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Dan Aykroyd Dishes More on Ghostbusters 3
May 26th, 2009
The Guardian sat down with Dan Aykroyd, who dished more on Ghostbusters 3, currently being developed at Columbia Pictures. Here's what he had to say:"A period piece, it takes place two years after the events of the second movie and sees Manhattan once again under threat. It's closer in scale to Aykroyd's original vision but in canon terms, it's the next chapter of the story.
And now for the supernatural bit: after coming together for the game, all the players have stated their intentions to go back, and a script is being written by Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg, writers on the US Office.
According to reports the original cast will act as mentors, handing the company over to a new generation, likely to be from the Seth Rogen and Steve Carell class of actors who are filling up just the same space in Hollywood as Aykroyd and Murray once did. "There'll be a whole new generation that has to be trained and a leader that you'll all love when you meet her," says Aykroyd. "There'll be lots of cadets, boys and girls who'll be learning how to use the neuron splitter and the inter-planet interceptor - new tools to enable them to slip from dimension to dimension."
And now for the supernatural bit: after coming together for the game, all the players have stated their intentions to go back, and a script is being written by Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg, writers on the US Office.
According to reports the original cast will act as mentors, handing the company over to a new generation, likely to be from the Seth Rogen and Steve Carell class of actors who are filling up just the same space in Hollywood as Aykroyd and Murray once did. "There'll be a whole new generation that has to be trained and a leader that you'll all love when you meet her," says Aykroyd. "There'll be lots of cadets, boys and girls who'll be learning how to use the neuron splitter and the inter-planet interceptor - new tools to enable them to slip from dimension to dimension."
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The good news: "a new generation, likely to be from the Seth Rogen and Steve Carell class of actors."
The questionable to bad news: "There'll be lots of cadets, boys and girls who'll be learning how to use the neuron splitter and the inter-planet interceptor - new tools to enable them to slip from dimension to dimension."
O.K. so despite what I said in a previous post, maybe they CAN fuck this up after all. The whole idea of the original team acting as mentors to a new generation...spot-on. Casting...headed in the right direction. But the concept of 'cadets' at a school could easily turn into something like "Sky High" or even those awful "Spy Kids" movies!
This shouldn't take place two years after the second movie. The actors are much older, regardless of CG or makeup to make them look younger which would skyrocket the budget of the film.
Why do we need to go 'dimension to dimension'? Keep things grounded to a certain extent, like the original! If Aykroyd wants to go crazy like this, let him do another animated series where it doesn't matter if things are incredibly unbelievable and implausible!
I'm starting to smell 'overly tricked out' again. I hate that smell.
Write a great story, have great comedic actors playing members of the new team, keep the original members in the background (almost like extended cameos), THEN bring in the ghosts and visual effects. We should be focused on the humor of the characters, certainly heading in a new direction, and NOT on how much over the top CG and ridiculously unbelievable action we can squeeze into the story.
Still want to stay positive...this could still be really good if handled well.
as for the cast id like to see steve carell as a ghostbuster myself.that would be really cool to see.ryan reynolds might make a good addition.he's played a good smartass in every movie ive seen him in
idk how they're gonna make that work. im not a fan of cg make-up fx i.e. prof X
plus early 90s NY sounds less cool than 80s NY lol
@Anjow1060
I agree buddy. He needs to make an epic come back.
@killahmovieisbak
Tina Fey would be the PERFECT female lead!
I don't really care either. I've been waiting 15 years for this. I'd just hate for it to be one of those "Should've been done YEARS ago" films.
LOL at 123man: Will Smith a ghostbuster. haha....wait. Hmm. Maybe.
@LEO. Sausage fest...LOL! Love it.
"...a leader that you'll all love when you meet her..." HER.
Wonder who he has in mind?
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- Jow