Ghostbusters II (1989)
- Before Bill Murray was cast, several major A-list stars turned down the lead role because they felt the script was too risky.
- The original script for Ghostbusters II was written over a decade before production finally began in 1989.
- The incredible score for Ghostbusters II was composed in just a few weeks after the original composer dropped out.
Ghostbusters II is a 1989 American supernatural comedy directed by Ivan Reitman, the sequel to the 1984 blockbuster. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson return as the Ghostbusters, who have been forced out of business and banned from paranormal investigation by lawsuits and city ordinances. When a river of psychoactive slime beneath Manhattan โ fed by the negativity of New York's residents โ is harnessed by the spirit of Vigo the Carpathian, a 16th-century tyrant seeking to be reborn through Dana Barrett's baby, the Ghostbusters must reunite to save the city.
The Statue of Liberty, animated by positively-charged slime and piloted through the streets of Manhattan to the cheers of New Yorkers, was the sequel's most spectacular and crowd-pleasing set piece. Bobby Brown's "On Our Own" was a hit single. Ghostbusters II earned $215 million worldwide on a $37 million budget but was generally considered inferior to the original.
