Ivan Reitman, equally interesting to reporters these days for running with the Olympic torch and his son’s new film as he is for Ghostbusters 3, got quizzed by The Hollywood Reporter about Sigourney Weaver’s latest comments.
Short version (as there is no long version) is that Reitman has confirmed the inclusion of Oscar as a next-gen Ghostbuster in the latest script, but nothing about Bill Murray returning as a ghost. This does fit with Weaver’s MTV role wherein she said Reitman did tell her about Oscar’s part, but later only guessed about Murray as a ghost.
Why don’t call back the original Oscar? William Deutschendorf or
Henry Deutschendorf? They’re unknowns like Dan said!
Ha, maybe if the movie is about ninjas…They’re martial arts instructors now:
http://www.akasd.com/instructors.aspx
tom you came on here talking some sound logic and setting things straight. Then you mention Shia and lose all credibility. I don’t take anything after T2 into consideration because the creator had nothing to do with the stories. It would’ve been cool if inbetween t1 and 2 there was a future wars film like salvation, but in the style of the flashbacks we see in T1. They really pushed using the same plot to the limits with T3.
Shia’s fish out of water is about as lame and annoying as Michael Cera’s awkward teenager gag. The only reason people are fearing Cera is because Ramis directed Year One.
But not to dwell on the same old casting fight. A colleague of mine recently suggested maybe Murray told Weaver that ghost scenario when they had their lunch a while back. Remember weaver said she was meeting with Murray to discuss GB3? It seems very likely that Murray was joking about being a ghost again and she simply is keeping the joke alive because its funny or she took him serious. If you look back at what Murray said in a recent interview, he mentioned that the studio just wants them to introduce the new guys and get lost. Doesn’t sound like a ghost venkman to me. Just Sony forcing them into cameos.
Rake, who said I had any credibility to begin with? I’m just a geek who loves Ghostbusters lol. My opinion means nothing in the end.
With the all this drama surrounding the next film, it might be better if they just scrap it all together. No live action GB3. Just go back to the CGI premise, write a good story(how hard can it be?), and have all the cast return as the main characters. None of this “new crew” crap. After 20 years, no one is going to be able to fill the original four’s shoes – NO ONE.
And write a completely new story this time – no Gozer or Shandor please. GB The Video Game was cool but the story was the worst part simply because it felt like a rehash. I understand the reasoning behind it and that’s fine for a video game but since it was supposed to be seen as the third film, well that aspect of the game just fell flat.
I know people will probably disagree and that’s fine. At this point, it just seems like the film makers and certain cast members simply don’t know what the fans want from Ghostbusters 3 and will ultimately get it wrong. Just another rehash of the original with the same formula, same montage sequences and absolutely nothing new. They tried it with Ghostbusters 2 and look what happened. It appears that they didn’t learn their lesson. *sighs*
Rake,
Cameron is/was a write for Terminator Sara Connor Chronicles, and is supposed to have some involvement in the next Terminator movie, IMDB has him listed as being associated with it, but I don’t have a pro account so I can not see what capacity he is involved…. And like you the Sara Conner chronicles ignored the third movie…
Quote: Ectofiend Posted December 18, 2009 at 2:57 PM
“Weaver WOULDN’T be involved with this new film unless Bill was on a degree higher than a “cameo”, as evidenced by the new videogame…She didn’t want to have ANYTHING to do with it, until she found out Bill was involved, then clamored to become involved…”
-or enamoured? it’s not such an alien concept! Neither is Venkman as a ghost. Or even an astral projection!? and I will boycot the film if I hear so much as a whisper that the original GB’s are just wallflowers. Or CGI animations.
But as for Shia Labouef as Oscar? although I wasn’t hot on Lucas’ decision (or the casting agent) for casting him as Indys son, I said the same of Sean Connery in the 3rd instalment, but eventually it grew on me.
I could actually see him pulling it off! we do have a lack of other contenders, with the exception of Haley Joel Osman -but I guess I’m leaning on that choice purely from having seen his work in The 6th sense, and A.I. and he is a bit older now…
Still what about the Slimer campaign? I haven’t seen him in any other film since they typecast him in GB2. He’s probably drinking from a brown paper bag, sleeping rough on an underpass somewhere. Poor little urchin.
-anyone wanna see it in 3D too???