The all-female Ghostbusters reboot is guaranteed to be scarier and more gritty than the original film, and that is because director Paul Feig is a huge fan of the zombie TV series "The Walking Dead."
During a talk on the show's recap companion called Talking Dead, Feig admitted that he wants his new film to take cue from the "scariness" and "gauntlet run" elements that is very prominent in The Walking Dead.
"I will say, I was very inspired by this show," Feig said. "What I love is how they play with the danger, they play with the scariness, but also the idea that it's always about gauntlet run."
The challenge Feig faces now is how to interpret the fight against zombies into that of supernatural creatures.
"And that's something, an element I want to bring to this Ghostbusters reboot is having to get through these various obstacles that are supernatural and all that. I really feed off of The Walking Dead," he said.
The Ghostbusters reboot will feature the all-female cast of Bridesmaid actresses Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig, as well as Saturday Night Live regulars Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon.
Feig said that the new Ghostbusters will definitely be "scarier" but at the same time shot in such a way that teenagers will still be able to sit throughout the entire movie.
"The reason I do a lot of R-rated comedies is that you want a movie to feel honest," explained Feig. "But the Ghostbusters world doesn't need that level of swearing. We'll have to be PG-13 with this one. I would like to make it R-rated, but I won't. You want the biggest number of people to watch it and not be put off by it."
The director's latest statements appear more optimistic than the initial ones he gave EW. Back then, Feig admitted that doing the reboot would be "too difficult."
"It's really hard to take that on, especially since it's 25 years later," he said. "How do you come back into a world that's had these ghosts and all this? It just felt too difficult. How do you do it and not screw it up?"
But Feig was very inspired by the thought of an all-new female Ghostbusters, so he decided to take on that challenge since it would be a lot of "fun."
Ghostbusters is all set to terrify the big screen on July 22, 2016.
