We're pretty sure Sony cajoled the old GB cast into hasty cameos . . . maybe Sony also ordered a hasty batch of CGI & 2nd-unit shooting too, hoping to pile on enough action/horror footage to market it that way.
This really is smelling like F4 again. The BTS story may turn out to be far more interesting than the movie itself.
If they really presented the opening of a song & dance number in totally serious light during that teaser . . . man, I feel like that must be some kind of new low in terms of misleading ads. That kind of total distortion is normally being done as an overt joke.
It really does make alot of sense if true. this is why I'm willing to let ghostbusters die. If the idiots at Sony couldn't have forseen that this was a BAD IDEA from the start....and that people wouldn't have been against it from day one and stick to their guns.....it's best left a dead franchise. I just find it funny how the insider thinks that the franchise will be shelved for almost two decades before anything is tried again. it's really a simple formula. Find someone who LOVES the franchise, truly LOVES it....and you'll get a product that shines through with it. Feig Only LOVED it when he got the OK to use his usual movie formula and twist the GB franchise into it. that's not how good reboots work!
I don't think most 21st century film studios (with the exception of Disney) know the meaning of a two-decade rest. These days they act like it's skipping a whole generation just to wait 1 decade. Waiting any longer is a lack of faith in the franchise period.
If this new Feig movie is a weak seller & quickly forgotten, then I wouldn't be surprised if Sony tries another new (and different looking) GB in as little as 5 years.
Sony may have botched this movie. They might botch the next one too for that matter. But I think Sony can probably sense the potential of GB when handled right. In a lot of ways it's a pretty blank canvas. The raw concept is adaptable to different eras, settings, tones/ratings, sexes, etc. A franchise like Star Wars is an extremely intricate & well-defined thing that must be handled with a ton of care just to satisfy people. Frankly the expectations for GB are much lower, especially if it is a kid-friendly version without the dry adult humor of GB#1.