Jason Reitman

Jason Reitman is a director/writer/producer and is the son of Ivan Reitman and brother of Catherine Reitman.

Ghostbusters Related Credits[]

Ghostbusters II - Portrayed Jason (Brownstone Boy)

Ghostbusters: Afterlife - Co-Writer, Director, and Co-Producer^[1]

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - Co-Writer and Producer

Ghostbusters (Untitled Netflix Animated Series) - Executive Producer^[2]

About[]

In the 1980s up to 2000, Jason Reitman appeared in minor acting roles, worked as a production assistant on his father's movies, and sat in during the editing process.^[3] Reitman's directorial debut in feature film was in 2005 with an adaptation of "Thank You For Smoking" after starting out on short films and commercials. He continued to direct, including "Juno", "Jennifer's Body", "Up in the Air", "Young Adult", "Tully", and "The Front Runner".

Other Works[]

The information in this section is gathered from IMDb and is meant to only be a brief list of highlights of their career.

Casual (TV Series) - Director for six episodes (2015-2017)
- - Producer for forty-four episodes (2015-2018)
Labor Day - Director, Producer, Screenplay Writer (2013)
Juno - Director (2007)
Thank You for Smoking - Director, Screenplay Writer (2005)
Kindergarten Cop - Production Assistant, Actor (1990)

Trivia[]

Mrs. Reitman, Jason, and Catherine were originally going to have a cameo in Ghostbusters panicked residents fleeing from 550 Central Park West but it was scrapped when both got too scared after the first take and Jason would not do a second take.^[4]^[5]
- The deleted cameo was among the footage found stored in salt mines in Kansas by the movie studio.^[6]
- The footage was used in Ghostbusters: Afterlife and seen when Gary Grooberson shows Phoebe and Podcast footage from the Manhattan Crossrip of 1984 on a laptop.
Jason Reitman kept some foam of the shaving cream dumped on William Atherton for years in his bedroom.^[7]
Jason Reitman was present during special-effects tests and recording of the first movie's score.^[8]
In December 2012, Jason Reitman did a live-read of Ghostbusters at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art with Seth Rogen as Peter Venkman, Jack Black as Ray Stantz, Rainn Wilson as Egon Spengler, Phil LaMarr as Winston Zeddemore, Kristen Bell as Dana Barrett, Kevin Pollak as Mayor Lenny and Walter Peck, Mae Whitman as Janine Melnitz, and Paul Rust as Louis Tully.^[9]
The Wertheimer's Hardware in Ghostbusters: Afterlife is named after Jason Reitman's lawyer, Alan Wertheimer.^{[Note 2]}
"There is no Mom, only Zuul" was Jason Reitman's idea.^[10]
The scene in Ghostbusters: Afterlife of Phoebe Spengler explaining to Trevor Spengler what a capacitor is was inspired by a time when Adam Savage once explained to Jason Reitman what a capacitor was. On the day of filming the scene, Reitman texted Savage to make sure that was the right way to say it. Savage texted back two different reads to use.^[11]^[12]

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References[]

↑ Entertainment Weekly "Ghostbusters resurrected: Jason Reitman will direct a new film set in the original universe" 1/15/19
↑ Variety "‘Ghostbusters’ Animated Series in the Works at Netflix, Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan to Produce (EXCLUSIVE)" 6/8/2022
↑ Roger Ebert "Juno's Reitman on Ellen Page: She's the real thing. Fearless" 12/8/07Jason Reitman says: "I spent summers in the editing room, watching how films come together. I was very fortunate. I made a lot of shorts and commercials in my 20s, and I was offered a lot of movies, but my career would have gone in the wrong direction. 'Dude, Where's My Car?' was offered to me twice. It was a sexy idea, being a professional director, but I didn't do it. Making that decision time and time again, I got the career I have now."
↑ Entertainment Weekly "Ghostbusters resurrected: Jason Reitman will direct a new film set in the original universe" 1/15/2019 Paragraph reads: "Jason, his mother, and sister played panicked residents fleeing the “Spook Central” haunted skyscraper in the first film, but they were ultimately cut.""'
↑ Ghostbusters News "Details on the “surprise” video shown at Ghostbusters screenings" 7/3/2020
↑ JTFPod YouTube "Ivan Reitman & Jason Reitman - Full Interview" 24:53-25:53 11/12/2021 Jason Reitman says: "And the truth is we asked for them, they were able to locate them almost immediately. We zeroed in on the scenes we wanted and we got everything from original dailies to 65 millimeter cloud tank footage that we used for those you know Gozerian clouds and we even found a piece of footage that truly, personally, was lost to history and those were the two takes that I originally was supposed to appear in Ghostbusters '84. I was cut out for reasons that one could possibly never understand and however, I, we scanned them and put them into Ghostbusters: Afterlife thus restoring my six-year-old performance back to where it belongs."
↑ Freer, Ian (November 2021). The Family Business, EMPIRE #394, p. 56. Bauer Publishing, United Kingdom, ISSN 0957-4948. Jason Reitman says: "I remember being on set the day when William Atherton got nailed with all marshmallow. They emptied a giant garbage bag filled with shaving cream. I kept this little white piece of foam, a piece of dead Marshmallow Man, for years after in my bedroom."
↑ Parade "Ghostbusters Then and Now! See the Original Cast Today and the New Stars of Ghostbusters: Afterlife" 10/29/2021 Jason Reitman says: "I remember some of the special-effects tests, and I was there for the recording of the original score. It was one of the first moments where I fell in love with the movies."
↑ Entertainment Weekly "Ghostbusters live-read: Seth Rogen, Jack Black and Rainn Wilson 12/11/2012
↑ Hewitt, Chris (2022). Empire Magazine Issue 398 April 2022, p. 57. Bauer Media Group, Harborough, Leicester, United Kingdom. Jason Reitman says: "I'm going to take credit for that because I remember saying to Gil as we were talking about the possession moment, 'There is no Mom, only Zuul,' and he just lit up. Zuul's got a catchphrase so if Zuul were to make a reappearance, I guess that has to come back."
↑ Adam Savage's Tested YouTube "Adam Savage and Jason Reitman Talk Ghostbusters: Afterlife!" 20:25-20:46 11/23/2021 Jason Reitman says: "That's right and we sat down for breakfast one morning. We started talking through the script and you start talking to me about you know how this stuff would actually work. How ghostbusting equipment would actually work and there is a line where Phoebe is explaining to Trevor what a capacitor it-is and is based on the moment in which you told me what the f***ing capacitor was."
↑ Adam Savage's Tested YouTube "Adam Savage and Jason Reitman Talk Ghostbusters: Afterlife!" 20:47-20:57 11/23/2021 Adam Savage says: "There is a moment where you were shooting with Mckenna and you texted me and said here's the line I have for her. Is this the way she would say and I gave you two different reads and then I think I texted you afterward."

Notes[]

↑ The information is sourced from "IMDb", which is User-generated content. It will be used temporarily as a reference until it can be replaced with a verified primary source. See link references guide.
↑ According to Eric Reich of Ghost Corps in a private email correspondence on January 6, 2022 with administrator mrmichaelt, it was revealed Wertherimer's Hardware was named after Jason Reitman's lawyer.

Gallery[]

[2] Entertainment Weekly "Ghostbusters resurrected: Jason Reitman will direct a new film set in the original universe" 1/15/19

[3] Variety "‘Ghostbusters’ Animated Series in the Works at Netflix, Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan to Produce (EXCLUSIVE)" 6/8/2022

[4] Roger Ebert "Juno's Reitman on Ellen Page: She's the real thing. Fearless" 12/8/07Jason Reitman says: "I spent summers in the editing room, watching how films come together. I was very fortunate. I made a lot of shorts and commercials in my 20s, and I was offered a lot of movies, but my career would have gone in the wrong direction. 'Dude, Where's My Car?' was offered to me twice. It was a sexy idea, being a professional director, but I didn't do it. Making that decision time and time again, I got the career I have now."

[5] Entertainment Weekly "Ghostbusters resurrected: Jason Reitman will direct a new film set in the original universe" 1/15/2019 Paragraph reads: "Jason, his mother, and sister played panicked residents fleeing the “Spook Central” haunted skyscraper in the first film, but they were ultimately cut.""'

[6] Ghostbusters News "Details on the “surprise” video shown at Ghostbusters screenings" 7/3/2020

[7] JTFPod YouTube "Ivan Reitman & Jason Reitman - Full Interview" 24:53-25:53 11/12/2021 Jason Reitman says: "And the truth is we asked for them, they were able to locate them almost immediately. We zeroed in on the scenes we wanted and we got everything from original dailies to 65 millimeter cloud tank footage that we used for those you know Gozerian clouds and we even found a piece of footage that truly, personally, was lost to history and those were the two takes that I originally was supposed to appear in Ghostbusters '84. I was cut out for reasons that one could possibly never understand and however, I, we scanned them and put them into Ghostbusters: Afterlife thus restoring my six-year-old performance back to where it belongs."

[8] Freer, Ian (November 2021). The Family Business, EMPIRE #394, p. 56. Bauer Publishing, United Kingdom, ISSN 0957-4948. Jason Reitman says: "I remember being on set the day when William Atherton got nailed with all marshmallow. They emptied a giant garbage bag filled with shaving cream. I kept this little white piece of foam, a piece of dead Marshmallow Man, for years after in my bedroom."

[9] Parade "Ghostbusters Then and Now! See the Original Cast Today and the New Stars of Ghostbusters: Afterlife" 10/29/2021 Jason Reitman says: "I remember some of the special-effects tests, and I was there for the recording of the original score. It was one of the first moments where I fell in love with the movies."

[10] Entertainment Weekly "Ghostbusters live-read: Seth Rogen, Jack Black and Rainn Wilson 12/11/2012

[12] Hewitt, Chris (2022). Empire Magazine Issue 398 April 2022, p. 57. Bauer Media Group, Harborough, Leicester, United Kingdom. Jason Reitman says: "I'm going to take credit for that because I remember saying to Gil as we were talking about the possession moment, 'There is no Mom, only Zuul,' and he just lit up. Zuul's got a catchphrase so if Zuul were to make a reappearance, I guess that has to come back."

[13] Adam Savage's Tested YouTube "Adam Savage and Jason Reitman Talk Ghostbusters: Afterlife!" 20:25-20:46 11/23/2021 Jason Reitman says: "That's right and we sat down for breakfast one morning. We started talking through the script and you start talking to me about you know how this stuff would actually work. How ghostbusting equipment would actually work and there is a line where Phoebe is explaining to Trevor what a capacitor it-is and is based on the moment in which you told me what the f***ing capacitor was."

[14] Adam Savage's Tested YouTube "Adam Savage and Jason Reitman Talk Ghostbusters: Afterlife!" 20:47-20:57 11/23/2021 Adam Savage says: "There is a moment where you were shooting with Mckenna and you texted me and said here's the line I have for her. Is this the way she would say and I gave you two different reads and then I think I texted you afterward."

[Note01-1] The information is sourced from "IMDb", which is User-generated content. It will be used temporarily as a reference until it can be replaced with a verified primary source. See link references guide.

[Note02-11] According to Eric Reich of Ghost Corps in a private email correspondence on January 6, 2022 with administrator mrmichaelt, it was revealed Wertherimer's Hardware was named after Jason Reitman's lawyer.

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