Several factors contributed to the five-year gap between the original and the sequel. Bill Murray was on an extended sabbatical from acting, and was angered by new Columbia head David Puttnam calling him "an actor who makes millions off movies but gives nothing back to his art" at a British-American Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Puttnam also resented the blockbuster films, like the original, that his studio hit big with in the 1980s. When Puttnam was fired in fall 1987, his replacement, Dawn Steel, made a Ghostbusters (Acchiappafantasmi) (1984) sequel a priority. Michael Ovitz, who represented Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, and Ivan Reitman at Creative Artists Agency, arranged a meeting in early 1988 to smooth tensions and reservations that the four men had had in the ensuing years after the original's success. Ovitz's conflict resolution tactic worked, and production commenced shortly after the end of the 1988 Writer's Guild of America strike.

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