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What if The Simpsons creator Matt Groening had animated Ghostbusters? Artist Dean Fraser runs a blog called Springfield Punx where he parodies some of his favorite stars and characters in the style of The Simpsons. Last week Fraser took on The Ghostbusters, and I just love the cartoon renderings of the classic film characters. Check out more, including the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, after the jump.
Michael Cera Has No Interest In Ghostbusters 3, Jack Black Would Bust Ghosts If He Could
Posted on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Even before a third Ghostbusters film was officially announced, I heard rumors that Year One/The Office scribes Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky were working on a script and that they were writing a role for Year One star Michael Cera. While the details of Eisenberg and Stupnitsky’s role in the project turned out to be true, and quickly spread around the world, nothing has ever been said about Cera’s possible involvement.
Cool Stuff: The Autumn Society’s 80’s POP! Art Show
Posted on Thursday, June 4th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
The Autumn Society is holding The 80s POP! art show which will feature a collection of artwork inspired by movies, cartoons, and video games from the amazing and imaginary era of the 1980s. From Ghostbusters, Ninja Turtles, Mario Bros, and many others, this show is bound to delight and spark great memories from this magical time, filled with memorabilia, long haired superheroes, and candy colored good times.
80s Pop! will premiere on Friday, June 5th, starting at 6pm. The show will feature 65 original pieces of artwork and a visit from The Philadelphia Ghostbusters in full suit and with unlicensed nuclear accelerators! I’ve included some of the art (some of which has been featured in past Cool Stuff and Page 2 columns on the site) after the jump.
Cool Stuff: Dapper Dan’s Back to the Future and Ghostbusters Art
Posted on Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Canadian animator Dapper Dan has created this awesome Back to the Future fan art, titled “Do Not Open Until 1985″, for the Autumn Society of Philadelphia’s 80’s Pop! Gallery show in June. Anyone who reads the site knows I’m a Back to the Future fanatic, and this piece perfectly captures the Twin Pines Mall scene from the first film. I wish Dan was selling prints of this thing… I really love his animated-style. Dan has made the art available as a computer desktop background.
See the full piece after the jump, as well as a couple amazing Ghostbusters-inspired pieces.
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MTV was able to get Harold Ramis to talk about the next Ghostbusters movie, which is currently in the development/scripting stage with The Office/Year One scribes Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky working on the script. Ramis has yet to receive a first draft in hand but claims that he has been consulting with the screenwriting duo, along with Dan Aykroyd, Ivan Reitman (who helmed the original film).
The biggest bit of news is that Ramis confirmed that all of the original Ghostbusters will return for the third film if it does happen, and that includes Bill Murray (Dr. Peter Venkman).
Sigourney Weaver Replaced By Alyssa Milano in Ghostbusters Video Game
Posted on Monday, March 23rd, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
One of the big selling points of the upcoming Ghostbusters video game is that the original Ghostbusters team, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson, have recorded new voice performances for the official sequel. It has been known for a while now that Rick Moranis would not be participating due to his “retirement.” Sigourney Weaver seemed open to the idea of returning for a third Ghostbusters film, but apparently she isn’t interested in playing games.
Alyssa Milano will replace Weaver as the love interest of Dr. Peter Venkman in the game. Milano will play the the role of Dr. Ilyssa Selwyn, a new character that has been created to replace “Dana Barrett”. I’m fine with Milano replacing Weaver on the small screen, but lets hope this sort of think doesn’t leak onto the big screen. GameTrailers has a video featuring Milano talking about her role in the game, which I have embedded after the jump.
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Cool Stuff: Another Ghostbusters/Pac Man T-Shirt Mash-Up
Posted on Friday, March 20th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Three different Ghostbusters/Pac Man t-shirt mash-ups in one month? A couple weeks back, we featured a t-shirt in Cool Stuff that pictured an 8-bit Ecto-1 chasing after the Ghosts from Pac Man. Yesterday we featured a t-shirt that showed Pac Man wearng a proton pack chasing a ghost . And today we complete the trilogy with Split Reason ’s Busted t-shirt which features our favorite scientists stuck in the pac man maze. Printed on pre-shrunk 100% cotton, 10.2 ounce crewneck T, and available in sizes Small to XXL for $18.95.
A couple weeks back, we featured a t-shirt in Cool Stuff that pictured an 8-bit Ecto-1 chasing after the Ghosts from Pac Man. BustedTees has introduced a Pac Man/Ghostbusters mash-up of their own. “Ghost Catcher” imagines what would happen if Pac Man had the technology to hunt supernatural beings. “He’s smarter than Egon, funnier than Venkman, and almost yellower than Ray.” Available in sizes Small to XXXL for $16.99.
Jon Andrew Davis created “Ghostbusters vs. Jesus” for a 2009 gallery show at ArtWorks in Harrisonburg VA. It features the Ghostbusters pulling Jesus back to earth as he attempts to ascend into heaven. The title of the Show was Divine Comedy because it “uses humor to get people to think about religious authority and fundamentalism. ” Based loosely on an internet meme that was created by an unknown artists a couple years back (there is actually an argument in the flickr comments about what constitutes copyright infingement on an internet meme). Davis writes that he has “a deep interest in internet culture, especially in memes and their evolution, and it can be seen in several” of his works. David is selling 24 x 60 and 24×10 prints of the art on ETSY. Check out a larger version of the image after the jump.
The latest design from Glennz Tees is a mash-up of two 1980’s favorites — Ghostbusters and Pac Man. “Called For Help” features an 8-bit Ecto-1 chasing two of the ghosts from Pac Man. Printed on American Apparel Black tees sized small to XXXL for $19.95.
VOTD: 1980’s Ghostbusters Proton Pack Toy Commercial
Posted on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
All the talk of a new Ghostbusters movie has me thinking of the cheesy Ghostbusters toys from my childhood. And then I came across this television commercial for Kenner’s Real Ghostbusters Proton Pack (via: wdrussell), which you can watch after the jump.
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You might remember a little while ago we wrote about a small blog that popped up called GhostSpy that was posting “spy footage” from a film production that by every indication, looked like it might be a new Ghostbusters movie. When we first posted about the site, we theorized that it was a live-action television commercial for the new Ghostbusters video game, and the viral site was setup to tirkc fans into following along until the full reveal.
I was half right. The production in question was a commercial, a foreign commercial for a French Citroen car. You can watch the commercial after the jump. It features a group of “hip/cool/young” Ghostbusters who are trying to capture a giant trash monster. The advertisement even makes use of a variation of the Ghostbusters theme song. I’m wondering if Reitman, Murray and Aykroyd okayed this kind of marketing. I’m guessing not.
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