Dan, Dan, Dan… Well, here we go again.

Dan Aykroyd recently spoke with ABC News (the one in Australia oops, move on) about the eternally ethereal Ghostbusters 3 in his eternal quest to talk to anyone that will listen about the project.  What is revealed is more mad ramblings from the vodka salesman (a fine and quality beverage if I may add, I have many skull shaped bottles to prove my love) about how the the third GB movie is still moving forward. In fact he reveals that filming should begin in winter (I’m guessing ‘a’ winter and not ‘next‘ winter.) Wait… last we heard it was going to be a CGI cartoon… it’s back to live action now? I thought the next step was high school musical theater…

Anyhoo, here’s what he had to say about the current status of the ‘movie’ -PLUS a vague hint at the ‘plot’:

“I feel re-encouraged, reinvigorated by the pages that I have seen. I know that we’re expecting half of the screenplay to be completed very soon. It should be into production by the fall and be shooting by the new year. I won’t say anything, it’s very exciting. The Higgs boson and the particle theories, gluons and mesons, that really gives us a scientific base in terms of our fictional storytelling, to open up to another dimension and have something horrible come through.”

Let me guess… in the third act a giant something-or-other stomps its way through New York? Hey, at least he’s not trying to make a Coneheads sequel. Where is Bill Murray and his paper shredder when you need them?

Before the fanboy flames fire up, let’s remember the movie has been in development hell for decades, cash strapped Sony Pictures has been lukewarm on the project at best, and other than a remake (that no one wants) buzz around the threequel has never been positive. Dan is still the only one that seems interested in the project (save for that ONE offhand reference Ivan Retiman made once.) At this point, the question has become rhetorical, do you really want to see what happens to a beloved cinema classic (the first one that is) this far out?

 

No Murray, no Ghostbusters 3.

 

Source: Bleeding Cool

The troubled saga of the Ghostbusters franchise continues. It’s been a little quiet on the GB threequel front since the last time actor/vodka salesman Dan Aykroyd talked about the project moving forward without Bill Murray. Now? Apparently Sony/Columbia Pictures is considering going the animated route for a third crack at busting a few ghosts. That’s what Bloody Disgusting is saying an unnamed source (that I want to believe is Ernie Hudson) told them. Also, this is not the first time the idea has been optioned. Back in 2007 Sony exes looked into firing up the proton packs for an animated feature that eventually evolved into the 2009 video game.

Sadly this nameless source didn’t have much else to say on the project, so let me fill in the end part here myself. Apparently this project refuses to die. It should have long ago, but damn it if you (Sony) are so damn dead set on wringing the last little bit of life out Ghostbusters, make the damn cartoon then. To be honest a CGI Pixar-ish Ghostbusters movie is probably the lesser of all evils. I would rather see Stanz with that annoying Dreamworks face for 90 minutes than a reboot, but I’ll still go on record that Bill Murray‘s involvement is key. No Venkman, no Ghostbusters. Murray has done a CGI cartoon (Garfield) or two (Kitties, tale of) in the past, maybe he’d come on board for this? Voice works pays out well and requires a lot less involvement…

… somewhere an alleged paper shredder just fired up.

Source: Bloody Disgusting

 

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Dan, We need to talk.

Mr. Aykroyd I, like the many others that may inadvertently read this personal letter cleverly disguised as a post on a nerd news site, can say I am a fan of so many things that you have brought to the big and small screen. First and foremost, the Ghostbusters‘ movies (with Spies Like Us a very close second) hold a special, special place and you remain in my top 5 list of original Saturday Night Live cast members that are Caucasian males with dark hair.

Over the past few years we have heard you entertain thoughts of a third movie about busting ghosts, and I will say I was on board. Right with you all up until it got a little bit silly. Right around the time when Bill (Murray) shredded the script (allegedly.) Not to say that his lack of interest in the project is part of why I think it is a bad idea, however his lack of involvement helps my decision.

Recently in an interview with Esquire magazine when asked about Sony’s recent financial problems leading to GB3 being delayed you responded with this:

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Well, that didn’t last long.

Just a week or so ago Ivan Retiman made an off hand mention that production on a third Ghostbusters movie would begin next summer and the internet went wild with nerd rage and speculation. Thankfully fate has intervened once again and the chances of cameras rolling on GB3 next summer are nil.

The Hollywood Reporter says that Sony Pictures doesn’t have the money for that (or any other movies) for the time being. Citing multiple sources, HR reports that  film production at the studio has been frozen until at least the end of the fiscal year.

So the earliest Sony could give a Ghostbusters threequel the go ahead would be next March, leaving ample time for Bill Murray to express mild interest to only then quickly decline, cause multiple rewrites , and once and for all cripple the production. I just pray Bill has his (alleged) paper shredder handy.

See you next March when we will report the next reason Ghostbusters 3 will never be made.

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This week on The Bastardcast, Jason and Jeremy giggle a lot and discuss the future of the Justice League Movie, the latest EXCITING comic book litigation news, Ghostbusters 3 (We ain’t afraid of no ghost, but we are terrified that Dan Aykroyd is going to actually get to make this), sending Animal Hospital to a farm where it can roam free, the genius of Simon & Simon, and the great celebrity sperm hoax of 2012.

Following HEADLINES, the boys let Anne Sisk class up the joint and her and Jason regale Jeremy with tales from the badlands of New York Comic Con. Toy hunting, star spotting, Stan Lee molesting — all the con-tales are here for your willing aural cavities.

After Anne smartly flees, Jason and Jeremy enter the VERSUS arena (Attention corporations, the arena naming rights are still available and we have NO standards… just saying). What happens in the VERSUS Arena? Real, raw, naked debate. Well, not naked, but not far off. This time, Jason takes the stance that He-Man is better than Lion-O and his Thundercats and MOTU figures look on in horror and glee while Jeremy tells the world why he thinks pussies with swords always trump men in loin-cloths with a Dorothy Hamill haircut.

By the way, gentlemen, the question that you will be asking all of your friends has arrived: Are you a Sword of Omens or are you a Power Sword? No fucking clue what we’re talking about? Just listen to the podcast and you’ll see… well, you’ll hear. Just listen to the show!

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My nerdy heart just can’t take it anymore. If it’s not Dan Aykroyd poking at it and raising my hopes, it’s Bill Murray stomping my heart with mud covered hob nailed boots.

FRAK GHOSTBUSTERS RUMORS,

FRAK DAN AYKROYD,

FRAK BILL MURRAY,

FRAK EVERY OTHER SITE RUNNING THE LATEST GHOSTBUSTERS RUMOR THAT WILL VANISH INTO THIN AIR LIKE A SMELLY FART IN A CROWDED ELEVATOR!

FRAK ME,

I AM DONE.

This is the last Ghostbusters III article this NerdBastard will write until I can post an actual trailer for the movie.

**INSERT LINGERING, FRUSTRATED, SIGH HERE**

The folks over at Deadline are reporting that Paramount decided that director Ivan Retiman‘s shooting schedule is too full to direct the football movie Draft Day (Starring Kevin Costner), because after finishing the Jack Ryan reboot, the director is going to get started on Ghostbusters. They go one to say that shooting for Ghostbusters should begin:

“next summer for Sony, and Bill Murray still has no plans to return.”

There ya go, another tiny speck of rumor to fuel the Ghostbusters rumor mill that will only end up grinding my heart to dust.

Until I see signed contracts, an actual Paramount trailer, or Bill Murray comes to my house and tattoos his agreement to return on my hairy buttocks this will be the last Ghostbusters III rumor I will put to post. Some other NerdBastard can do it.

Via: Deadline

This should come as no surprise given Bill Murray‘s latest rebuff of Ghostbusters 3, but according to Ivan Reitman, the next phase of the Ghostbusters franchise will be… A booting. I mean, a reboot.

I think Ghostbusters probably should be remade, if we can get it all right. We’re working on it, so we’ll see.

Say what?! This, perhaps, slip of the tongue came out during a discussion with Collider  about Dave, the Gary Ross-scripted 1993 movie starring Kevin Kline about a presidential impersonator who has to take the place of the real president when he has a stroke; it comes out on Blu-ray tomorrow.

So the question is if this is a real thing or if maybe Reitman was just spitballing, discussing the possible future of the film series according to his own idea and is not genuinely moving forward with a third movie with the original cast. Frankly, with the Murray “will he or won’t he” yo-yo game it would be unsurprising if there hasn’t already been a serious conversation about a reboot. After all, I think Ghostbusters is the only movie from the 80s left besides E.T. and Back to the Future to not get remade.

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Source: Bleeding Cool

This week on The Bastardcast, recently voted the internet’s top podcast according to Jason’s mom, the fellows discuss Jeremy’s interesting bedroom accessories, Jason’s confusion over why there is no sexy time during the XXX Olympiad, and then in HEADLINES, SHIT. GETS. REAL.

• Will the next X-Men First Class film screw up the Days of Future Past?
• Why are David Yates and Steven Moffat playing a public game of “Nuh uh” with the Doctor Who movie?
• Is Dan Aykroyd trying to coax Bill Murray into signing onto Ghostbusters 3 and will he do the same thing with Peter MacNicol?
• And…’Deadpool’ has a new creative team, but why did co-creator Rob Liefeld take to the internet in protest?

Once HEADLINES draw to a close, the guys continue their series on dueling timelines, tentativly re-named, “FUCK YOU MY ERA WAS BETTER”. This time on FYMEWB (which just rrrolls off the tongue) Jason is fighting for the honor of elder comics over commercialization and re-boots while Jeremy is more open to the present era, so long as there is a monthly Booster Gold book to light the pathway to his heart.

Then in DIRTY NERDY CONFESSIONS, Jeremy is hiding something from his wife and Jason wants the internet to hate him. All of that and we get a metal bird drunk on this week’s BASTARDCAST!

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Ghostbusters fans have had their heart strings tugged this way and that over the years as Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray have played their “on again of again” games with the possibility of a third movie in the Ghostbusters franchise.

One minute Aykroyd is telling fans about script ideas and the next Murray is saying that script sucks and he won’t do another Ghostbusters. Next thing you know Murray is back saying he might do another Ghostbusters, if they get the script right. It’s like watching someone in line ahead of you trying to decide which flavor ice cream to buy when you already know what flavors you want; decide already dammit!

When the news that Etan Coehn had been hired to get a new script together for, yet again, another attempt at Ghostbusters III, fans got excited, maybe this was the one. Murray shot that hope down like old Yeller in the backyard.

Recently Dan Aykroyd spoke to Metro about Ghostbusters III, and then confirmed that it will be moving ahead without Murray.

“We’ve got a brilliant new writer on it and we’ll be passing the torch onto a [new] generation. We’re working on it to make it just right to satisfy our fans. I’m confident we’ll be in production in the next year. We’ve got the studio on side. We’ve tried a few concepts which weren’t right but now we’ve got a good structure and will make it happen.”

When asked if Bill Murray was finally on board, Aykroyd replied..

“No, I can tell you he won’t be involved. It’s sad but we’re passing it on to a new generation. Ghostbusters 3 can be a successful movie without Bill. My preference would be to have him involved but at this point he doesn’t seem to be coming and we have to move on. It’s time to make the third one.”