Ghostbusters 3 shooting this winter, new cast confirmed
Aykroyd said Sigourney Weaver is on board now, as are the original squad of ectoplasmic specialists -- Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson. Murray's presence was the pivot point in making a third film happen. He holds a one-fifth controlling interest in the property rights and has been seen as the most reluctant to return to the paranormal comedy. Aykroyd said that is true but that it's more nuanced than the public portrayal of the situation.
"I don't put not making the third movie on Billy. We can't do that. I've been very busy. Harold's been busy, Ivan's been busy. And a third script really didn't coalesce properly. And Billy, you can't blame an artist for not wanting to do the same thing again. He did two of them, for God's sake. Although I'm the biggest cheerleader as the originator of the concept but I've never begrudged Billy not doing a third movie. I never said he held it up or that he refused. Hey, listen, he's an artist. You can't force somebody into it. I'm sorry he never read my third draft because I thought it was pretty good but, look, now we're at a point that there's a story that he can accept and that's going to work, and I think we're going to be in production fairly soon. We could be in production by winter."
The script is by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, the writing team behind the upcoming Jack Black/Michael Cera movie "Year One" (directed by Ramis), and Aykroyd is enthused about its premise of a new generation of Ghostbusters taking over the duties of the aging team. Aykroyd said he wishes Ivan Reitman would return to direct the third film in the series but that he's "too busy as a mega-producer" to take it on; his second choice is Ramis, who, of course, co-wrote the first two "Ghostbusters" films with Aykroyd and has numerous directing credits, most notably "Groundhog Day" and "Analyze This." "He has a lot of things going on, but it would be wonderful to see him do it."
Aykroyd says he believes the movie will move forward but that he has also learned that "at any second everything could blow up." The details of story are still in play, but Aykroyd said he's hoping for a five-member "new generation" team with several female members. "I'd like it to be a passing-of-the-torch movie. Let's revisit the old characters briefly and happily and have them there as family but let's pass it on to a new generation."
Who does Aykroyd think would be good in the jumpsuits? Aykroyd mentioned two names, Alyssa Milano (who is a voice in the upcoming "Ghostbusters" video game) and Eliza Dushku. "I think they're amazing," he said. "And I'm excited about the whole idea of getting this done."
--Geoff Boucher
So, it's really going to happen, without Bill Murray...
I'm not sure how I feel about that, for me, most of the fun and excitement of the Ghostbusters films came from Bill's screen presence, his enthusiasm.
Time will tell.
Can't figure out whether to be excited that Ghostbusters 3 is shooting, or sad that Ghostbusters 3 is being shot ... [more]
The Indiana Jones "incident" taught me a lot about putting my hopes up for revamps. *shivers*
choffy21 said: Can't figure out whether to be excited that Ghostbusters 3 is shooting, or sad that Ghostbusters 3 is ... [more]
choffy21 said: Can't figure out whether to be excited that Ghostbusters 3 is shooting, or sad that Ghostbusters 3 is ... [more]
Bucketdeth said: Gizmo said: choffy21 said: Can't figure out whether to be excited that Ghostbusters 3 is shooting, or sad ... [more]
I hated the first two films. Why the fuck do they want to make another shitty movie for this? Are they going to pull Bobby Brown out of the Crack Factory to do a remake of his shitty song? Hollywood needs to back off & let this shit die...it seems like nobody wants to be creative or take risks anymore...just redo everything that has been pushed out for the past 30 years. It's a good thing we have our games to turn to when the Reboot Everything has begun.
This story's been plugging around for a while, but this is the first I've heard they've been green-lighted. Must have something to do with the perceived interest in game.
I'm not sure how you read that they would be making the film without Bill Murray when your first sentence says...
Aykroyd said Sigourney Weaver is on board now, as are the original squad of ectoplasmic specialists -- Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson.Aykroyd said in your post of Murray...
now we're at a point that there's a story that he can accept and that's going to work, and I think we're going to be in production fairly soonMy question is who do you think Eliza Dushku could play?
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