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Hudson talks more about Reitman’s tentative plans

Just like the Philly GBs, Metal Machine.com got some facetime with Ernie Hudson at the Big Apple Comic Con, and they got his comments about the third Ghostbusters film on video.

Ivan [Reitman] said its going to happen and if anybody knows, he does,” said Hudson. “I think probably we’re going to shoot in the fall, this is what I’m told, and it’ll probably come out in May, 2011.

This ads 2011 as a release year to the speculative 2010 start, but please note Hudson’s “Probably”, meaning it’s still not a go just yet, and this is basic, preliminary due diligence on Reitman’s part as producer.

[Via WorstPreviews.com] Thanks to EDFX and Steven Hough for the heads up.

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NY Daily News does a Ghostbusters where-are-they-now feature [UPDATE]

The NY Daily News has posted a full run-down of the major players in Ghostbusters, and where they are now. It’s not deep, but it’s informative. And a nice confirmation that they’re all still around.

Minus 5 points for not thinking to mention that they’re all doing voices in the video game (well, most of them.) Another minus 5 points for not including Rick Moranis. Thanks for helping perpetuate the myth that Rick sits at home, thumbing his nose at the world all day, dressed in a suit made of money.

[UPDATE] The Daily News has just posted a second where-are-they-now article, this time including Rick Moranis as well as Hook and Ladder 8. Thanks to whoiseyevan for the link.

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Ernie Hudson talks movie role, video game

The big news today is an interview with Ernie Hudson at Eurogamer – he shares some details about his work on the game and the movie. The big news part is his confirmation that the role of Winston used to be much larger before he was hired – this might presumably be because the role was originally intended for the other king of movie comedies at the time, Eddie Murphy. There has always been some question of what the role would have been like when they had Murphy in mind, and the answer is “larger.” He also talks about not being a gamer, but that his kids give the game a thumbs-up.

He doesn’t pretend to be a huge gamer. “But my sons, they’re really into games,” Hudson says. “So when they asked me to do the voiceover for the game, one of my boys came with me. He played it and he really liked it a lot. He was very impressed with it.”

Thanks to JP for the tip.

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Yes, have some.

We’re two months away from the San Diego Comic Con and whatever that brings (a big announcement and a lot of new Ghostbusters products), and five months away from the release of most of those products. And like good fans, we want it all now. Now!

Which is usually when the imagination runs wild, so now might be a good time to take stock of all things Ghostbusters. After the leap, I’ve arranged everything in the works (and a couple of things that may or may not be in the works) according to how much we know. Some things are a lock (like the game) and somethings are borderline wishful thinking – if it wasn’t turning into THE year for all things Ghostbusters, they’d be complete fiction. What’s not on the list are hopes – like a new comic series, or toys, or whatever. We all have those hopes, and they could certainly happen – there’s been enough suggestion that there’s still lots of great stuff to come, but we haven’t heard a single thing, so no sense confusing the issue.

All right – so, where we at?
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