News about Ivan Reitman

Ernie Hudson reflects on the 'disappointing' female-led Ghostbusters movie: 'It wasn't what fans were hoping for'

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 25, 2024
Supporters of Ghostbusters on YouTube and IMDb reacted angrily to Paul Feig's female-led remake of Ivan Reitman's 1984 cinematic masterpiece long before it was announced. 'Look, I'm a fan of Paul Feig, so I have little to say about him.' Other than, I don't quite understand why you do a reboot, you know what I mean? On Sunday, Ernie Hudson told The Independent, 'Just make another film.'

The original was a hit, but this remake is as shapeless as a ghost, writes BRIAN VINER

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 21, 2024
Almost 40 years have passed since the original Ghostbusters arrived in the United Kingdom, and for those of us who recall seeing it back in December 1984, it was somewhat surprising. To make matters worse, I rewatched it recently, and it may have aged well beyond what we had expected. It was also a very popular film. It got Hollywood excited by the comedic potential of special effects, but society, albeit mainly in America, started to believe that the suffix 'busters' refers to everything.

Ellen Degeneres was the "only woman" she ever fell in love with, according to Anne Heche in memoir

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 18, 2023
Ellen was the "first and only woman that I ever fell in love with," actress Anne Heche wrote in her posthumous book, and she said she was'mesmerized' by how transparent the comedian was about her sexuality. Heche dated the talk show host from 1997 to 2000, becoming one of Hollywood's first openly lesbian couples. Heche had been open about the fact that her father, a Baptist choir minister, was a closeted homosexual during her lifetime. In 1983, he died as a result of AIDS complications at 45. In August, the Wag the Dog actress died in Los Angeles following a horrific car accident in which she sped away from a house at a speed of up to 90 mph. She was 53 years old at the time. Heche's body was found to contain traces of cocaine and fentanyl at the time of the crash, according to a toxicology report. On January 24, her autobiography, as the follow-up to her 2001 book Call Me Crazy, will be published. Heche accuses Six Days, Seven Nights director Ivan Reitman of advising her to be more like Jodie Foster and not to openly discuss her sexuality.

After not identifying him, Anna Faris says late director Ivan Reitman'slapped my a**' on camera

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 19, 2022
Anna Faris has finally revealed the identity of the filmmaker who sexually assaulted her on camera after she had previously refused to in the early days of the #MeToo campaign. During the first day of production of My Super Ex-Girlfriend, the 45-year-old actress claimed that late Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman'slapped my a**'. She also claimed that Reitman, who died in his sleep at his Montecito, California home, 'yelled' at her, leaving her feeling 'angry, hurt, and humiliated.' During an interview with Lena Dunham on Wednesday, Deadline announced that Faris makes the discovery in upcoming episode of her podcast Unqualified.

Gerald Potterton, a heavy metal and Yellow Submarine filmmaker and animator, died at the age of 91

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 25, 2022
Gerald Potterton, the British-Canadian filmmaker best known for his film The Beatles' Yellow Submarine and Heavy Metal, has died. According to the National Film Board of Canada, the director, writer, producer, and animator died at the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital in Cowansville, Quebec. On Wednesday, the NFB, Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor, expressed sorrow at the death of long-time friend and collaborator Gerald Potterton (1931-2022).'