The sequence with the Ghostbusters fighting one on one started out differently and much shorter. One new aspect of the latest film is the fight sequence in Times Square – which sees the Ghostbusters girls fight hand to hand with some fun new toys. We spoke to the teams at Sony Pictures Imageworks, MPC, Zero VFX and Iloura about their ‘ungodly’ work. This time, under the VFX supervision of Pete Travers, rubber and wires has given way to volumetric deep comp pipelines and procedural Houdini photon beams from digitally replaced positron colliders. The special effects at Boss (EEG) were done in just ten months with cloud tanks, mechanical animatronics and latex. ILM then lead the special effects on Ghostbusters 2 in 1989, along with Apogee, Stargate and VCE. The original Ghostbusters had special effects from Richard Edlund, ex ILM, via Douglas Trumbull’s Entertainment Effects Group, which jointly became Boss Film Studios. While any film that works in the shadow of a classic is required to cover similar ground, there are quite different sequences in the new Ghostbusters, all of which were approached with the benefit of new digital vfx approaches. Yet as the film found an audience, many felt it was great to see a new take and very different version with women in the lead roles. Has anyone ever yelled out ‘who you gonna call?’ without someone answering ‘Ghostbusters ‘? The iconic comedy from 1984 is such a classic that news of a reboot was met with internet outrage. As for that supernatural stand, we're betting it's a display for the proton pack, but we're not sure what it will look like.The original Slimer physical rig which now sits inside the halls of ILM, (Ghostbusters II).
So if this project gets funded beyond the ground-level amount required for production, it sounds like there are some bonus items inspired by the classic movie and the upcoming sequel, as well as some additional items linked to Egon Spengler himself. Though they haven't been revealed, here's what they're called: The good news is that there are some stretch goals that will sweeten the deal if the project gets funded beyond the initial crowdfunding amount.
It will be active until 11:59 PM EST on December 12, 2021, and if the goal is met, then this beauty will be produced. The project needs 7,000 backers in order to be produced, and it already has over 3,750 at the time of this writing.
The "Ghostbusters" proton pack from HasLab costs $399.99 if you want to join the crowdfunding initiative. Seriously, if you don't fund this Ghostbusters HasLab project it may be a decision that haunts you forever! Scary good screen-accurate details include the booster, power cell injectors, bumper, shock mount, and more! Oh, and yeah, you can open the cyclotron and explore its inner workings for the very first time.Modular and lightweight, this scientific wonder is the closest you can get to strapping a real nuclear particle accelerator to your back (and much less dangerous)!.Did we use supernatural sorcery? Nope, we just included a switch! Two modes of play include lights and sounds from both the 1984 classic film Ghostbusters and the upcoming 2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife movie.Out-of-this-world tech features lights, sounds, AND a motor for active roleplay and re-creating iconic scenes!.We're making history with this movie-inspired prop replica, scanned directly from the Ghostbusters: Afterlife Proton Pack hero prop! (Yes, Sony Pictures Consumer Products let us play with the real thing!).
The Ghostbusters: Afterlife Ghostbusters Plasma Series Spengler's Proton Pack is here, and this first-ever, full-scale, mass-manufactured beauty has it all! Here's the official product description from Hasbro: Hang onto your flight suits because we're about to blow you away.