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Columbia Looking To Make Ghostbusters 3

PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:31 pm
by Ian
Considering the video game is in limbo, I really don't see a movie happening, at least with the original cast.

http://www.variety.com/VR1117991624.html

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.

Re: Columbia Looking To Make Ghostbusters 3

PostPosted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:34 am
by Wesociety
I thought Ghost Busters 3 was going to be all CGI animated?

Re: Columbia Looking To Make Ghostbusters 3

PostPosted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:28 am
by eliminator
Hmmm.. isn't the original cast too old to run around 20 years later...? :-k

Re: Columbia Looking To Make Ghostbusters 3

PostPosted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:10 am
by Ian
eliminator wrote:Hmmm.. isn't the original cast too old to run around 20 years later...? :-k


Maybe they'll be the ghosts?