Ghostbusters II is a 1989 American supernatural comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. The film stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Ramis, Rick Moranis See more

• Bill Murray as Peter Venkman
• Dan Aykroyd as Raymond Stantz
• Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett
• Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler See more

As with his work on Ghostbusters, Reitman had little interest in the technical side of his film. For the sequel, he employed special effects studio Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), giving them a rough outline of the plot and the freedom to do as they wanted. … See more

Performance analysis and aftermath
Financially, Ghostbusters II was a relative success but it failed to meet studio expectations as a … See more

Five years after saving New York City from destruction by the shapeshifting god Gozer, the Ghostbusters have been sued for the property damage incurred and barred from … See more

Development
After the success of Ghostbusters, a sequel was considered inevitable even though the film had been developed as a stand-alone project. … See more

Context
In the late 1980s, film sequels were still quite rare, but the concept of the media franchise had quickly developed following the success of the … See more