Ghostbusters Remake Flops - Sequels CANCELED, Investors In Debt

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Trolls cited as the reason for the flop by Sony Pictures.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.2745798

"Director Paul Feig's all female "Ghostbusters" is limping to the $180 million mark worldwide at the box office, well short of the $300 million the studio needs to start breaking even"


Director Feig says "never again":

Despite the fact that the new rendition of the 1984 classic included some of the best-known female comedians in the industry — Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones, Kristen Wiig and Kate McKinnon — this year’s “Ghostbusters” still faced a lot of criticism. The film’s director, Paul Feig, has made up his mind on one thing after the backlash — he will absolutely not be rebooting any more classic movies.

“No, no, no. No, I will not,” he told the Huffington Post. “This one was just too tempting because I knew we could do something with it that was exciting.”

Director Feig goes on to get bitter about the flop and questions misogynist motives, "Heroes are heroes, what's the problem audience?":

“It’s such a validation for the years of false controversy,” Feig said. “Up until then it was me just dealing with a bunch of angry dudes. There’s a whole generation of kids and young people who didn’t have their own ‘Ghostbusters,’ who, to them, even though it’s a great movie, it’s an old movie.”

“I don’t know why all this was controversy leading up to this, because heroes are heroes,” he said. “It doesn’t matter what gender they are,” he added.

Sony Pictures chalks the "backlash" up to some "pissing and moaning" on the internet, still short hundreds of millions to investors:

Sony Pictures head Tom Rothman also echoed McCarthy’s sentiments at the Paley International Council in New York, saying: “It’s original. You get pissing and moaning on the Internet — sexist comments – but, you know, f–k ’em.”

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/gh...hy-1201832804/


Thoughts? Did you see the movie?