Ghostbusters and
Ghostbusters: Afterlife, has offered his thoughts on the 2016
Ghostbusters reboot.
During an interview with Living Life Fearless, Hudson stated that he believes Sony Pictures made a “mistake” by attempting to reboot the franchise as it wasn’t a continuation or extension of what had come before.
“[
Afterlife is] not a reboot. Because when you say reboot, which is the third movie, the one with the ladies – that I actually liked a lot. I definitely loved everybody who was in it,” Hudson said. “Paul Feig, I’m still fans of theirs – they tried to do a reboot. And a reboot, to me, means you’re trying to do the movie over. Another version of what we already did. And I think that was a mistake. It wasn’t a continuation or an extension of [the original].”
Original GHOSTBUSTERS Actor Now Thinks 2016 Reboot Was a Mistake By Mike Sprague
Paul Feig’s
Ghostbusters is one of my daughter’s favorite movies. I’ve seen it many times over now. And it’s fun. But today, original
Ghostbusters star Ernie Hudson recently voiced his opinion on why the 2016 reboot didn’t work.
He tells
When you say reboot… the one with the ladies – that I actually liked a lot. I definitely loved everybody who was in it. Paul Feig, I’m still fans of theirs – they tried to do a reboot. And a reboot, to me, means you’re trying to do the movie over. Another version of what we already did. And I think that was a mistake. It wasn’t a continuation or an extension of. It was somehow a different universe there. You know what I mean? It’s kind of like us, but it’s us but not us. In that universe, they’re women. I don’t know. That was a choice that was made.”