Amazing Never-Before-Seen Ghostbusters Concept Art Uncovered
Last year marked the 30th anniversary since the original ‘Ghostbusters’ was released, and this month saw the The Ultimate Visual Guide published - a book crammed with some amazing, never-before-seen concept art from the Ivan Reitman movie.
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The concept art was conceived by Henry Mayo, Thom Enriquez, John Deveikis and several others, which gives us some great insight into the early ideas of the hit 80s movie and how they imagined it’d look.
As we can see, the concept for Slimer doesn’t appear to be all that different form what we see in the film (even though the special effects made him look a tad scary) or even the cartoon TV show, which the below picture looks rather similar to.
In an entire book filled with behind-the-scenes photos, anecdotes, and the creative process of the film, perhaps the most intriguing aspect is these pieces of art that we’re now seeing for the first time.
It also includes the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, which was the formidable giant-sized foe in the film’s climactic finale.
The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and Slimer both went along very different development paths, it seems.
While the loveable Slimer doesn’t alter a whole lot, Stay Puft also looks recognisable to the version we see in the finished film. Although there are a few notable differences: firstly, he’s sporting a squished-up babyface (see above) which evolves into a smiley antagonist, but turns menacing when he gets zapped by proton packs.
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There’s also a noose around his neck (which is a tad dark for its intended audience), which was changed to a more audience-friendly red neckerchief.
The book gives us a lovely look at the initial idea of Stay Puft’s demise and how it was imagined. Maybe they tweaked the human-looking features because it looked too realistic for young families seeing the character melt before their eyes.
Somehow it’s easier watching a non-human, monstrous figure melting or, as per the movie, explode, ending up with our heroes covered head to toe in his white, bodily goop.
Paul Feig is directing the latest ‘Ghostbusters’ movie, but isn’t a direct sequel to either of the first two. In fact, its female-led cast perhaps exist in a different timeline to the antics we see in the original, even though a number of actors from the ‘84 classic do have cameos.
‘Ghostbuster’ is in UK cinemas on 15 July, 2016.
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Picture credit: Insight Editions, Columbia Pictures
