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You Won’t Believe What Happened When Director Jason Reitman Showed His New ‘Ghostbusters’ Movie To His Dad, Who Created The Originals · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. There's a lot of
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  Speaker 1: pressure on any director when rebooting a classic franchise to
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  Speaker 1: get it right, but imagine how much more of a
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  Speaker 1: burden you feel if the director behind the original material.
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  Speaker 1: What's your Own? Dad? Jason Rightman took that challenge head
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  Speaker 1: on when he helmed the upcoming Ghostbusters Afterlife sequel, following
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  Speaker 1: the footsteps of his dad, Ivan Rightman, who directed the
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  Speaker 1: original two installments. So Jason was understandably nervous to show
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  Speaker 1: his dad his addition to the franchise. He tells Empire,
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  Speaker 1: my father hasn't been leaving the house much because of COVID,
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  Speaker 1: but he took a test, put on a mask, and
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  Speaker 1: drove down to the Love to watch the movie with
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  Speaker 1: the studio, and after he cried and told me, I'm
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  Speaker 1: so proud to be your father. It was one of
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  Speaker 1: those great moments in life. Ghostbusters After Life arrives this summer.
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