9 Films That Changed Due To Fan Backlash
8. Ghostbusters (2016)
From the second it was announced, 2016's female-led Ghostbusters reboot was met with widespread cynicism and negativity, with many questioning the reasoning behind attempting to rework a beloved - and arguably perfect - classic. Its first trailer quickly became the most-disliked film trailer in YouTube history, and the four main cast members were regularly attacked by trolls and toxic fans.
The backlash was impossible to miss, so, naturally, the people behind the film soon caught wind of it, and when they did, they took it on board - though not in the way you might expect.
In the days before the film's release, Melissa McCarthy spoke to Yahoo! Movies about a scene that was added as a direct response to all the haters and backlash. The moment in question comes early in the film, and finds the ghost-bustin' team reading out cruel YouTube comments on one of their videos.
“It was added [to the script]... we did something on the day that slightly tweaked it. [The script] is very loose... I think it’s how most of us work. You have a great script that [Paul Feig] and Katie Dippold wrote, and then what’s so great about Paul is that on the day, we get what’s written and he says, ‘now have a little bit of fun with it’".
McCarthy also acknowledged that it was crucial for the film to address the backlash as early as possible, something the fluidity of the script allowed them to do.