Original Ghostbusters star Dan Aykroyd has blamed director Paul Feig for the 2016's reboot's underwhelming performance at the box office.
Speaking to the UK's Channel 4 (via Deadline), Aykroyd said that although he enjoyed the film - as did many critics - Feig was to blame for its inflated budget.
“The girls are great in it. Kate McKinnon, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig – what wonderful, wonderful players they are – and Leslie Jones,” began Aykroyd. “I was really happy with the movie, but it cost too much. And Sony does not like to lose money, they don’t. It made a lot of money around the world but just cost too much, making it economically not feasible to do another one. So that’s too bad.”
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Speaking to the UK's Channel 4 (via Deadline), Aykroyd said that although he enjoyed the film - as did many critics - Feig was to blame for its inflated budget.
“The girls are great in it. Kate McKinnon, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig – what wonderful, wonderful players they are – and Leslie Jones,” began Aykroyd. “I was really happy with the movie, but it cost too much. And Sony does not like to lose money, they don’t. It made a lot of money around the world but just cost too much, making it economically not feasible to do another one. So that’s too bad.”
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