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Egon Spengler is a tall, lanky, laconic, bespectacled, handsome, awkward member of the team responsible for the main theoretical framework for their paranormal/quantum studies, having earned over a dozen advanced degrees including parapsychology and nuclear engineering from New York University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respectively, as demonstrated by his stiff interactions ...
The 2016 film Ghostbusters, a reboot of the series Ramis co-created and starred in, was posthumously dedicated to him. [42] A bust of Ramis appears in the film. [43] [44] In the 2021 movie Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the age-progressed image of Ramis appears as the ghost of Egon Spengler; a dedication before the end credits also reads "for Harold."
The script was structured to slowly reveal the connection to the Egon Spengler character, which would bring in elements of earlier Ghostbusters films. For example, the film sees Aykroyd's character return to running Ray's Occult Books, as seen in Ghostbusters II, but only the events of the original film are directly referenced. [56] [59]
Ramis, who died in 2014 at age 69, played Egon Spengler in both Ghostbusters and 1989’s Ghostbusters II. He also co-wrote the script with Dan Aykroyd, who played Ray Stantz.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife might feature a new cast of leading characters, but it's still overflowing with nostalgia.. The sequel directed by Jason Reitman, heir to the Ghostbusters franchise as son ...
Ivan remained producer, and stood in for the late Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler using visual effects. [17] The film was released on November 19, 2021, marking his final film before his death. However, Reitman received a posthumous producer credit for the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife , Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire , which was released on ...
Director Jason Reitman, Paul Rudd and more discuss paying homage to the original 1984 "Ghostbusters" and the late Harold Ramis.
Rolling Stone published an excerpt from Leslie Jones’ new memoir in which the actor opened up about the brutal racism and death threats she received over her involvement in the 2016 ...