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Original Cast On Board For Ghostbusters 3
bowman9991 writes "Dan Aykroyd reveals that all the original cast have now signed on for Ghostbusters 3, including Sigourney Weaver, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson. Apparently Bill Murray, who holds a one-fifth controlling interest, was very reluctant at first, not even willing to read a third draft of Aykroyd's script. Aykroyd would like to see Ivan Reitman or Harold Ramis direct, wants to introduce a 'new generation' of Ghostbusters, and believes they could be filming the new Ghostbuster movie by winter."
Seeing a bunch of guys in their 60s doing action/adventure stuff won't cut it for me, I don't think. It's just a mis-match of the phases of human life and the plot of the story. Running around doing crazy shit is a young person's thing; a story where the cast is middle-aged should have the plot that involves the drama that a middle aged person gets involved in -- kids, grandkids, getting old, missed opportunities, rectifying relationships, taking on responsiblities, coming to terms with your life, etc.
I am 43 and I spend more time running around doing crazy shit than I did when I was 20 years younger, mainly because I have the money and time now, and my seven year old son has similar tastes in crazy shit (or is learning too, anyway).
But yeah, Bill Murray wants to move on, maybe the others should as well. Maybe they won't be there in the fourth if it gets made.
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...and reboot the series. Then they could get Clive Barker or John Carpenter to direct.
What if I do the same thing, and I do get different results?
My idea of crazy shit is closer to the Ghost Busters idea of crazy shit.
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Good point. I think Slashdot users should compile a list of sequel cliches that we wouldn't like to see in GhostBusters 3. I'll start off the list: - Don't redo the theme song using some pop music fucktard like Britney Spears or Justin Timberlake.
Hurray!
Yes, I'm quite tempted to join in with your such vocal enthusiasm!
Usually I'd be cynical. After all, I saw Ghostbusters II at the cinema and I still have the scars to prove it... yeah, it was THAT bad!
However Bill Murray who has gone on to reasonable success wants in. He's certainly earned enough money so he doesn't HAVE to do it. So maybe, just maybe it'll be decent.
So hell yeah, let's be vocally enthusiastic and optimistic...
Hurray!
Terminator "4", Ghostbuster 3, Radiers 4, Batman 1,244 etc etc.... All hollywood knows how to do these days is take the same old worn out theme, slap on a fresh coat of paint and throw it up there. At least the "new" Star Trek "reboot" had a different cast!
"Hey none of us are getting gigs, let's do a remake!"
Yeah, they are all just desperate for work...
Just take Bill Murray for example. In the past 5 years he's only got 12 projects listed on the Internet Movie Database
Including :
The Darjeeling Limited 67% fresh on Rotton Tomatoes
The City of Ember
Get Smart
Broken Flowers 87% fresh
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
That's a struggling actor not getting gigs?
Sigourney Weaver? Bah, she only has 18 film projects listed since 2004. And lots of TV gigs. LOTS. That's hardly working in the world of LA actors though, right? Oh.
Harold Ramis? Well, he's sure slowed down in his writing, but he's been acting a little (Knocked Up,Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, etc), a little producing, a little directing (a few episodes of The Office, etc). It looks like he's picking and choosing and having fun, not really struggling for projects.
Just curious, will Rick Moranis be involved? Last I heard he quit acting to spend time with his kids - by no means a dishonorable thing, in fact I laud him for that. Still, would be nice to see the WHOLE original cast back.
Michael Chertoff as The Necromancer would be great...
I'm just gonna have to say that Justin can be pretty goddamn funny. He may have gotten rich off of the mediocrity machine but he does the absurd well too.
"The Adobe Updater must update itself before it can check for updates. Would you like to update the Adobe Updater now?"
And how much did he get paid for 5 seconds of work?
I never claimed all the stuff was Oscar material, just that none of them are starving for work.
I think they are doing this project, sure for some cash (more is always good), but also because it probably sounds like fun getting together with a bunch of old friends for a few months on a fun project.
Not that that will make it a great movie, but that they've got motivation that's definitely not 'we aren't getting any gigs'.
is the Buckaroo Banzi films. WITH the original cast....
Still waiting hopefully...
THird best line in the movie: The answer Lithgow gave the general..."It's not my G-D planet, Monkey Boy!".
Followed closely by
"Where are we going to go?
Home (says the Greek chorus...)
When are we going to leave?
Real soon now...."
and the big winner:
"Wherever you go, there you are!"
regards & Cheerfully Off topic...
dave mundt
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Bill Murray went through a terrible divorce last year where he lost a significant amount of his wealth. And sure, he was in Rushmore, Lost in Translation, Broken Flowers, etc. but he we also the voice of Garfield. So it's not like he's above taking a big, fat paycheck to make a turd.
Nearly all comedies seem slow when they age. Watched an episode of Seinfeld a couple of months ago after a break of a few years, and it seemed painfully slow. I used to think Seinfeld got along at a cracking pace.
Maybe the original cast could be the ghosts.
Besides, Ghostbusters isn't really an action film. It's a comedy with some effects.
ya know, I dont think this is a bad idea, the guys could be in the middle of a struggle to put down some nefarious spirit when one of the backpacks overloads and explodes causing a chain reaction with the rest of the guys. Cue big boom and when the dust settles they are all transparent like at the end of Jedi looking at one another and thinking *fuck*
I've got some photographs, I'd like to show them to you. Though you don't know the girls You'll recognise the view..
This is interesting considering in recent interviews, Aykroyd has been quoted as saying that the new Ghostbusters game is actually the rumored third movie. Don't get me wrong, I do love me some Ghostbusters, but I just think this is the Duke Nukem Forever of movies.
Somewhere in a dark place you will find:
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Are you above making a big fat paycheck?
And the audience for Garfield thought it was great. Its just that the target audience was a lot younger than you. In fact, my son, who is 6, thought the Garfield movie was fantastic and forced me to watch it over, and over, and over, and over, and...
There is a reason why children's movies are aimed at children.