Ghostbusters: Little Golden Book (Golden Books)

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In fact, the show influenced the 1989 sequel, in which Slimer is portrayed as a friendly ghost during his encounter with Louis Tully. Early on Reitman and Bernstein discussed the idea that Ghostbusters would feature popular music at specific points to complement Bernstein's original score. At the time, Aykroyd stated that Columbia Pictures was interested, though the principal actors, especially Bill Murray, were not. Using their proton packs (unlicensed nuclear accelerators) to “cross the streams”, the Ghostbusters send Gozer — and the 112ft manifestation, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man— back to their dimension, saving the day and covering everyone in melted marshmallow in the process! But when paranormal activity across the city begins to rise again, the Ghostbusters reunite and discover a river of highly-energized “Mood Slime” running beneath the streets.

These include Past, Present, and Future, Tainted Love, Con-Volution and What in Samhain Just Happened? Early concepts featured a black car with purple and white strobe lights giving it a supernatural glow, but this idea was scrapped after cinematographer László Kovács noted that dark paint would not film well at night. He told Reitman he did not understand the character and suggested portraying Tully with a German accent and multiple German Shepherds, but the filmmakers felt there were already enough dogs in the film. It stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis as Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler, three eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City.b] Aykroyd's original 70- to 80-page script treatment was more serious in tone and intended to be scary. Elements of this story were used in Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2009), which Aykroyd considered to be "essentially the third movie". The short production schedule and looming release date meant Reitman edited the film while it was being shot. As the logo would be required for props and sets, it needed to be finalized quickly, and Gross worked with Boss Film artist and creature design consultant Brent Boates who drew the final concept, and R/GA animated the logo for the film's opening. This trade would have been a hardcover collection that was supposed to be released via a Diamond Comic Distributors "Previews" exclusive.

Due to competition for special effects studios among various films in development at the time, Richard Edlund used part of the budget to found Boss Film Studios, which employed a combination of practical effects, miniatures, and puppets to deliver the ghoulish visuals. Reitman sometimes found making an effects-laden movie frustrating, as the special effects had to be storyboarded and filmed in advance; there was no option to go back and produce new scenes. Aykroyd believed Ivan Reitman was the logical choice to direct, based on his successes with films such as Animal House (1978) and Stripes (1981). He was also drawn to the idea of modernizing the comedic ghost films of the mid-20th century by comics such as Abbott and Costello ( Hold That Ghost, 1941), Bob Hope ( The Ghost Breakers, 1940) and the Bowery Boys ( Ghost Chasers, 1951).There were approximately 50 to 60 different theme songs developed for Ghostbusters by different artists before Parker Jr. citation needed] Reitman said he did not mean to snub the 2016 film and that he had "nothing but admiration" for Feig. Ghostbusters: Afterlife was scheduled to be released in the United States on July 10, 2020, by Sony Pictures Releasing [74] but its release was postponed to March 5, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The concept also had fantastic features such as the ability to dematerialize and travel inter-dimensionally. Dane developed fully detailed drawings for the interior and exterior and supervised the transformation of the 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor ambulance conversion into the Ectomobile.