A new version of Ghostbusters has long been in the works, probably the year before Bruce Campbell said sam Remy and him are looking for the right director, last year it was confirmed that the director is Lee Cronin, the director has not done much before, the debut is a 17-minute short film called "Ghost Train" in 2013, and in 2019, the first and so far only feature film - "Hole in the Ground" was launched.
He followed Sam Remy and last year served as one of the directors of Quibi's short film series Thriller 50 States.
Say a few more words about Thriller 50 States.
This Quibi should have been heard of, is a relatively bold emerging streaming platform dedicated to running on mobile phones, the investment is not cheap, but in the end it only operated for half a year to end dismal, this "Thriller 50 States" was originally Quibi's opening cannon, so many popular stars and directors were invited, of which the old "Spider-Man" trilogy, "Ghostbusters" series director Sam Remy should be the loudest among directors. Although this "Thriller 50 States" is positioned as a series, it is actually just a short story collection, just like the former "26 Ways to Die" and "Fatal Videotape", the story is independent, each episode is only 7 or 8 minutes, the operator undoubtedly wants to adapt to the rhythm of modern life, knowing that everyone rarely has time to spend two hours to watch a movie, unfortunately, these live-action shorts have not been able to be as amazing as the first season of Netflix's animated short film set "Love Death Machine", and failure is inevitable. Of course, this type of short film has always been of uneven quality, interested in fact, you can also look at it, there are all kinds of strange and chaotic urban legends, but they are too short, not very enjoyable.
Back to the new version of Ghost play man, this new version of "Ghost Play Man" is called "Evil Dead Rise", this story is not a reboot, but set in the same world view of the old trilogy, but around different characters, in the old version, Bruce Campbell played by the chainsaw sawman Ash is no longer returning, this time the protagonist of the story will follow the trend of the times and become a woman. Not long ago, two actresses were chosen , Alyssa Sutherland and Lily Sullivan , both of whom are actors from Australia, but neither is very famous, the former having worked as a model and starred in Viking Legends.
The latter has starred in many films, but has basically not played a leading role. The two will play a pair of sisters in the film.
It has been confirmed before that this time", "Rise of the Ghost Playman", will not be like the reboot version of 2013, no longer take the "cabin in the forest" routine, the background of the story will be transferred to the city, it is said that the main story is in a skyscraper.
Although the "Ghost Playman" series is not as loud as the names of "Ghost Street" and "Halloween", but it has also produced four movies and three episodes so far, Sam Remy as a screenwriter and producer to host the three episodes are really happy, for people who like this series, and Bruce Campbell is definitely a must-see masterpiece, but unfortunately Bruce Campbell is now old, do not want to crawl in the new version, he only served as the producer of the new version, but should also make a cameo.
This series is originally a combination of comedy and horror, and the 2013 rebooted version of the thriller effect is not bad, but unfortunately it lacks some laughs, and I hope that this new version can tilt a little in this regard.
This "Rise of the Ghostbusters" is no longer a theatrical movie, it will land directly on Warner's streaming platform HBO Max, which is a good thing for those of us in mainland China, because we can also see this movie for the first time, and the film is expected to be launched in 2022.