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Ernie Hudson, star of the “Ghostbusters” franchise, sent the internet into a meltdown over his toned, ripped body. The buzz on social media started when Hudson, 78, appeared at a London screening of his film “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” in a tight-fitting black T-shirt and dark-wash jeans. “I see your Lenny Kravitz at 60, and raise you Mr.

according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.The flick, a sequel to 2021’s “Godzilla vs. Kong,” is expected to take in $30 million this weekend, Deadline reported.In second place was the action thriller “Money Man,” with a $4.25 million-dollar take.The film, which is the directorial debut of actor Dev Patel, was released on Friday, and is expected to earn $10.5 million this weekend, according to the Hollywood Reporter.Vulture called the flick, where Patel also plays the leading role, “a solid action thriller.”“The First Omen” which debuted on April 5, landed in third, with $3.24 million in sales.The prequel to 1976’s “The Omen” and the sixth film in The Omen franchise “has flair but struggles with the weight and familiarity of what came before,” said The Guardian.In fourth place was “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,” which made $2.43 million.

With a $45.5 million haul at the box office this weekend, “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” is the number one film in the country, and the Ghostbusters are back. While it remains to be seen if there will be a sequel—‘Frozen Empire’ cost $100 million, so it’ll need to make much more than “Ghostbusters: Afterlife”— fans will still have plenty of modern material to keep them happy if audiences want them.

Ghostbusters movie, has said that the all-female reboot was “disappointing”.Hudson, who has reprised his role as Winston Zeddemore in the new Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, shared his opinion on the 2016 film in a recent interview.Speaking with The Independent, Hudson praised the film’s director and the cast, which featured Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig, for their “brilliantly funny” performance. However, he did have some criticisms of the movie.“Fans were really invested in the story and the characters and I think it was disappointing.

“Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” collected $45.2 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, handing Sony Pictures the studio’s first No. 1 film since last summer.The opening weekend for “Frozen Empire,” in 4,345 theaters, was nearly exactly the same as the $44 million launch for “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” in 2021.“Afterlife” rebooted the franchise with a sequel built around the descendants (Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace) of Harold Ramis’ Egon Spengler, along with Paul Rudd’s seismologist Gary Grooberson.Neither film has been a hit with critics, but audiences have been more receptive.

Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson have teamed up to perform the original Ghostbusters theme on Jimmy Fallon – watch their cover below.In celebration of sequel Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and its world premiere on Thursday (March 14), the trio joined Jimmy Fallon to perform the franchise’s theme tune. They were accompanied by The Roots, who played the theme on various classroom instruments.Parker Jr.

“Mad Props” follows Tom Biolchini, a banker from Tulsa, Oklahoma, as he scours the world for the coolest authenticated props and advocates for them to be viewed as luxury collectibles.“Back in the day, the studio would say something like, ‘Oh that Darth Vader outfit, maybe we can use it another time’ [and keep it in a store room],” Biolchini told The Post. “They didn’t see these timeless props as something needing curating.” But the documentary, streaming on Prime starting March 25, features plenty of people who do see it that way — including “Alien” star Lance Henriksen, Robert Englund, who played Freddie Kreuger, and Mickey Rourke, who refers to props as “activities” to enhance his performance in movies like “The Wrestler” and “The Palace.”“Some people invest in art or sports car that appreciate over time.

Rick Moranis was spotted for the first time in over three years in the same city where he was randomly attacked in October 2020. The “Ghostbusters” actor, 70, was photographed Tuesday braving the wet New York City weather in a blue jacket, dark khaki pants, black tennis shoes and a colorful beanie.Moranis has rarely been seen in public since Marquis Ventura punched him in the head, knocking him to the ground. The actor was walking on Central Park West around West 70th Street on his way to his nearby apartment building when the incident occurred.Ventura was wearing an “I ❤ NY” sweatshirt at the time.His rep at the time said the actor was “fine.” Moranis was spotted at Trader Joe’s on Broadway nearly a week after the altercation, and Ventura was later sentenced to two years in prison on several counts of assault.Moranis, who hasn’t starred in a live-action flick since Disney’s “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” in 1989, took a step back from acting in 1992 to focus on being a dad to daughter Rachel and son Mitchell after his wife, costume designer Ann Belsky, died of breast cancer.

your outfit has been selected. Now, all that’s left is to curl up with a good movie and wait until the clock strikes midnight. But with the countless festive films currently circulating on all streaming services, picking the right one seems like an impossible task.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire has just dropped, the first teaser fans have seen ahead of the next movie.The sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife, this next instalment in the beloved franchise seemingly returns to New York City, where a dangerous blizzard interrupts a heatwave and an ominous frost freezes over the city, referred to in the trailer as “the death chill”, leaving the descendants of original Ghostbuster Egon Spengler to team up with some familiar faces to thaw the Big Apple.The IMDb synopsis reveals that “The Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.”The trailer itself hints at non-stop action, light comedy moments and impressive special effects, with the return of an all-star cast including Ant-Man actor Paul Rudd and Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard.While Ghostbusters: Afterlife’s director Jason Reitman will be replaced by Gil Kenan for the sequel, Reitman has co-written the script with Kenan, and will be co-producing with Jason Blumenfield.

Even though we’re still talking about what’s left to come in 2023, we should also begin looking forward to the big films of 2024. And one of those films is the latest “Ghostbusters” sequel.

A role in the all-female “Ghostbusters” movie in 2016 should have been a dream come true for then-“SNL” cast member Leslie Jones. Instead, IndieWire reports that the film ended up a nightmare for the comedian, making only 1% in salary to some of her co-stars and receiving death threats on Twitter for even starring in Paul Feig‘s film.

this summer’s guiltiest pleasure, “Haunted, Abandoned and Hella Creepy.”The new, weekly ghost hunting series from The Post follows paranormal investigator Colin Browen as he takes an unsuspecting — and often skeptical — Post reporter inside some of the scariest and most spine-tingling locations in the tristate area. Skeptics will be turned into believers, as Post cameras capture sinister forces from the other side, hell-bent on having their voices heard, their spirits felt and their often evil and murderous messages shared with the masses.“It was exciting to host ‘Haunted, Abandoned and Hella Creepy’ because New York City, and all the areas that surround New York, have some of the craziest history in all of America,” Browen explained.

Ghostbusters franchise.The actor, who played Winston Zeddemore alongside Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis in the 1984 sci-fi film, said the studio was not “inclusive” of his character in the film’s promotional materials.Speaking about joining the cast on The Howard Stern Show, Hudson said: “I was the guy who was brought in, and so finding my place in the middle of that – and they were all welcoming and inclusive. The studio wasn’t, and the studio continued not to be. So it made it very, very difficult because I was a part of it but very selectively I was pushed aside.”He added: “When the posters came out, I’m not on the poster.

“Ghostbusters” legend Ernie Hudson is haunted by his experiences on the set of the classic 1984 sci-fi action-comedy. Hudson, 77, opened up about the “psychological” damage he incurred working on the original movie that launched the franchise, revealing how being “selectively pushed aside” made the filming the project “difficult.”The veteran actor launched his bombshell appearance on “The Howard Stern Wrap Up Show” by declaring “Ghostbusters” director Ivan Reitman — who died at 75 in 2022 — a “really, really a brilliant man and I have just so much love and appreciation for him.” Although Hudson had praise for his A-list co-stars Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd — he didn’t share the same warm words for the Columbia Pictures studio execs behind the scenes.“I was the guy who was brought in, and so finding my place in the middle of that — and they were all welcoming and inclusive,” Hudson told SiriusXM’s Gary Dell’Abate and Rahsaan Rogers.

While maybe not be the best film ever, there is a lot of love from fans for last year’s “Ghostbusters: Afterlife.” The film seemed to be the prime example of a legacy sequel with nods to the original and emotional beats that tug on those nostalgic heartstrings. Can you recapture that sort of feeling again? Well, if Sony is able to do it, the studio will have to rely on a new director in the “Ghostbusters” franchise to make it happen.

many locations can become just as famous as the characters. Whether a movie features a haunted house or is set in a creepy location, many of these famously scary homes are still standing today.Here are the real-life dwellings and sites where some of your favorite spooky flicks were filmed.In 1974, 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife will premiere on December 20, 2023.Announced its upcoming schedule, the studio confirmed that a new Ghostbusters movie will hit theatres next year after the success of the 2021 reboot.Afterlife was directed by Jason Reitman, the son of Ivan Reitman, who directed the 1984 original. As well as a new cast – including Paul Rudd and Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard – last year’s film saw the return of original cast members Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver and Annie Potts in their classic roles.Reitman and writer Gil Kenan also confirmed that the sequel will return to the series’ home of New York City for the sequel.We're back December 2023.

Typically, December is an incredibly popular time for a major studio to debut a tentpole feature. Last year, we saw “Spider-Man: No Way Home” break records around the holiday season.

reprises his role as Winston Zeddemore, alongside other OG cast members such as Annie Potts, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver.

Ghostbusters animated movie and series have been announced.In a series of announcements to mark Ghostbusters Day (June 8), an animated feature film “with all new characters and a whole new take” was revealed to be in the works.The untitled film for Sony Pictures Animation will be directed by Jennifer Kluska (Hotel Transylvania 2) and Chris Prynoski (Beavis And Butt-Head Do America), with a script written by Brenda Hsueh (How I Met Your Mother).A Ghostbusters animated series is also in development at Netflix from Sony Pictures Animation, with Ghostbusters: Afterlife writers Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan serving as executive producers. No writer is attached to the project yet.A new animated #Ghostbusters feature is in development with all new characters and a whole new take – helmed by #JenniferKluska and @ChrisPrynoski, and written by #BrendaHsueh.

Did you enjoy Jason Reitman’s legacy sequel, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife?” Well, if so, you’re in luck because the filmmaker is ready to branch out into the animated realm with the ‘Busters. According to Variety, Jason Reitman and producer Gil Kenan are developing a new animated “Ghostbusters” series.

CinemaCon, the annual trade show for theater owners, is a good time for studios to flex their wares and Sony Pictures did that last night at the annual exhibition in Vegas. First up, there were some minor modifications to the two “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse” sequels.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife, has paid tribute to his late father Ivan Reitman.The filmmaker, known for directing films like Ghostbusters and Kindergarten Cop, died peacefully in his sleep on Saturday (February 12) at his home in Montecito, California.Posting on Twitter, Ivan’s son Jason wrote: “I’ve lost my hero. All I want is the chance to tell my father one more story. He came from a family of survivors and turned his legacy into laughter.“Thank you for the kind messages.

Yesterday, the world found out that legendary filmmaker, Ivan Reitman passed away at the age of 75. The filmmaker behind some of the most iconic comedies of all time, including “Ghostbusters,” “Stripes,” and “Kindergarten Cop” (I’ll fight you about that last one), touched millions with his work over the decades.

Ivan Reitman was a filmmaker who directed movies including “Ghostbusters” and “Stripes.”This is a breaking news story. We will continue to update this page as more information becomes available.

Ghostbusters and Kindergarten Cop, has died at the age of 75.According to Reitman’s family, the filmmaker and producer died peacefully in his sleep on Saturday (February 12) night at his home in Montecito, California.“Our family is grieving the unexpected loss of a husband, father, and grandfather who taught us to always seek the magic in life,” Reitman’s children Jason, Catherine, and Caroline said in a joint statement.“We take comfort that his work as a filmmaker brought laughter and happiness to countless others around the world. While we mourn privately, we hope those who knew him through his films will remember him always.”Ernie Hudson, who played Winston Zeddemore in the 1984 film, wrote on Twitter: “I am deeply saddened by the loss of Ivan’ Reitman.

If you have a steel-trap memory, you remember at one point Phil Lord and Chris Miller were rumored to be directing an early version of “Ghostbusters 3” circa 2014. And in a recent Happy.

When “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” was released this fall, it seemed to be far less controversial than the 2016 reboot “Ghostbusters: Answer the Call.” ‘Afterlife’ definitely fits the model of the trendy legacy sequel tropes we’ve been seeing over the past few years by bringing back a ton of nostalgia and fan service while also trying to lay the groundwork for future films. Oh yeah, and it is directed by Jason Reitman, the son of “Ghostbusters” filmmaker Ivan Reitman.

Ghostbusters star Ernie Hudson has reached out to a superfan in Suffolk, after learning he had been raising money for charity through personalised videos based on the franchise.Hudson, who played Winston Zeddemore in the 1984 film, praised the Suffolk Ghostbusters group for “making a difference” in a video message to the group, and particularly its founder David Newman.Newman started the online group with his friends Shaun Howard and Nick Mabbett during lockdown, which comprised personalised

Ghostbusters reboot from a new ‘Ultimate Collection’ box set.Released in 2016 and directed by Feig, the all-female reboot starred Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon.

Going all the way back to the 1990s, Sony Pictures had been desperately trying to mount a third hard-canon “Ghostbusters” movie on the big screen. When those plans eventually crumbled in the 2010s, director Paul Feig was given the keys to attempt a female-driven reboot with 2016’s “Ghostbusters: Answer The Call,” which was largely seen as a flop as it was concurrently embattled by hateful, misogynistic online trolls.

Ghostbusters reunited on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ahead of the release of Ghostbusters: Afterlife.Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson all appeared on the popular chat show to discuss their involvement in the sequel.

reunion!Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson reunited at the premiere in New York City on Monday, where they remembered their late co-star and dear friend Harold Ramis, as well as shared how it felt to suit up again.«Well, he would always be on time, so he would have already made us look bad,» said Murray of Ramis while chatting with ET's Lauren Zima. «He was very punctual and he would be just looking at us, staring at us.

reunion!Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson reunited at the premiere in New York City on Monday, where they remembered their late co-star and dear friend Harold Ramis, as well as shared how it felt to suit up again.«Well, he would always be on time, so he would have already made us look bad,» said Murray of Ramis while chatting with ET's Lauren Zima. «He was very punctual and he would be just looking at us, staring at us.

You know it was bound to happen, right? With all the promotion of “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” hitting, considering the film is arriving in two weeks, Sony was inevitably going to come out and show some of the original cast to drum up interest in the new sequel. And while the studio does show a little reservation, keeping a full reveal out of the trailer, there’s definitely enough that will make original “Ghostbusters” fans giddy.