I was scrolling through my Twitter feed. You all know how that works — you are looking at tweets in the reverse of the order in which they were posted. I follow a guy named Paul Feig. He's a notable director/actor, who has made "Bridesmaids," "The Heat," "Spy," and, much to my excitement, the new, all-female "Ghostbusters" reboot. I had a brief moment of excitement as I saw he had posted a new one-sheet poster for the movie:
Nice, I thought. Nothing too special; after all, it's just the same logo with some added polish. But yay, I thought; I'm excited. So I kept scrolling. And then I saw another earlier tweet by Feig. It had a video in it that was auto-playing. It featured a city skyline, nothing special, until —
OH. OH WOW. I clicked on the video immediately and backed it up to see it from the beginning. Here it is:
Happy Valentine's Day! https://t.co/0Ah3LkJgbk
— Paul Feig (@paulfeig) February">https://twitter.com/paulfeig/status/69895576320569... 14, 2016
March 3? Really? You're going to make me wait that long for a trailer? Damn you, Paul Feig, damn you.
"Ghostbusters" has steadily become my most anticipated movie of the year. Yes, even more than "Batman v Superman," but that's actually not hard to believe, because "Batman v Superman" looks ridiculous. But truthfully, this reboot of the beloved movie from the 80's has the potential to make waves for audiences and for the idea of a the gender-reversed cast. If it is successful, we are bound to see more attempts at swapping genders for classic "men only" movies. We could see an all-women "Caddyshack" or "Reservoir Dogs." Recently it was announced that Sandra Bullock will star in a reimagining of "Ocean's Eleven," featuring, you guessed it, eleven talented and famous female actors.
Such a trend would really open up the way that Hollywood, and thus the moviegoing public, would see women in film. It would make it easier for a movie directed by or written by a woman to be green lit. And we would see ourselves becoming a more fair society, at least as represented in the popular media.
That's right, I just pinned the fate of equality in representation on one movie. No biggie. Here's to hoping we aren't let down.
Sony Pictures Studios' "Ghostbusters" opens on July 15, this summer. It stars Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth.
