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Ramis said the game is in production and he has some hope for the third movie.

http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20070402/AE/104020066

Geez this again?

I so want another Ghostbusters movie but we are likely have a better shot at seeing this made if we all get together an make it ourselves.

Movie types wrote:Caramie Schnell: Any chance of a third Ghostbusters?

Harold Ramis: The chance is slim. I would say the bigger question is, is there a chance for a third Ghostbusters that involved me, Dan and Bill? That seems slim to me. Danny's kept it alive forever. He's the one that originated the whole thing in the first place. We've talked to Columbia about doing a fully and digitally animated Ghostbusters and that's another possibility. The only thing I know for sure is there is a video game coming out that Danny and I are going to do the voices for. So that'll be fun.

I say to heck with this, bring back Real Ghostbusters (with Slimer back to supporting status and not a glory-hog).

I had heard there was going to be a third one but in CGI because Bill Murray didn't want to be in a live action version but rather do the voice of Venkman

Wheeljack35 wrote:I had heard there was going to be a third one but in CGI because Bill Murray didn't want to be in a live action version but rather do the voice of Venkman

That and that they would all have heart attacks from putting that cr@p on their backs.

But, seriously, I would go watch a CGI movie of them if they made one. The cartoon show was pretty cool back in the day.

Predaprince wrote:

Wheeljack35 wrote:I had heard there was going to be a third one but in CGI because Bill Murray didn't want to be in a live action version but rather do the voice of Venkman

That and that they would all have heart attacks from putting that cr@p on their backs.

But, seriously, I would go watch a CGI movie of them if they made one. The cartoon show was pretty cool back in the day.

If they want to make a live action GB III maybe they could start over with a new cast.

I had heard a while back they were going to do a third training new members one of them being Chris Farley

But after his death it was dropped

It seems like every year there are rumors about the 3rd movie being made and something happens. I am happy we will be getting a game though. I actually preferred the cartoon over the movies.

It's about time. It's been almost twenty years since the last Ghostbusters film. What's next for Harold Ramis, Caddyshack 3 with him trying to get the ghopher????

GB3 will most likely never happen. Harold and Dan have been pushing it for years but both Murray and Columbia have said no. Murray said a while back that the only way he would do GB3 is if he was a ghost. Hudson has expressed no interest in it either...possibly because he is over-looked in both movies. I can't blame him i mean he has lees screen time in GB2 than he did in GB, and he was only around for the 2nd half of GB

Unicron's_head wrote:GB3 will most likely never happen. Harold and Dan have been pushing it for years but both Murray and Columbia have said no. Murray said a while back that the only way he would do GB3 is if he was a ghost. Hudson has expressed no interest in it either...possibly because he is over-looked in both movies. I can't blame him i mean he has lees screen time in GB2 than he did in GB, and he was only around for the 2nd half of GB

Wrong on all counts.

http://www.cisnfm.com/station/blog_mike_mcguire.cfm?bid=7500

There Dan has confirmed that a CG ghostbusters will be produced, with Murray providing the voice of Venkman.

As for Ernie, he's probably one of the most active guys when it comes to Ghostbusters, he's at conventions with Ghost Busters Incorporated, he helped with a fund raiser to save the old Fire House from the movies.

Edit: Chris Farly wasn't really looked at for a GB sequel, a lot of rumors talked more about Ben Stiller than anyone else.

If this does get off the ground, either as CGI or otherwise, maybe it'll finally allows us to get a DVD box set for The Real Ghostbusters.

Is it true that Murray owns 1/3 of the rights to this franchise?

Senor Hugo wrote:Chris Farly wasn't really looked at for a GB sequel, a lot of rumors talked more about Ben Stiller than anyone else.

Harold Ramis said this years ago in an interveiw about Chris Farley

Too bad I no longer have the article

Wheeljack35 wrote:

Senor Hugo wrote:Chris Farly wasn't really looked at for a GB sequel, a lot of rumors talked more about Ben Stiller than anyone else.

Harold Ramis said this years ago in an interveiw about Chris Farley

Too bad I no longer have the article

Did he? Musta missed that one, woulda been awesome either way.

Wheeljack35 wrote:

Senor Hugo wrote:Chris Farly wasn't really looked at for a GB sequel, a lot of rumors talked more about Ben Stiller than anyone else.

Harold Ramis said this years ago in an interveiw about Chris Farley

Too bad I no longer have the article

I never read this article myself, but I do remember reading about Chris Farley being in III in about 1997 (when I first got my own internet terminal).

Months after that, Will Smith got tagged to it, too.

I'm not keen on a CG movie, as it would likely get the crappy "shrekly-animated" treatment. I think the guys are just too old, and a third movie in any series is usually poor - especially when the sequel was already iffy.

Somebody mentioned a re-tooled live action Ghostbusters TV series with new characters and such, which IMHO is a great idea (that person should be made President in fact).

Who knows maybe there characters will look like the cartoon characters in CGI

Wheeljack35 wrote:Who knows maybe there characters will look like the cartoon characters in CGI

Are you implying that would be a good thing?

Milanion wrote:

Wheeljack35 wrote:Who knows maybe there characters will look like the cartoon characters in CGI

Are you implying that would be a good thing?

With the exception of Egon, I think that would work, to be truthful. Especially if they kept Janine's original character model.

I look at a cgi Ghostbusters the same as I do as a cgi TMNT. Yes, live action was awesome. But there are a lot of restraints on a live action movie compared to a cgi flick.

Right now, if it were to be a live action film, they're too old, this was Murray's reasoning, if the film was done a year after GB2, it would have happened, however then the film wouldn't be able to pull off the ideas Akroyd wants for the film as well compared to cg.

However, in a cgi film, the ghostbusters can look younger, still have that awesome campy GB feel, and also bring together some badass looking cgi designs for monsters and ghosts.

I was thinking that, too.

I don't think they can use the RGB designs, though, as they'll be copyrighted by DiC, I think. Maybe they'll use something similar to 88MPH designs?

Hmmm... the thing I liked the most about GB was the comedic stylings added by Murray and Company. "Ghost effects" were really secondary to the main story of goofball professors going into business for themselves. That's the story the masses liked.

RGB is way more cartoony, focusing more on ghosts and less on comedy - the characters were basically cardboard. It didn't have mass appeal.

Some combination of the two would be good, preferably live action with more tangible ghosts. A CGI movie, lacking decent physical comedic actors, would only be "average" at best.

Example: I think Ryan Reynolds would make a decent Murrayesque GB.

IMHO.

True, but if they did use RGB models (which is unlikely) it wouldn't mean the script would have to be RGB-esque. After all, the Ghostbusters have to look like something.

The script, how sharp the comedy is, the chemistry between the main players, is what is going to make a new film successful. There's no denying that.

Let's hope we don't see Winston as mayor.

I don't know... I just don't see anything working extremely well without a live performance with good ad-libbed physical comedy.

But I guess as long as Tracy the Gorilla and Ghostbuggy are in the movie, it can't fail.