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Jason said he had the characters for
"Ghostbusters: Afterlife" in his head for a long time and when
he reached out with the idea to his father, Ivan Reitman, who
directed the first two films, the elder Reitman cried.
"One day I knew what the ending of the movie was, and that's
when I know I'm going to make something," Jason said at the
movie's premiere in New York on Monday night. "I knew it was
time."
In the new film, we see a single mother played by Carrie Coon
move with her two children to a small town to reconnect with her
estranged father's side of the family. They end up learning
things they could have never imagined.
The original Ghostbusters Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie
Hudson suit up for the new film and called the experience
joyful.
"I felt I was being called up from the reserves to go back into
service and step up and take care of things. And it was very
organic the way we were in there," said Aykroyd.
"This movie's been such a big part of my life for so many
years," Hudson said. "When we got into the jumpsuits ... I was
kind of emotionally moved, I was teared up. It's great."
Coon highlighted the elements of female empowerment and love in
the film.
"I love that the center of our story is a nerdy girl scientist.
I mean, I think that's a wonderful invitation for the future,"
she said.
The new outing is packed with young stars including Finn
Wolfhard, Logan Kim and McKenna Grace, who has a song on the
film's soundtrack.
People magazine's newest sexist man alive, actor Paul Rudd and
JK Simmons also star in the movie.
The film hits U.S. theaters on Nov. 19.
(Reporting by Alicia Powell; Editing by Karishma Singh and
Richard Pullin)
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