Ghostbusters 3/Reboot

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#26
They have announced release date of....

Ghostbusters - July 22, 2016

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I will be going to see the Power Rangers which also releases that day!
 
#29
#29
As in demand as this movie is and this is the direction they finally decided on?!? Someone has lost their ever loving mind.
 
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Harold Ramis is no longer with us. A new Ghostbusters film shouldn't be either. I picture it being lamer than the Total Recall piece of crap.
 
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Plot Details For The All-Female GHOSTBUSTERS, Plus Roles For Bill Murray And Peter Dinklage?

Plot Details For The All-Female GHOSTBUSTERS, Plus Roles For Bill Murray And Peter Dinklage?

The all-female Ghostbusters film from director Paul Feig is definitely a remake and not a reboot or sequel as Sony reportedly wants Bill Murray and Peter Dinklage for supporting roles?

According to HitFix, with the cast of the all-female Ghostbusters is set; they're now confident to share details on the plot and potential casting for other roles in the film. Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly), Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids), Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live), and Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live) are not simply playing new versions of Spengler, Stantz, Zeddmore and Venkman. Instead, this will be a complete remake, with no connection to the original Ghostbusters films as Sony would like original Ghostbuster Bill Murray to play the villain. Here's a rundown of additional details on the remake.

+Kristen Wiig is playing Erin Garber, a published author on the subject of the paranormal. Erin now works for Columbia University.

+Leslie Jones is playing Abby Bergman, who co-authored the book with Garber. Since publication, the two former colleagues had a falling out and went their separate ways. Abby more actively chases ghost a la Ghost Hunters. This tension between academic investigation (Wiig's character) and mainstream media investigation (Jones' character) is central to the story.

+Kate McKinnon is playing Abby Berman's new partner, Jillian.

+Melissa McCarthy is playing Patty, an NYC subway worker who stumbles across the main, supernatural threat in the film.

+Sony wants Peter Dinklage to play the main villain in the film. Whether this role is as a ghost or human is unclear.

+Sony also wants Bill Murray to play a character named Martin Heiss, a man who is "a professional supernatural debunker who is out to prove that the Ghostbusters are frauds."
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While the all-female Ghostbusters film is meant to be something new, there's obviously acknowledgement to the original film and original characters - there's an academic, an everyman (or everywoman in this case) who gets wrapped up in the paranormal adventure and connections to Columbia University. However, if this rumor proves true and Sony is able to land Murray and Dinklage, expect a much more contemporary and comprehensive explanation of how the team forms, where the logo comes from, etc.

The Ghostbusters remake is currently expected to arrive in theaters on July 22, 2016.
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#34
#34
smh.... Sony is sitting on a goldmine franchise and they are destroying it off the bat.
 
#36
#36
That sounds incredibly stupid and I really hope after all the years of Murray saying no to GB3 he doesn't say yes to this crap.
 
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#37
I'm probably going to get flamed for this but I'm a fan of Bridesmaids so I will give this a chance before I praise or bash it.
 
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#38
BREAKING NEWS:


With the fan reaction that this has gotten it looks like Sony may already know this is going to bomb big time and is trying to take steps to negate it with the following news!


Sony Plans Guy-Themed ‘Ghostbusters’ Film With Russo Brothers, Channing Tatum & ‘IM3′ Scribe Drew Pearce

Sony Plans Guy-Themed ‘Ghostbusters’ Film With Russo Brothers, Channing Tatum & ‘IM3′ Scribe Drew Pearce


EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures is broadening the Ghostbusters franchise and the first order of business will be a male-driven action-centric comedy that is a counterpart to the Paul Feig-directed film that will start production in June. The studio is simultaneously forming Ghostcorps, a new production company whose principals include original Ghostbusters architects Ivan Reitman and Dan Aykroyd; they will have offices at Sony with the mission to scare up branding opportunities based on the 1984 comedy classic.

Reitman is putting the male-driven film with a powerhouse brain trust: Captain America: The Winter Soldier helmers Joe and Anthony Russo, who just made a first-look Sony deal and are looking to direct and produce this; Drew Pearce, the Iron Man 3 and Mission: Impossible 5 scribe who’ll write; and Channing Tatum and his partners Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan, who are attached to produce. The hope is for Tatum to play one of the Ghostbusters in this film. Given his versatility and franchising success in 21 Jump Street and Magic Mike, he’s a good cornerstone to launch another Ghostbusters series. The idea came from Pearce, who honed it the Russo Brothers, Tatum’s team and Reitman.

This is being put together even as the studio moves to the start line with a Ghostbusters reboot that will be directed by Feig and star his Bridesmaids leads Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy, and Saturday Night Live stand outs Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon. All of this is being steered by new studio head Tom Rothman, Doug Belgrad and production president Michael De Luca.

Reitman confirmed these early plans to Deadline, and said that this was something he and Aykroyd had long discussed. In fact, it is remarkably close to the branding prospects included in a cosmic Bible for the possibilities that they hatched 30 years ago, ideas which were used to form the original film. They were rolling around ideas for Ghostcorps with top Sony execs Amy Pascal and Belgrad last fall at the Toronto Film Festival at Montecito. That’s the 12,000-square-foot restaurant that Reitman opened near the TIFF Bell Lightbox building, and which played host to several major festival premieres. Now, after Pascal left to become a producer on Feig’s Ghostbusters, they are ready to move on the branding effort.

“We want to expand the Ghostbusters universe in ways that will include different films, TV shows, merchandise, all things that are part of modern filmed entertainment,” Reitman told me. “This is a branded entertainment, a scary supernatural premise mixed with comedy. Paul Feig’s film will be the first version of that, shooting in June to come out in July 2016. He’s got four of the funniest women in the world, and there will be other surprises to come. The second film has a wonderful idea that builds on that. Drew will start writing and the hope is to be ready for the Russo Brothers’ next window next summer to shoot, with the movie coming out the following year. It’s just the beginning of what I hope will be a lot of wonderful movies.”

Reitman said that aside from himself and Aykroyd, Ghostcorps principals will be his longtime Montecito partner Tom Pollock, Ali Bell and Alex Plapinger, and Sony. They’ll take space on the Culver City lot, even as they continue operating Montecito as a separate production company. They have several pictures percolating at Paramount and they are getting close on a movie adaptation of Baywatch.

“My primary focus will be to build the Ghostbusters into the universe it always promised it might become. The original film is beloved, as is the cast, and we hope to create films we will continue to love.”

This is early days and the Russo Brothers, who are prepping their second Captain America pic Captain America: Civil War (Sony’s signature superhero Spider-Man is expected to make an appearance), have also been mentioned as being coveted by Marvel to direct the next two Avengers movies — taking over for Joss Whedon — so we’ll see the configuration when this makes it to the start gate.

That uncertainty doesn’t scare Reitman, particularly given how long it took to resuscitate the franchise after waiting years for original Ghostbuster Bill Murray to read the script. They are all very happy to be relaunching the franchise with Feig’s version.

“Sometimes things happen at the speed they are supposed to happen,” he said. “The deals were so strong on that second movie that the franchise became frozen in place 25 years. Nothing got done, we all had the power to block whatever we didn’t like, but we finally got together and found a way.”

Those Ghostbusters deals simply don’t exist anymore in Hollywood. Stars don’t get first dollar gross anymore, but that opens different doors that include back door paydays and, sometimes, being a part owner in a promising new concern like Ghostcorps.

WME reps the Russo Brothers, Tatum is with UTA and Management 360, and Pearce is repped by WME and PBJ Management.
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UPDATE:
There is a few reports surfacing of rumors that Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy, Jurassic World) will star along side Tatum!

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#39
#39
The Winter Soldier was fantastic and Civil War appears it will be Spectacular and Amazing! :wink:

I am very interested in this version/take on the franchise.
 
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Dave1967 said:
Can you say bomb?
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The Melissa McCarthy one I agree.
However this one with the Russo's with the backing of Reitman and Aykroyd sounds intriguing.

To be honest I have never seen a Channing Tatum film however that will soon change as I want to see Foxcatcher and he is currently filming the Quentin Tarantino western The Hateful Eight and will then film the next Coen Brothers film Hail, Caesar! he has also signed on to portray the Cajun Mutant Gambit in a stand alone Gambit film and possibly cameo in the next X-Men film.
 
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#42
#42
So, they are going to let this all women Ghostbusters be made and then make another Ghostbusters right after it?
 
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#45
I'm still perplexed how this got the green light. They have to know the core audience is going to revolt.
 
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burntorangeVOLffle said:
I'm still perplexed how this got the green light. They have to know the core audience is going to revolt.
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Especially since the cast is pretty weak. McCarthy is funny but it's not like she is a guaranteed hit, as her movies have been hit or miss. The rest of the cast is essentially SNL cast members. Wiig isn't anymore but it's not like she's torn it up on her own, she's usually best when she's back guesting on SNL.

With Ramis' death, they should have just left the franchise alone. I didn't even want a reboot with male actors.
 
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#48
Are they using the line from II where the lady said the end of the world is in 2016? Of course that is because of aliens, not paranormal activity
 
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