October 7, 2024 1:33 pm

Trump Supporters Made 2016 Ghostbusters a Political Statement Says Director
Trump Supporters Made 2016 Ghostbusters a Political Statement Says Director

Trump Supporters Made 2016 Ghostbusters a Political Statement Says Director

Filmmaker Paul Feig says that Trump supporters made the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot into a topic of political discourse. Ghostbusters, later retitled Ghostbusters: Answer the Call, was directed by Feig and rebooted the iconic 1980s sci-fi horror comedy franchise with an all-female cast that included Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones. While plenty of movies get reboots and remakes, 2016’s Ghostbusters was a media nightmare, with people targeting it from the second the movie was announced before a single frame of footage was shot.

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​2016’s Ghostbusters was intended as a summer comedy, but Paul Feig says Donald Trump and his supporters turned the movie into a political statement. Read More