Why do I get the feeling that this is a movie version of Extreme Ghostbusters? Not that I'm saying that's a bad thing.

Like most people who grew up in the 1980's, Ghostbusters is of course amongst my favorite movies. I proudly display my Kenner Ecto-1 with all of the Ghostbusters along with their proton packs and matching ghosts. I watched the REAL Ghostbusters. I owned a nerf proton pack. I drank Hi-C Ecto Cooler almost every single day until it was discontinued in '97. But this fear that Ghostbusters 3 is not going to be good due to Venkman's passing is irrelevant... DID YOU SEE GHOSTBUSTERS 2? That movie is terrible. It marks the beginning of Akroyd slipping into marketing nonsense... so retarded in fact that they changed the ghostbusters logo to be dropping a peace sign for reference to the sequel as well as a nod to 80's culture. I love Bill Murray, and I love Harold Ramis, and for whatever reason they are making Venkman a ghost... but they should seriously just stop messing with our good movies to make a buck. Buck? Uncle Buck?! Hey, let's remake Uncle Buck! It can feature the ghost of John Candy. Screw you Hollywood.

Good news but the only way i would see this is if it was the extreme ghostbusters characters which it wont be so sorry guys but if you can't put those proton packs on again and do it yourselfs no matter how old you are then PASS and thats a sad thing to say comming from a real ghostbusters fan the first 2 movies the game and the real ghostbusters and extreme ghostbusters cartoon series are good enough for me R.I.P ghostbusters .

Not cool, it would of been better if he was the CEO or something of the GB, something like TAPs, but oh well majority of the crowd is going to be the younger generation that werent born for the first movie. They shouldve just rebooted it,

I want a good Ghostbusters movie, not gimicks. If I see a Ghostbusters movie, I want the Ghostbusters, not replacements. At least Star Trek's reboot had the same characters, this movie will take it's franchise staple and kill him off. I can think of better ways to make a movie than to thumb noeses at fans, and I promise there will be a lot of competition for GB3 when it debuts. Just look at the list, below:

The Avengers, Harry Potter (for those who like that), The Hobit ( I LOVED Lord of the Rings), Disney’s Big Cats, Ripley’s Believe it or Not (a Jim Carey movie, so you know it'll be a big draw), Terminator 3, Transformers 3 (Oh, yeah!), Atlantis Rising, Get Smart 2, Pirates of the Caribbean 4, The Green Lantern, Cars 2, Captain America (count me out), The Green Lantern, and Batman 3 (I’ll DEFINITELY be there for that one!).

I always thought it would be a good idea to kill the original Ghostbusters in the beginning then have the obligatory '10 years later' caption come up. You could have the ghosts of the Ghostbusters haunt a new team into becoming the new ghostbusters and moving on after they save the world...

That way you don't get to see how old our heroes really look.

While concerning, if they can find away to make it work, then it could play out really well. There are some great angles they could use.

Ackroyd - Ray
Ramis - Egon
Murray - Venkman
Hudson - Winston
John C Reily - Louis Tully type character
TJ Miller - Oscar
Zack Galafanakis - Ray Stanz Jr.
Jason Segal - new guy
Craig Robinson - maintinence guy forced into joining

thats 4 new Ghostbusters...if they are dead set on having a chick you gotta just go out and get Sarah Silverman bc she's the funniest and most unused comedic female in films. Anyone other girl such as a Alyssa Milano or a Rashida Jones would look ridiculous opening their mouths and busting ghosts...I just can't see it...Silverman just seems like a right fit without being too noticable or distracting...maybe have another girl as one of the new ghostbusters girlfriend or even Venkman's hot young girlfriend..

sorry didn't mean to write 2 long comments, I'm just a huge fan and wanted to get this out to hear opinions and examine the options..

mmm segal would be awesome. and your way to include robinson is doublemint awesome

I was thinking that Ray and Egon would hold interviews to start back up the Ghostbusters and they get all these wackjobs and in the end they just grab their dude that works at the firehouse who is Robinson...It would be a good part for him since he's just the janitor and knows shite all about busting ghosts or science and he would get his balls busted the whole time and think hes being stereotyped...I think Venkman slamming Galafanakis with every joke in the book would make the movie...I would love to see him call Zack "fat jesus"...

I'm not worried about the originals as much as I am about the newbies..

I dont want to go all Apatow bc people seem to hate that idea but the personalities would mix great with certain actors. Jason Segal is so perfect bc of his quick wit...It would be pretty great if they all had kids and the kids were the Ghostbusters with Oscar added in....people would probably hate that too especially if the new members were Rogen, Rudd, Segal, and Craig Robinson...some other actors for thought would be BJ Novak, Raine Wilson would be great if he's surrounded by respected talent to reign him in so he doesn't get too crazy with his jokes and weirdness...

They just need to have perfect casting for it...the Apatow & Office guys would be safe casting but its sort of slim pickings out there for anyone else that would be quality...i'd rather have them over Dane Cook...no to Jonah Hill...I would love to see John C Reily in this in some capacity as a regular New Yorker thats a huge Ghostbusters fan and plays the Louis Tully type role but does it in his comedic JCR character...some other suggestions would be Sacha Baron Cohen, Zack Galafanakis would be gold with Murray tearing him apart the whole movie, and possibly throw in Sharlto Copely's name just for shites and gigs..

RJBlakeAAU: Just keep clicking your ruby slippers and telling yourself that. "I know they'll see the movie" <Click, click>....


Also, everybody who says they aren't going to see Ghostbusters 3 is just talking out of their ass. You know you will see it.

Could be fun, a Venkman Ghost.

And why is Winston not on the picture above this article?
I also wondered why he was cut of the front of the Ghostbusters II dvd and in most of the movie the camera acted as if he wasn't even on the set?

AND not to mention (as informed by the angry video game nerd) Winston was cut out of all the old video games. slash i don't care how, but i'd love paul rudd in this. he has that murray cynicism.

Wow, how weird. Was the choice of the actor (Ernie something) or from the studio?

i incidentally just read on wikipedia that Winston's character was originally for Eddie Murphy. when they couldn't get him, it took a bit to cast or something. originally all 4 would have been there for slimer already

its just a joke people. murray has long been opposed to Ghostbusters 3 unless the script is as perfect and original as the first, which it cant and wont be, so he is saying, "yeah, there'll be a ghostbusters 3, over my dead body!"

i would not mind an subplot of them trying to save the world and help venkman's "ghost" get back in his body. and oscar who is all grown up now just cares about getting his dad back. but then murray still shows up every so often. "so if we cross the streams twice, then we should be able to send Gozer's baby back to wherever" "and we can save my dad" "yeah that too". CAUSE THE OTHER NEW BUSTERS JUST WANNA SAVE THE UNIVERSE. cough.

though this whole thing sounds like something murray could say to have some fun. he likes to mess with people.

and any excitement for Ghostbusters III has just been lost. However... Bill Murray is a bit of a wise-crack, I think that this could be a big bit of nonsense to just fuck with people. .. but if this is true. Then there will never be a third Ghostbusters film, only a reenactment of the bullshit that is Crystal Skull.

i still stand by Crystal Skull being good sh till after the ants. and the intro is one of my favs of the series.

I honestly will read the reviews first, i swear to god....

sigh, even so, my girlfriend will probably make me go see it.

I would agree that it is just a joke if Sigourney Weaver hadn't said it a long time ago. I thought she just messed up there, but apparently not. It could be a fun idea, especially if he busts ghosts as a ghost (that could be a really fun idea). I could see the movie opening up with his funeral or death. They decide to close down the Ghostbusters and Oscar agrees to help when BAM! Venkman shows back up to help them out (or torment them) as a ghost. That could be really funny and a nice way to get to the new busters.

Also, everybody who says they aren't going to see Ghostbusters 3 is just talking out of their ass. You know you will see it.

Damn you. Yeah... I totally will.

Thanks for saving me the $12 Bill. Seriously, if his involvement is anything close to what he got paid for in the video game it's probably not a loss.

So torn right now. I wish that all the originals were the main characters the entire time, with a switch to the new guys at the end, but that also runs the risk of being too much of a re-hash of the first 2 films I feel. This feels more original and a fun idea but... ugh... so torn.

FUN TRIVIA FACT: The only reason that Murray did the original film in the first place was because Columbia agreed to finance the film, The Razor's Edge, if he did Ghostbusters in return.

It was intended to be a vehicle for Belushi & Ackroyd originally.

this movie needs another ghost sex scene.

I'm not too keen on this idea...

Dr. Venkman "appearing as a ghost" = sadness and less faith in this sequel.

well this is interesting development. i remember this rumor going on for awhile. Though i though ivan mentioned not to long ago that this rumor wasnt true. Will be interesting to see if it happens.

I have a feeling he won't be in Venkman form once becoming a ghost...he will be like a Slimer like ghost...still having a likeness to Murray but not being a human body in ghost form...kind of cheap but it would be great to have the final battle be the originals strapping on the proton packs and busting ghosts with murray as a ghost...how would he put on a proton pack as a ghost..would Egon find a way to kill a inanimate object to turn it into a ghost or will slime come into play?

Do we know if he'll still be in the whole movie (maybe even still be the main character) even though he'll be killed off at the beginning? We don't know if this is simply the premise of the film or if it's a cameo-gag.

Calm down people, Bill Murray knows what he's doing. He's still in the movie, just as a ghost. I'm all for the idea.

Since we already knew that he's appearing as a ghost, the most interesting part of the article is that he's still being slyly & playfully uncooperative: note that he busts on IVAN REITMAN's "Dave" as being an unoriginal rehash of Mazursky's year-earlier "Moon Over Parador", and it was written by Gary Ross, who's done may uncredited rewrites for Reitman since.

Reitman is producing G3. Bill's sportin' balls, as usual.

I guess he'll be too busy filming quality projects such as "Garfield in time: 3d"

Bill Murray is what makes me want to see this movie and knowing his role will be so small makes me sad. Come on, Bill! Just give in and do it right.

Its Murray, Ghost, Alive, Zombie, Old Man, Cat, or Wet Suit, it is going to be a fun watch.

They could call it Ghostbuster, and film him in a straight jacket in a white room with padded walls and it would be entertaining. Let him do whatever he feels like doing. In Murray we trust.

Wait... He was already a Zombie and now he wants to be a ghost?

Oh man I'm pumped to see him rock as the Frankenstein monster, or his suprise cameo in the Wolfman.

do you think Murray will just stay home and have Reitman splice in Zombieland footage?

I like the idea, but it still bums me out.

I'm finding it difficult to justify the existence of a third Ghostbusters without the entire original cast in leading roles. This is a bad idea.

agreed, i love ghostbusters, but id pick no third movie over a dead venkman and/or a new team

I hate the idea of Peter Venkman being killed off. I'd rathere there were no Ghostbusters 3, as opposed to that.

There's no need for a Ghostbusters 3! Hollywood needs to stop remaking 80s stuff

Gotta love that guy...

I feel so funky...

epic unintentional bukkake comment.
see topheavy above.

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