them. Now that I hear what is going on, I just kind of hope they give cameos' to the gals too is all.
Cameos of the girls in the third movie would be awesome but after reading up on Jones' reaction, I am not sure that is going to happen. At least not with her involved and if they do it with the other three but not Jones then it is going to open another can of worms with other fans.|
I get why Jones is upset but going about it with a rant on social media is probably not the best way to go in this situation. It may have been better received had she waited till the second "official" sequel was released, verified they were not at least referenced in some way, if not gotten cameos, then go on a tirade.
Doing it like she has done now has shot herself, if not the others from the female version, in the foot for any future involvement. Unless this tirade is a marketing gimmick by the studios to hopefully bolster sales or something?
It is a slippery slope for sure. I mean, some of the original guys, that were living, were fine with the all female version, they cameoed in it. If they had a problem with it then they should have turned down the cameo role and been done.
The fact that Sony lost so much on the female version may lead to it being completely ignored just to wash it out of canon and act like it never happened. That would be a shame if you ask me. If nothing else, I would love to see someone like Netflix pick up the female cast version and continue it either as a television style show or a series of movies, if not a mini series like they did Stranger Things.
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