Conceived by Dan Aykroyd, a lifelong fan of the occult, as a starring vehicle for himself and John Belushi, Ghostbusters was meant to bridge comedy and supernatural elements, while crafting a sprawling time and space traveling franchise for the two comedians.
After Belushi died in 1982, Harold Ramis came aboard and they created a more financially sound project that would take place in New York and focus on ghosts being unleashed there, rather than having teams of Ghostbusters scattered all over
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