We had been hearing about a third Ghost Busters movie for a while now, and it nearly made it onto the shelf of “movies we want but will never see” but this ball is rollin fast and it seems like little is going to stop it from happening. Harold Ramis is spearheading this and is confident that it is all coming together with the writers of The Office Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, and a mystery man who he is certain we will love as the new head Ghost Buster.
/Film quotes Aykroyd in an interview as saying:
“There will be a whole new generation that has to be trained, and that whole new generation will be led by an individual who you’ll all love when you meet him but I’m not going to tell you anything yet,” teased Aykroyd. “They’ll be lots of cadets, boys and girls, who’ll be learning how to use the psychotron, the accelerators and all the new stuff, the neuron splitter, which is going to be the interplaner, interceptor and all these great tools that they’re going to have, to flip from dimension to dimension.”
I kinda like the idea of a whole class of Ghostbusting hopefuls lining up. It sounds like they are implying that 20 years later the Ghostbusters company has gone franchise and the original Busters are going to play police academy trainers.
There has to be a need for Ghost Busters in more cities than New York City right? I mean there is always that suspension of disbelief that in a fictional world where Ghosts need busting, that it only happens in one place. Like there are only vampires in Sunnydale, Aliens only invade US cities, Godzilla only stomps Tokyo, every planet in Star Wars is made up of one climate and people keep dying weekly in that small town in Murder She Wrote.
So its a logical step to grow a franchise out of something like Ghost Busters. If they just come out with yet another adventure, it just won’t have any lasting power. They have to shake things up a bit. Show some evolution, and bring in some new talent.
Ramis is confident that everyone will be on board with this despite a few obstainers who haven’t signed on (are Weaver and Moranis needed for more than a cameo?)
I am looking foward to this the more and more I hear about it.
Sounds like an awesome idea!!! Love it, dooood!
Tom Cruise…lol
Tom Waits FTW!
Oop! Sorry to double-post but I forgot!
@Mladen: HELL YES TO RAINN WILSON! That nearly changes everything I’ve stated about GB3 on this thread so far. If it happened.
Even if it did, I’m worried that I say I want Rainn Wilson, but I really want Dwight Schrute with a stinkin’-lincoln PROTON PACK, MAN!!
Bust some ghosts down at the beet farm…
Haha. Jonah Hill does seem like he goes to Seth Rogen for comedic tips sometimes, huh?
Anyway, I think you need not worry, Nick. Seth Rogen will most likely not be in Ghosbusters 3.
From Collider:
Seth Rogen on Ghosbusters 3
“It’s hard to imagine that would be good, isn’t it? I mean just as a movie fan I am the first guy to be skeptical of that,” Rogen says. “It sounds like a terrible idea when you first hear it. At first hearing it sounds like the worst idea ever. I dunno. Maybe. I mean, that would have to be one motherf****** good script.”
Personally, no offense Rod-dizzle (Rodney), but I’m really not digging the premise of this movie. It’s giving me a “Crystal Skull” vibe, with a pinch of the “Get Smart” remake.
P.S. Don’t take that last comparison as gospel (or something), I just don’t want to waste more characters getting too specifc how I feel on GB3.
P.P.S. I didn’t hate Crystal Skull or the Get Smart remake. I was just dissapointed having been such a huge fan of the original Jones triology, the original Get Smart, Steve Carrell, and Anne Hathaway. Indy4 DID make me want to swashbuckle…for a second or two. And Get Smart did make me chuckle…once or twice. But those should have been grandslams, man!! ;) Especially Get Smart.
Please don’t be Seth Rogan! Or the kid who acts like him!
Still giving my vote to Rainn Wilson as a cadet ghostbuster. He’d be awesome.
“an individual who you’ll all love when you meet him”
“It sounds like they are implying that 20 years later the Ghostbusters company has gone franchise and the original Busters are going to play police academy trainers.”
Put 2 and 2 together, and it is clear that it’s Steve Guttenberg…
Except that one quote was from Ramis, and the second quote was ME.
If they could time travel and give us a 30 year old Guttenberg, I would be all for it. Guttenburg turns 60 this year. He would make a lousy Ghost Buster.
However he is attached to Police Academy 8, where I expect he will now be Commandant Mahoney and be the one running the Police Academy.
Yeah Reuben, geez. Its OBVIOUS it’ll be Corey Feldman
LOL, Rodney, sorry if it wasn’t too clear but I was being ironic about Guttenberg.
Seriously, I have a strange feeling that it may be Paul Rudd. He seems to be getting a lot of films lately, and has moved his way up into quasi-starring roles. Also, he can do dry humour a la Bill Murray, so perhaps he may be the one that Peter Venkman could be passing the torch onto?
You know who I love to be in this movie….
Jay and Silent Bob lol. OK I know that wont happen but I love it if at least Kevin Smith was their. My second choice would be Jame Roulf aka “The Angry Video Game Nerd” He did some funny great reviews on the games few years ago and did an independent film for a friend about what a 3rd Ghostbusters movie would be like.
he isnt being asked cause he isnt that imprtant.
Moranis has already said that he’d come out of retirement to do Ghostbusters 3 if he’s asked to. Thing is, he’s not being asked.
Will Farrell?
“an individual who you’ll all love when you meet him”
so NO.
I AM CALLING IT NOW:
It is either Steve Carrell or Ben Stiller
I hope neither. I would rather see a new face or an up and coming new actor. Don’t really need to see somebody with a solid career taking on another iconic role, that’s just me though.
Agreed. The more I hear the more excited I get. And it’s because the people involved in the original are excited about it, and WANT to do it rather than just being paid to do it.
I liked the way they showed the passing time from 1 to 2, where they had bombed out. It would be fun to see that now things have really picked up.
My only hope is that they manage to really keep the original charm, and don’t get too fancy with all the effects and the plot and humor play second to far too many CG ghosts, just cos they can.