History Trivia / Ghostbusters2016

* CameoProp: During the exorcism scene, Patty can be seen swinging a metal tube directed towards Abby. This metal tube is actually one of the exterior pieces seen on the back side of the [=DeLorean=] in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Japanese dub:
** From ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'': [[Creator/RomiPark Jillian]] is Temari, [[Creator/{{Kujira}} Patty]] is Orochimaru, [[Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa Kevin]] is Minato Namikaze and Kimimaro, [[Creator/UnshoIshizuka Mayor Bradley]] was Zabuza Momochi and [[Creator/TesshoGenda the taxi driver]] is Kurama.
** From ''Franchise/DragonBall'': [[Creator/YujiMitsuya Jonathan]] is the Supreme Kai and Gregory and [[Creator/TesshoGenda the taxi driver]] is Shu and Bojack.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/PhilLordAndChrisMiller were asked to direct, but declined.
** Creator/EmmaStone was approached for an unspecified role in the film, but turned it down due to her reluctance to commit to another franchise after ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries''.
** Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/JenniferLawrence, Creator/ElizaDushku, Creator/AlyssaMilano, Creator/AnnaFaris, and Creator/RebelWilson were also considered for undisclosed parts in the movie. Hathaway's character was supposedly going to be a doctor named "Anna".
** Feig originally envisioned an opening involving "an old guy getting electrocuted" but says they "mercifully" threw it out in favor of Katie Dippold's suggestion for a more iconic, old-NY feel.
** Creator/RickMoranis declined to make a cameo, stating that he didn't want to "spend one day of shooting making a cameo for something I did thirty years ago".
** Originally, the film was going to have practical effects in addition to the final CGI work, much like the original film as [[http://character-shop.com/tcsgbslimers.html according to effects artist]] Rick Lazzarini (who was personally chosen by Fieg). While this didn't happen, Lazzarini would contribute, [[UncreditedRole uncredited]], two stand-in puppets for Slimer and his mate.

** Originally, the film was going to have practical effects in addition to the final CGI work, much like the original film as [[http://character-shop.com/tcsgbslimers.html sccording to effects artist]] Rick Lazzarini (who was personally chosen by Fieg). While this didn't happen, Lazzarini would contribute, [[UncreditedRole uncredited]], two stand-in puppets for Slimer and his mate.

* UncreditedRole: Neither effects artist Rick Lazzarini or his crew are credited for the stand-in puppets for Slimer and his female counterpart.

* UncreditedRole: Neither effects artist Rick Lazzarini or his crew are credited for the stand-in puppets for Slimer or his female counterpart.

* GayPanic: Creator/PaulFeig has [[https://www.mtv.com/news/2904309/ghostbusters-kate-mckinnon-holtzmann-gay-paul-feig/ heavily implied]] that the studios refused to allow him to depict Holtzmann as explicitly gay.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: The Brazilian Portuguese dub has comedian [[https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Guilherme Roberto Guilherme]] dubbing Music/OzzyOsbourne.

* CameoProp: During the exorcism scene, Patty can be seen swinging a metal tube directed towards Abby. This metal tube is actually one of the exterior pieces seen on the back side of the Delorean in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: The Brazilian Portuguese dub has comedian [[https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Guilherme Roberto Guilherme]] dubbing Ozzy Osbourne.

** More than 20 years of false starts, rejected pitches and casting announcements went nowhere after the release of the second film, with attempts by Columbia (and later, Sony Pictures) to push development forward stalling out due to Creator/BillMurray, Creator/DanAykroyd and Creator/HaroldRamis having long-standing veto contracts, which were put in place during the meeting with Ovitz in Los Angeles in 1989. As chronicled by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPAklIlov-A Midnight's Edge]], Ramis' death caused the power balance between the original trio of himself, Reitman and Murray to shift completely, and as detailed in leaked emails from the Sony hack, the studio film chief Amy Pascal essentially pushed Reitman out of the production process by courting Paul Feig in secret. Feig gave Pascal a pitch focusing on an all-female Ghostbusters team in a new "founding the Ghostbusters" story, and Pascal agreed to start development.

* FlipFlopOfGod: Is the movie a ContinuityReboot, or does it actually have some connection to the [[Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}} prior]] [[Film/GhostbustersII two]] films? Paul Feig claims the former, but the trailers mention the events of the first movie 30 years prior, and other promotional materials have (possibly unintentionally) connected the two universes in some way.

* StillbornFranchise: Creator/PaulFeig and the cast signed on for two more films, and the film was reportedly planned to kickstart a Ghostbusters cinematic universe, but the film's mediocre box office results put an end to those plans.

** Creator/KateMcKinnon designed her character Holtzmann's hairstyle. Contrary to some internet speculation it is not based on the cartoon Egon's hair.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Paul Feig has [[https://www.mtv.com/news/2904309/ghostbusters-kate-mckinnon-holtzmann-gay-paul-feig/ heavily implied]] that the studios refused to allow him to depict Holtzmann as explicitly gay.
* FanNickname:
** Referred to as ''Lady Ghostbusters'' or ''The Female Ghostbusters'' so as to separate this new film from the original.
** ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}} 2: The Ghost Catchers''.
** The cast themselves are referred to as the "[[FeministFantasy Patriarchy Busters]]".

* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0gR2GVs-9Y According to]] Creator/ChrisHemsworth, a lot of the movie's dialogue scenes were improvised, with Creator/PaulFeig throwing in lines and ideas for the actors to work and ad-lib with.