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Nov 19, 2021 · How ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ pulled off its tribute to Harold Ramis Trevor (Finn Wolfhard), Phoebe (Mckenna Grace) and Podcast (Logan Kim) in “Ghostbusters: Afterlife.” (Kimberley French)
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- How Ghostbusters: Afterlife Brought Harold Ramis Back
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife Finally Did Posthumous Cg Right
- Why The Egon Ghost Was Perfect For Ghostbusters: Afterlife
In Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Harold Ramis' Egon Spengler is first seen attempting to outrun and trap Gozer in the opening sequence before ultimately being killed by an insidious mist that prompts his heart to fail. Although it is clear that the older man in the scene is undoubtedly Spengler, the character's face is permanently obscured, allowing the...
The posthumous CG used by Ghostbusters: Afterlife is undoubtedly one of the towering successes of Jason Reitman's film. Not only is Egon Spengler's ghost in the film an almost perfect replication of Ramis' physical features, but Ghostbusters: Afterlife also handles (and explains)the return of a deceased actor's character with the utmost care and se...
The return of Egon's ghost sews up several story threads for Ghostbusters: Afterlife while also creating a wholly fitting tribute for the late Harold Ramis. The decision to scrap the original Ghostbusters 3 plans following Ramis' death always appeared ill-conceived by Sony, with the resulting Ghostbusters 2016 reboot considered a commercial flop as...
Nov 20, 2021 · Placing Egon at the heart of the film offered a way to bridge the ‘84 “Ghostbusters” — co-written by Ramis and Dan Aykroyd — with a new younger generation that hadn’t yet been born when the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man first terrorized New York.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife: Directed by Jason Reitman. With Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace. When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.
Feb 25, 2014 · Actor and director Harold Ramis, best known for the films Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day, has died aged 69. He died of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, a rare disease that involves swelling of...
Nov 25, 2021 · Hudson also touches on "tough" early days on-set in the documentary film and how it was the late Harold Ramis who helped him adjust.
Nov 22, 2021 · Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, the eldest daughter of the late Harold Ramis — Violet Ramis Stiel — talked about how Reitman brought Egon Spengler back for one last Ghostbusters adventure. Depicted as an eccentric recluse, Spengler is killed off by Gozer at the beginning of the story.
