Who You Gonna Call?
by lyndsie ~ September 8th, 2008. Filed under: Family Entertainment, Production Post.
What has eight legs, four guns, and a rockin’ awesome car? Hopefully, the new Ghostbusters movie. No less than twenty four years after the stellar sequel, Sony’s thinking that it’s time to bring the boys back. Until Men in Black and the Spider-Man franchise, Ghostbuster’s was Columbia’s top grossing movie ever. So a third movie would mean the reunion of the inestimable, iconic, and utterly brilliant Bill Murray, the strangely alluring Harold Ramis, nearly forgotten yet awesomely funny Dan Aykroyd, and Ernie Hudson, as the only really sane, down to earth member of the team.
Bad news? Actually, if the deal goes through, the OGs might not be the stars. Everyone seems to think that the cast of “The Office” has a good shot of getting cast, unless Murray changes his mind and agrees to be on board (though, granted, his decline is but a rumor). Everyone also seems to think that “The Office” cast would be great. I happen to disagree. I think that anyone except the aforementioned four starring in this movie will be crap. I grew up on the Ghostbusters – the movie and the animated show. I was a Ghostbuster in a talent show and for Halloween. To me, this is akin to suddenly seeing the Chipmunks turned into realistic little creatures. I still haven’t seen that stab-in-the-heart piece of crap, and will definitely steer clear of Sony’s big idea if I don’t see some Bill Murray and Slimer. So they can take my $9.00 out of their $400 million estimates.
