11/11/2023 0 Comments First ghost buster movie![]() A 2016 view of one of the sub-levels at LA’s Central Library which was used for the scenes taking place in the basement stacks. And yet, according to several sources, they were actually filmed in one of the active sub-basements of the Central Library in downtown Los Angeles. Schwarzman Building in New York, but I always assumed they were filmed on a studio set. ![]() When it came to all the scenes that took place in the basement stacks, I knew they weren’t filmed at the Stephen A. While I was pretty sure all the scenes in the reading room took place in the south hall, I did double-check the orientation of the windows, shelves and such just to make sure. It’s a location I’m very familiar with - one that I’ve been to at least a hundred times over the years. When I began compiling Ghostbusters filming locations, the first thing on my list was the New York Public Library’s Rose Main Reading Room, located in the Stephen A. Inside, a librarian does her rounds at the Rose Main Reading Room on the 3rd floor, then encounters a ghost in the basement stacks (which was shot in the basement of the Central Library in Los Angeles at 630 W. Public Library The movie begins at the main branch of the New York Public Library at 476 Fifth Avenue, whose entrance is flanked by two stone lions nicknamed Patience and Fortitude (the latter of which appears on camera). But that hasn’t been the case with the Ghostbusters movies, thanks to the exhaustive Spook Central website, which has painstakingly identified every nook and cranny from the first two films, no matter how brief or insignificant. Generally speaking, even with the most popular, iconic movies that have been extensively studied and researched, there tends to be at least one or two locations that haven’t been identified by anyone (usually because the scene is very brief or the location is extremely difficult to pinpoint). However, Ghostbusters is one of the few titles in which I did zero original research in finding its locations. Like the other posts on this site, I will mostly focus on the New York locations used in this movie. Starring comedy legends Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Rick Moranis, Ghostbusters filled out its cast with Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts and Ernie Hudson (playing a role that was purportedly first offered to Eddie Murphy who turned it down to star in Beverly Hills Cop). If bustin' makes you feel good, mark your 2023 movie release calendars because we're returning to the ectoplasm-covered world and the firehouse sooner than you might think as the next movie in the Ghostbusters franchise is set to hit theaters on December 20, 2023.With the long-awaited release of the new Ghostbusters movie, I thought it’d be appropriate to look back at the original 1984 classic that was essentially the first big-budget, special-effects-heavy comedy ever made. Now, along with the Afterlife sequel presumably returning to NYC, we'll also see the return of our favorite ghost hunters return in animated form as well. An edgier sequel '90s series, Extreme Ghostbusters, premiered in 1997 before being canceled after one season. It went on to run seven seasons, spawning truckloads of merchandise, before ending its run in 1991. The Real Ghostbusters, which continued the adventures of the primary characters from Ivan Reitman's classic 1984 film, became a smash hit. This will mark the first time in nearly 30 years that the team of paranormal investigators will grace the small screen. It's an excellent time to be a fan of the long-running supernatural-horror comedy series because it was announced last year that Netflix is getting a new animated Ghostbusters series from Reitman's team as well.
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