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The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Ghostbusters: Afterlife with Jason Reitman and Eli Roth (Ep. 338)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6848 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Director Jason Reitman discusses his new film, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, with fellow director Eli Roth in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. Set three decades after the original Ghostbusters, the film tells the story of a single mother and her two children who move to a small town in Oklahoma, where they discover their connection to the Ghostbusters and their grandfather’s secret legacy. Please note: spoilers are included. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/Events/2022/January2022/GhostbustersAL_QnA_1121.aspx

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0:00.0

I'm making a movie about my own relationship with Ghostbusters and my father,

0:03.8

and what it was like to grow up around all this iconography,

0:06.9

and what it was like to go through my father's own basement and find things over time.

0:29.8

Music Hello and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

0:35.0

In today's episode, a new generation steps up to answer the question, who you're going to call,

0:39.2

and director Jason Reitman's supernatural comedy, Ghostbusters Afterlife.

0:42.4

Set three decades after the original Ghostbusters,

0:45.8

the film tells the story of a single mother and her two children who moved to a small town in Oklahoma

0:47.6

and discover their connection to the Ghostbusters

0:50.2

and their grandfather's secret legacy.

0:52.9

In addition to Ghostbusters Afterlife, Mr. Reitman's other directorial credits

0:57.1

include the feature films, Juno, the Frontrunner, Thank You for Smoking, and the DGA

1:02.5

Award nominated Up in the Air, the Pilot for the Series Casual, and episodes of the series

1:08.4

The Office.

1:10.2

Following a recent screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles,

1:14.3

Mr. Reitman shares insight into the making of Ghostbusters Afterlife

1:17.5

with fellow director Eli Roth.

1:20.0

Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.

1:24.9

We can give another round of applause for Jason Wrightman,

1:27.0

and that's pretty incredible. That's pretty incredible.

1:28.5

That's very kind.

1:32.2

Thank you for staying through the credits.

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