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Paul Feig is Proud of ‘Ghostbusters’ and Would Love to Make Another
I feel like Paul Feig‘s Ghostbusters was unfairly maligned. In fact, I actually liked it quite a bit. Still, there are many of the arguments against it, and outside of the nonsensical all-female pushback, there’s a lot going against it. It’s hard for me to sit here and support the idea of a Feig-directed follow up especially when he managed to piss off Dan Aykroyd and fuck the budget so badly that it’s put the franchise in turmoil. No matter. Feig is proud of his film and would love to bring back Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones for more ghost busting.
“We would love [to make another movie]; it’s really up to the studio,” Feig told Y! “We had so much fun making that movie.”
Even though the film had a rough run at the box office, and with critics and fans, Feig claims it’s built a cult following.
“The movie’s just really built an audience in the two years since it’s been out. I get contacted every day by people who are such fans of it, and so many women who are inspired by seeing women in science. I will go to my grave so proud of that movie, and so proud of what that cast did in that film.”
He adds: “I will go to my grave so proud of that movie, and so proud of what that cast did in that film.”
Thankfully, there’s at the very least an animated Ghostbusters in the works.
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Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 psychological horror movie Possession is getting a remake from Smile writer/director Parker Finn, and Deadline reports that The Batman actor Paul Dano has joined the cast.
No word at this time on character details, though.
The original film starred Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill as a married couple in Cold War-era West Berlin whose relationship spirals into a supernatural nightmare. In Finn’s update, Margaret Qualley and Callum Turner will star as the turbulent couple in Finn’s Possession, and Adjani has officially given her blessing on Qualley’s casting.
Parker Finn is writing and directing the new take on Possession.
He’s also producing alongside Jonathan Fass via Bad Feeling, along with Roy Lee and Andrew Childs via Vertigo, and Robert Pattinson. Marc Bienstock is serving as exec producer.
Our own Brian Keiper celebrated Possession‘s 40th anniversary here on BD back in 2021, writing: “Few movies depict emotional turmoil as effectively and daringly as Andrzej Zulawksi’s Possession. It is a challenging and sometimes inscrutable film, both for the mind and the emotions. Zulawski struggles through a number of deep issues throughout the course of the film; issues that speak to some of humanity’s deepest pains and fears. In many ways it is about loss— loss of political ideals, loss of faith, and loss of innocence. But most of all, Possession is about the fear, pain, and anger that comes from the loss of a marriage.”
This will mark Dano’s first horror role. The actor previously appeared in sci-fi hits Looper and Okja.
Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill in Possession
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