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Thursday, October 15
It's been 25 years since the original Ghostbusters taught us who to call when "paranormal activity" gets out of control. But after the poorly-received Ghostbusters II in 1989, it seemed that the franchise was officially dead, at least as far as features were concerned. This year, however, nearly every member of the original production has chimed in on the possibility of resurrecting the franchise.
Dan Aykroyd, who starred as Dr. Raymond Stantz and co-wrote both Ghostbusters movies with Harold Ramis, announced in February that production on a third movie could begin as early as "late fall 2009." In June, Ramis, who starred as Dr. Egon Spengler in addition to his writing duties, said that he was working on a story for the sequel but that he didn't think that director Ivan Reitman was interested. That same month, Reitman responded that he had "never ruled out" returning for another Ghostbusters.
Now, Bill Murray has chimed in on the possibility of reprising the role of Dr. Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters III to Absolute Radio (via the Latino Review).
I'll believe it when I see it ... I don't want to do it yet. There's still no script. It's just a bunch of talk. It's just a wish list for someone. Until there's a really good script, I'll stay home and play snooker, or whatever you [British] do. It has to be a serious script before I'll leave the house.
It's gotta be really good, you know? I'm not going to make one just to make another one ... you gotta be really fierce about it.
Posted 10/15/2009 by BrentJS
Related: Bill Murray | Dan Aykroyd | Harold Ramis | Ivan Reitman | Ghostbusters II | Ghostbusters | Ghostbusters III
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Saturday, June 20
It's been 25 years since "Who ya gonna call?" became a national catchphrase and 20 years since the bland sequel to Ghostbusters all but ended the franchise. Over the years, there has been sporadic talk about reviving the franchise, but the principals could never agree to terms and the franchise languished. Now, the possibility of a third film about New York City's favorite paranormal investigators seems a possibility, thanks to an unlikely impetus: the Ghostbusters video game.
A couple of weeks ago, Harold Ramis, who co-wrote and starred in the first two Ghostbusters films, said he had written a story for a third film that The Office writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky were adapting into a screenplay. Now, with the Ghostbusters video game becoming the top-selling Xbox 360 game and second best-selling Playstation 3 game on Amazon.com, there is even more talk about the film franchise. As reported in Variety, Mark Caplan, VP of licensing at Sony Pictures said:
For now, we're celebrating the 25th anniversary of the franchise. The game and the Blu-ray (release) will have a big impact on all of us. And we'll decide what to do from there.
The Ghostbusters video game script, co-written by Dan Aykroyd and Ramis, contains more than 10,000 lines of dialgogue and features the voices of principal actors Ramis, Aykroyd, Bill Murray, and Ernie Hudson. Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis declined to participate for unspecified reasons.
Posted 6/20/2009 by BrentJS
Related: Bill Murray | Dan Aykroyd | Ernie Hudson | Harold Ramis | Rick Moranis | Sigourney Weaver | Ghostbusters II | Ghostbusters | Ghostbusters III
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Wednesday, June 10
Harold Ramis needs to pick up the phone. When it comes to Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II director Ivan Reitman's return for Ghostbusters III, Ramis has said "I don't think he wants to," however Reitman has already said he might be interested in returning. Reitman told MTV:
I've never ruled [directing Ghostbusters III] out. Icertainly was responsible in every capacity for the first two movies so I certainly wouldn't wander away from the third one -- especially if it's something we all think is worth doing.
Reitman agreed with Ramis that he thought the third movie would revolve around a younger group of characters, perhaps even a female or two. "That was certainly in the outline they proposed," said Reitman.
Reitman claims the script, written by Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg (The Office), should be delivered "in a month or so." At that time, who will be in and who won't be, will become a lot more clear.
Posted 6/10/2009 by Ryan
Related: Harold Ramis | Ivan Reitman | Ghostbusters II | Ghostbusters | Ghostbusters III | Gene Stupnitsky | Lee Eisenberg
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Tuesday, June 9
It's been 25 years since the birth of the Ghostbusters franchise and the original creative team is working on a new flick. In a telephone interview yesterday, Comingsoon.net talked to writer/director Harold Ramis (Year One, Analyze This, Groundhog Day) and received some info on the upcoming Ghostbusters III.
Ramis and Dan Aykroyd wrote the scripts for the first two movies and both starred with Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, and Sigourney Weaver. Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, who are regular writers for The Office, are developing a first draft of the script and Ramis says he's optimistic that the new movie will feature most of the original cast:
I wrote the story for the new movie with [Eisenberg and Stupnitsky], and Dan [Aykroyd] and I've been consulting. We're justwaiting to see a first draft and where we are ... Everyone says they'll do it; they've all saidthey'll do it. No one has signed anything yet--we haven't signedanything either--but there's the spirit of willingness in the air.
Ramis also talked about whether he or original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman will helm the new movie:
I don't think he wants to;I'm not sure I want to. It's just a lot of open questions.Until we see a script, I don't think anyone really knows how they feelabout it. Everyone's open to doing it, that's the main thing, that'swhat got it moving forward.
.In addition, Ramis said that there will be a younger team of Ghostbusters this time around, with the original characters acting more as mentors.
Ghostbusters III is currently scheduled for release sometime in 2012.
Posted 6/9/2009 by Rich Z
Related: Bill Murray | Dan Aykroyd | Ernie Hudson | Harold Ramis | Ivan Reitman | Sigourney Weaver | Ghostbusters II | Ghostbusters | Ghostbusters III | Gene Stupnitsky | Lee Eisenberg
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Monday, February 23
Stoners and geeks and inner children everywhere rejoice. Ghostbusters III may actually be happening. Talking cryptically on the subject to the Boston Globe while at a House of Blues opening (no comment), Dan Aykroyd said, "Script is commenced early summer. Hope to be in production by late fall 2009." Hmm...while that verb tense is vague, we'll take it to mean that a script is in the works. Here's what else we (kinda, sorta) know:
Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky of The Office are listed as writers, while old Ivan Reitman looks to be on to produce, per usual. Chances are decent that along with Aykroyd, Bill Murray would be on board, and perhaps Harold Ramis. Chances are less good that Sigourney Weaver would come back, and even less good that Rick Moranis would come out of hiding for the film. For certain, this year marks the 25th anniversary of the first film, and the release of a new video game based on it, so if ever there were a time for another, now would be good, at least for marketing reasons.
Posted 2/23/2009 by Hailey
Related: Bill Murray | Dan Aykroyd | Harold Ramis | Ghostbusters II | Ghostbusters | Ghostbusters III | Gene Stupnitsky | Lee Eisenberg
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Friday, September 5
Another Ghostbusters sequel has been rumored ever since Ghostbusters II was released 19 years ago, in 1989. Like so many other franchises -- from Back to the Future to Indiana Jones -- stories have popped up over the years, only to be squashed or forgotten in time. At one point a new Ghostbusters cast was discussed, to be headed by Will Smith. It, too, fell by the way side.
But today, according to Variety, Columbia Pictures has finally made the first concrete move towards a Ghostbusters III -- hiring Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, co-executive producers on TV's The Office, to write the script. The duo recently wrote Year One, directed by Ghostbuster Harold Ramis.
Unlike other Ghostbuster sequels, which talked of a partial original cast or all-new actors, the plan here is to reunite original castmembers Ramis, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Ernie Hudson.
For now, no deals are signed other than the script. The actors won't be committing until they've read the script, but considering the high quality of the continually funny The Office, hopes are high.
Ray Parker, Jr. -- time for a comeback!
Source: Variety
Posted 9/5/2008 by reelz
Related: Bill Murray | Dan Aykroyd | Ernie Hudson | Harold Ramis | Ray Parker Jr. | Ghostbusters II | Ghostbusters | Ghostbusters III
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Thursday, September 4
Now techo-geeks can store all their documents, photos, and adult content right alongside '80s favorite Ghostbusters courtesy of the new 2GB flash drive from PNY. The tech company has struck a deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment, and the classic flick with Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Rick Moranis will be the first movie released on the new format.
Unlike other files stored on your flash drive, don't expect to be able to pop the drive into your friends' computers and drop a copy of Ghostbusters onto their machines. These movies will be protected and can only be played with the drive plugged in.
Insert lame keymaster/gatekeeper joke here: ___________.
Source: Custom PC
Posted 9/4/2008 by reelz
Related: Ghostbusters
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Monday, July 7
The original cast of Ghostbusters are set to reunite for a new video game based on the 1984 comedy blockbuster. Most of the film's original players, including Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and even the still-relevant Bill Murray will lend their voices to the title. The Keymaster, however, has opted to decline. According to the Wired Blog, former SCTV star Rick Moranis is apparently "retired," and would rather spend time swimming in his Honey, I Shrunk the Kids money than join the video game reunion.
Guess this means the long-rumored Bob and Doug McKenzie video game won't be happening after all. Pity.
Source: Wired
Posted 7/7/2008 by reelz
Related: Rick Moranis | Ghostbusters
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Tuesday, April 1
Cell phone users will soon have another method of distracting themselves while driving in rush-hour traffic. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony Pictures Television yesterday announced a pact with AT&T and MediaFLO USA to launch the nation's first movie network for mobile phones. Users of AT&T's network will soon be able to download and watch full-length versions of Ghostbusters, Philadelphia and other titles from Sony's library of flicks. No word on whether newer releases will be made available in the future.
The new service is set to go live in May. In the meantime, would-be cell phone cinephiles might want to consider investing in some backup batteries.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Posted 4/1/2008 by reelz
Related: Philadelphia | Ghostbusters
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Friday, February 22
The always unique Michel Gondry (Science of Sleep, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) returns with a new comedy starring Jack Black, Mos Def and Danny Glover.
Mike (Mos) and Jerry (Black) are up a creek when they accidentally erase all the tapes at the "Be Kind Rewind" video store while the boss, Mr. Fletcher (Glover) is away. They come up with a unique solution, shooting their own homemade versions of movies like Ghostbusters, Rush Hour 2, 2001 and a host of others. These reimaginings soon catch on in their little community and come to be known as "sweded" versions of the movies.
Check out our full Be Kind Rewind review here.
Posted 2/22/2008 by reelz
Related: Danny Glover | Jack Black | Ghostbusters | Be Kind Rewind