A better example than Ghost Busters might be the Battlestar Galactica reboot which shocked many fans of the original series by changing one of the main characte

A better example than Ghost Busters might be the Battlestar Galactica reboot which shocked many fans of the original series by changing one of the main characters, Starbuck, from a man to a woman. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Starbuck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Starbuck ... or The Social Network, which replaced Travis Kalanick with Edwardo's fictional crazy girlfriend at the meeting with Sean Parker.