Columbia calls up new 'Ghostbusters' Eisenberg, Stupnitsky to write reunion film By MICHAEL FLEMING
Columbia Pictures is getting serious about scaring up a new installment of its blockbuster "Ghostbusters" franchise. The studio has set "The Office" co-exec producers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky to write a script for a film designed to bring back together the original cast of Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson.
Studio would not comment on the development and has been mum on recent rumors that there was interest in making another installment of the franchise.
The scribes just wrote "Year One," a comedy that was directed by Ramis. Ramis with Aykroyd wrote the first two installments of the films. Ivan Reitman directed both the 1984 original and the sequel that was released in 1989. The close proximity between the writers and original Ghostbuster Ramis is evidence that the ghost chasers have sparked to the idea of returning.
"Ghostbusters" was Columbia's highest grossing film ever, until it was beaten by "Men in Black" and then "Spider-Man." An attempt to make a third installment of the franchise was stymied in the dealmaking stage. Sources said so much gross was pledged to the participants that it was next to impossible for the studio to make any money on a third installment.
No deals will be made with the original cast until the script is ready, but the gross percentage will certainly be an issue. Sony has a standing policy not to allow more than 25% of first dollar gross out the door.
The scribes, who are Emmy- nominated for their work on "The Office," just set up another picture at Columbia, selling their spec script "Bad Teacher" to the studio for Jimmy Miller to produce.
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YessCode wrote:
Ghostbusters is one of my favorite movies of all time
I'd go see a third, but I fear the worst. The second one is pretty bad.
Actually, I've found over the years that I'm one of the very few people where, I feel safe in saying that I'm just as big a Ghostbusters 1 fan as any other person on the planet, but I love #2 as well. I mean, I worship 80's & 90's Bill Murray in general, but I easily can recite every word of dialogue from both Ghostbusters movies (and Peter MacNichol was fucking awesome in #2).
That being said, I'm not excited at this concept at all. Even if I'd gotten a read of the script and it was good on its own merits, I don't like the idea of the original group playing a small role mentoring a new group. That just seems too obvious and cheesy. I wish they'd leave well enough alone.
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bondcfh007 wrote:
windedsailor wrote:
badabing wrote:
If they go the Next Generation route they should get:
Steve Carell Paul Rudd Seth Rogen Romany Malco
no they should just not make it
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badabing wrote:
If they go the Next Generation route they should get:
Steve Carell Paul Rudd Seth Rogen Romany Malco
Someone told me the exact same thing at a party last weekend, with Chris Rock replacing Romany Malco.
There's a few problems I have with this...
a)They were going to deal with a "3rd storyline" by just making it into a video game, with all the original Ghostbusters providing voice talent b)It'd be impossible to do an enjoyable 3rd movie that didn't suffer from Crystal Skull Syndrome c) Harold Ramis looks like SHIT.
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