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Dan Aykroyd Could See ‘Ghostbusters’ as a Netflix Series with Kids
While the first season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” tapped into our nostalgia sweet tooth, the second season is taking it even further. The talk over the past week is how the filmmakers were able to license the rights to use the Ghostbusters logo and costumes in the show. The result are the various photos of the “Stranger Things” kids rocking ‘busters gear during Halloween in October of 1984.
What was most interesting about the photos was the dialogue it created, making us all wonder what it would be like to see teenagers as Ghostbusters in a movie. A writer at Cinemablend had the same thought and was able to ask Ghostbusters star and producer Dan Aykroyd his thoughts on the matter. When asked if he could see the franchise turned into a live-action Netflix series, he responded:
“Yes. Absolutely. Sure. Sure. I can see several possibilities there. You know? Take a cue from these guys in ‘Stranger Things’ and maybe have the Ghostbusters in high school or something.”
One of the best things about the new Spider-Man movie was Peter Parker’s return to High School, something that has always worked for that franchise. With our culture hitting peak nostalgia and Netflix dumping tens of billions into productions, why not take the Ghostbusters franchise in a new direction, one that connects with all of our youth as well as newer audiences in love with shows like “Stranger Things”? The possibilities are endless with the Ghostbusters franchise, which clearly needs to find new life after last year’s flop.
A bedtime lullaby soothes an unsettling newborn in our exclusive clip from Nightborn, from Hatching filmmaker Hanna Bergholm.
The dark fable makes its debut on Shudder on July 31.
Seidi Haarla (Compartment No. 6) and Rupert Grint (Knock at the Cabin, “Servant”) star as new parents in Nightborn, and this exclusive clip highlights mom’s harrowing transition into motherhood.
In Nightborn, “With dreams of starting a perfect family, Saga and her British husband Jon move to the isolated house where she spent much of her childhood, deep in the Finnish forest. But as soon as their baby is born, despite the reassurance of all around her, Saga knows there’s something terribly wrong with her son. As their marriage starts to crack, Jon struggles to support his wife, but only Saga suspects the terrible truth about her newborn.”
Pamela Tola, Pirkko Saisio, Rebecca Lacey and John Thomson also star.
Bergholm teased of her maternal horror movie, “In Nordic countries, there’s a long-standing mythology of trolls living in the forests. In ancient times, people truly believed that trolls inhabited the woods and had a kind of control over nature. And in Nightborn, the forest reflects Saga’s emotions and the animalistic, primitive physical side of humankind.”
“Hanna Bergholm’s audacious sophomore follow up to Hatching delivers tension and shocking moments surrounding parenthood and self discovery — with a touch of humor,” said Emily Gotto, senior vice president of acquisitions and production at Shudder. “We are thrilled to share Nightborn with audiences.”
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