Ghostbusters 3 gets new writing staff
Bill Murray has been the real hold up on the project, but we may just have him to thank in the long run if Ghostbusters 3 turns out to be any good. He's long refused to commit to the sequel due to the quality of the script, but in early June, he admitted to David Letterman that he'd be game if they could just nail down a decent story. At that time, he confirmed a rewrite was being done.
Now, Dan Aykroyd is backing up that claim.
"[We have a] new writing staff working on it now. It's got to be perfect. That's the whole thing. There's no point in doing it unless it's perfect."
Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, who co-wrote the comedy misfires Year One and Bad Teacher, were behind the latest drafts that had Bill Murray reportedly force feeding his shredder. They are no longer with the project.
Will we ever see Ghostbusters 3? Not if the end of the world gets here first, as planned, in December of this year. We bet money that the end of the world is going to be more fun to watch.
Ghostbusters 3 is in development and stars Sigourney Weaver, Anna Faris, Eliza Dushku, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Annie Potts, Ernie Hudson. The film is directed by Ivan Reitman.
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Avrahama
What What What!!!? Ghostbusters 3!? Are you $*%&# serious!? *raises arms in the air* HELL YEAH! But.. uh.. wait.. aren't they all really old? Bah! I don't care! Bring it on! I'm guessing Gozer The Gozerian this time though will be a giant $*%(#@ing Bill Murray that hits on everyone in sight and complains constantly. I'd kill it, would you? lmao.
11 months agoby @avrahamaFlag
Mutant
If it does happen I'll watch it
12 months agoby @zenderFlag
Nicholaus XX
@titanictom -- Saying that "you no longer care" is a step, and it's a way of saying "I'm no longer going to comment on these articles". It's just a notification, don't take it so seriously.
12 months agoby @XxNickTheFilmCriticXxFlag
skywise
@Michael-Kolesik I have the faith brother! I...have...the.....
But if I remeber corectly the last script was supposed to be great but Murray did not like it. They dumped those writers and hired all new ones. It sounds like they are catering to what Murray's idea of great is. This could be good or bad. Good because if its great in his eyes he will be back. Bad because....well...he hasnt been quite the comedian of old (a comedian yes, but not of the SNL ilk). I have mixed feelings about it all but one thing is for certain. IMO it will be so sad to see some of my childhood heros tired and out and old and out of breath from those damn proton packs.
There will inevitably be the "I'm too old for this work" jokes like that last Indiana Jones thing and we all know how that turned out.
12 months agoby @skywiseFlag
Mutant
Dan, Harold and Rick wrote the first
Dan and Harold wrote the second
I personally think that Dan, Harold and Rick should write the last
See with the second one Rick isn't mentioned, I personal think he should have written it as well.
12 months agoby @zenderFlag
Fry_3000
Who wrote the first one? Was it dan?
12 months agoby @Fry-3000Flag
SherlockHolmes2009
@slysnide Yea they could have gone for better ones lke the writers from Zombieland or Star Trek
12 months agoby @SherlockHolmes2009Flag
Michael Kolesik
@skywise Don't give up. Ghostbusters is LITERALLY my no. 1 favorite movie of all time. All this back-and-forth BS about if they'll do it or not has been killing me. But if we have faith...
*sniffle*
...if we have faith...
...
...if...
12 months agoby @Michael-KolesikFlag
Titanictom
Vamp...If you did'nt Care you would'nt have replied at all to this DUH!!!
12 months agoby @titanictomFlag
skywise
it seems like a cash in and i just dont know what to thing anymore. I have given up on this esentially
12 months agoby @skywiseFlag
Joshua Hollaway
Why are they ignoring the signs that this movie shouldn't be made?
12 months agoby @Joshua-HollawayFlag
Rudy
Please just give it a rest...
12 months agoby @rudyFlag
Mutant
sorry i give up and I no longer care. If it does get made I might not watch it.
12 months agoby @zenderFlag
Vamp
At this point, I don't even care about this anymore.
12 months agoby @vampire2000Flag
Dan
@ejk1 Sweet Joker avatar.
@bawnian-dexeus At this point, while f*ck a full on reboot, they should settle for not being able to get everyone back, and just run with a story that involves a newer generation, have it mostly focused on them. Or just F*ck the project altogether. Might save more face doing that.
12 months agoby @dan1Flag
ejk1
I feel like I'm gonna throw up. Granted, that was before reading the article, but the article didn't help any.
12 months agoby @ejk1Flag
Dan
Cluster. F*ck.
12 months agoby @dan1Flag
slysnide
Oh god, Dan hired the writers of "Year One" and "Bad Teacher" and wondered why Bill didn't care for it? I can't imagine his new staff can be any worse.
12 months agoby @slysnideFlag
Bawnian©-Dexeus
At the risk of speaking evil, I'm just glad "reboot" hasn't come to the table
12 months agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag
Bawnian©-Dexeus
Dios mio
12 months agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag