I totally understand why Leslie Jones is as upset as she is about Sony's new plans for Jason Reitman-directed Ghostbusters movie. After Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Creed and Jurassic World, going the "legacy sequel" route with Ghostbusters was the obvious play. It's not a matter of rebuking the last Ghostbusters movie, but rather because that film was a by-itself-reboot (which, Sony's relative success with Casino Royale and Amazing Spider-Man aside, may have been its biggest mistake), it cannot exist in the same universe as Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II. Sure, they could retcon the last film's continuity, but making a new Ghostbusters 3 isn't about the last Ghostbusters flopping (or the cultural sexism in play). Ghostbusters 3 will not make Ghostbusters 2016 disappear any more than Ghostbusters 2016 Thanos-snapped your Blu-ray of Ghostbusters 1984 into oblivion.

Source: Forbes January 21, 2019 18:00 UTC