At Comic-Con over the weekend, Ghostbusters creative force Ivan Reitman was questioned about the potential of digitally de-aging and/or resurrecting actors in a future Ghostbusters live action film. The question stemmed from Reitman’s hints that a future movie *could* unite the original and reboot crews.
Reitman noted that such digital trickery is “something we’re thinking of,” leading many to speculate that we could eventually see the late Harold Ramis digitally resurrected as Egon Spengler one more time. In the wake of Rogue One bringing Peter Cushing back from the dead, it seems that anything is possible in Hollywood.
Mind you, nothing is even remotely confirmed at this time, but Harold Ramis’ daughter did catch wind of the speculation and she commented on this whole thing in a chat with THR. What does Violet Ramis Stiel think about the potential of CGI being used to bring her father back to the screen?
“It’s bizarre. Personally, for me, it is hard to imagine that people would accept it, but who knows,” she told the site. “The technology now is amazing. I try to think what would he have thought. If it’s great and it works, then good. And if there is a problem, then obviously no.”
Stiel subsequently tweeted, “My dad’s #1 contribution to GB was helping shape the story + characters w/his intelligence + humor & you can’t CGI that!”
Amen to that.
Egon is but my dad’s #1 contribution to GB was helping shape the story + characters w his intelligence + humor & you can’t CGI that! https://t.co/UpWc7BqzpW
— Violet Ramis Stiel (@violetisadora) July 24, 2017