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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]
Speaking of OGs — the film is largely and undeniably a tribute to the fourth member of the original Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989) crew: the late, great Harold Ramis, who so ...
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) A new generation of Spengler takes up the proton packs — both in front of and behind the camera. Ghostbusters: Afterlife is directed by Jason Reitman, the son of ...
Extreme Ghostbusters was a sequel and spin-off of The Real Ghostbusters that aired in late 1997. The show featured a new team of younger Ghostbusters led by veteran Ghostbuster Egon Spengler (with LaMarche reprising his role from the previous series), secretary Janine Melnitz, and the ghost Slimer.
Ivan remained producer, and stood in for the late Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler using digital makeup. [16] 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 ...
Ghostbusters is a grimy, unassuming comedy with geeky sensibilities and a mean streak. Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler aren’t part of some hallowed legacy fulfilling an ancient ...