GHOSTBUSTERS PRODUCTION
WORDS Adrian Pennington IMAGES Sony Pictures
Eric Steelberg, ASC spills the ectoplasm on Frozen Empire, the new Ghostbusters film hitting theatres in March
I n Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters. Which is just as well, since supernatural forces are about to unleash another ice age. It’s the second feature in the franchise for Eric Steelberg, ASC, his first with director Gil Kenan and his tenth collaboration with Jason Reitman (a producer on this film) following films including Up in the Air , Young Adult , Juno and Ghostbusters: Afterlife . “Without a doubt, the biggest creative challenge was filming this movie on stages and sets in London, trying to make it look like New York,” begins Steelberg. “We knew it was time to bring the Ghostbusters back to their hometown, but the scale and scope of the movie required production to look elsewhere for principal photography, with a smaller second unit handling exteriors in New York.” Blending those two places, matching the light and feel an ocean
BUSTING OUT NEW MOVES Cast members Ernie Hudson and Bill Murray reunite in Frozen Empire, released this month
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