That’s right. Seth Rogen, who was rumored to be involved with the ill-fated Ghostbusters sequel, actually disagrees with the entire idea of a third movie.
From Slashfilm:
‘It’s hard to imagine that would be good, isn’t it?” asks Rogen. “I mean just as a movie fan I am the first guy to be skeptical of that. It sounds like a terrible idea when you first hear it. At first hearing it sounds like the worst idea ever. I dunno. Maybe. I mean, that would have to be one mutherfucking good script.’
Okay, so Harold Ramis wrote an email to Mark Caro, writer for the Chicago Tribune, confirming a new Ghostbusters film:
“yes, columbia is developing a script for GB3 with my year one writing partners, gene stupnitsky and lee eisenberg. judd apatow is co-producing year one and has made several other films for sony, so of course the studio is hoping to tap into some of the same acting talent. aykroyd, ivan reitman and i are consulting at this point, and according to dan, bill murray is willing to be involved on some level. he did record his dialogue for the new ghostbusters video game, as did danny and i, and ernie hudson. the concept is that the old ghostbusters would appear in the film in some mentor capacity. not much else to say at this point. everyone is confident a decent script can be written and i guess we’ll take it from there. best, harold”
I still hate the idea of this movie being made, but I guess one redeeming factor is that the original cast (except Ernie Hudson?) are going to be involved on some level. Whatever. I can’t stop them. I guess the only thing we can do now is cross our fingers and hope for the best (the best being a cancellation of the movie’s production).
If there’s anything more annoying than shitty remakes, it’s the rebooting of decades-old franchises. While more Ghostbusters movies would’ve been enjoyable 18 years ago, I think it’s kind of a dead issue now. It’s been almost 20 years since Ghostbusters 2 was released in 1989. Regardless, it looks like the studio execs have a different opinion since apparently, a script is currently in the works.
Dan Aykroyd had this to say:
“Well, y’know, two sharp young writers are purported to be writing the sequel, the third movie now. If I could interest Seth [Rogen] and Judd [Apatow] to be part of it, that would be an absolute dream.”
Now, I’m a pretty big fan of Judd Apatow and company, but I don’t think they’re the solution for everything. I can’t imagine them making a sequel that stays true to the franchise. Like I said, the Ghostbusters are a dead issue to me. I think it’s best to leave it alone at this point, but who am I?
