Now that Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot (or whatever you wanna call it) is finally a go, any news that trickles in is going to make waves in fandom. The all female cast may have annoyed some purists, but I’m really digging all of the changes Feig’s making so far. On the most recent episode of AMC’s Talking Dead, the filmmaker revealed a surprising source of inspiration for his take on Ghostbusters:

I will say, I was very inspired by this show. What I love is how they play with the danger, they play with the scariness, but also the idea that it’s always about gauntlet run. And that’s something, an element I want to bring to this Ghostbusters reboot is having to get through these various obstacles that are supernatural and all that. I really feed off of The Walking Dead.

While it sounds like a bizarre place to draw inspiration from, I the idea of a supernatural obstacle course in the new Ghostbusters sounds wicked fun to me. I doubt the downbeat tone of the series is going to have any influence on the film, hopefully Feig wasn’t implying that, because it would suck. But injecting the series with a little more fast-paced action could be a great move and a nice way to give the film an “updated” feel. Feig’s already mentioned his film will be scarier than the originals, beefing up the action goes right along with that.

What do you guys think?

via ScreenCrush