Wolfe
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I have to tell you, I'm a little giddy to finally see some official movement on this. Now let's get Shane Black's LETHAL WEAPON 5 up and running and I can begin to rebuild the spark that CRYSTAL SKULL and I WANT TO BELIEVE tore out of me.
I just hope this doesn't wind up being another goddamn remake.
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'Ghostbusters' scares up scribes
'Office' writer-producers tapped for redo
By Borys Kit and Leslie Simmons
Sept 4, 2008, 08:24 PM ET
Who's Sony going to call to pen its reboot of "Ghostbusters"?
Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg.
The studio has recruited "The Office" writer-producers to work on a new installment of the 1980s franchise that starred Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Harold Ramis as bumbling ghost-hunting scientists.
The original filmmakers, including director Ivan Reitman, and cast are aware of the project and involved in its development. Some original cast members might be involved, but the focus will be on a new cast of Ghostbusters.
WMA-repped Stupnitsky and Eisenberg, who are nominated for an Emmy for "The Office," already have the support of one Ghostbuster in Ramis. The duo penned with Ramis Sony's upcoming biblical comedy "Year One," which is produced by Judd Apatow and directed by Ramis.
The writing duo recently sold a spec to Sony titled "Bad Teacher," about a seventh-grade teacher who is dumped by her sugar-daddy boyfriend and turns her attention toward a colleague. Jimmy Miller is producing.
"Ghostbusters" was Sony's top-grossing film ever until "Men in Black" and then all three "Spider-Man" films beat it out. The 1984 film grossed $292 million worldwide, and its 1989 sequel brought in another $215 million globally.
Borys Kit reported from Toronto; Leslie Simmons reported from Los Angeles.
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Chris O.
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« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2008, 09:29:07 PM » |
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This a much better birthday gift than McCain's speech (although in some strange ways that's a good gift, too).
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« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2008, 11:07:51 PM » |
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Brandon, I'd like to high-five you across the country, over the internet.
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DerickA
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« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2008, 11:29:32 PM » |
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Also, Aykroyd says he wants Apatow and Rogen involved.
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« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2008, 11:42:34 PM » |
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Holy cow and yay. That is awesome news. I doubt I'll sleep the week that movie comes out. I'm a neeeerd!
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DerickA
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« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2008, 11:44:28 PM » |
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If it does turn out to be a remake:
Venkman - Seth Rogen
Egon - Jay Baruchal
Ray - Jason Segal
Winston - Romany Malco
Luis - Jonah Hill
Janine - Carla Gallo
Tom Wilson - Walter Peck
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« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2008, 11:47:56 PM » |
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Not Martin Starr as Egon?
I hope they don't do a remake, and I really hope they don't just grab all the Apatow people if they do.
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DerickA
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« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2008, 11:53:16 PM » |
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Martin Starr's good too. I think he's typecast as weird these days instead of brainy geek.
All I really want is Rogen and Segel involved. Or at least one of them, for definites.
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« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2008, 11:57:49 PM » |
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No way it's a remake. If it's not a passing the torch movie I'll eat my hat Dalton style.
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« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2008, 12:02:49 AM » |
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No way it's a remake. If it's not a passing the torch movie I'll eat my hat Dalton style. I'm not a stickler by any means, but he should at least, AT LEAST eat an entire straw hat. |
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« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2008, 12:06:52 AM » |
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No way it's a remake. If it's not a passing the torch movie I'll eat my hat Dalton style. I'm not a stickler by any means, but he should at least, AT LEAST eat an entire straw hat. How about at least a gummy hat?  |
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« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2008, 02:22:04 AM » |
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Egon should, in my very humble opinion, be this man.  |
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« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2008, 08:12:26 AM » |
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If they manage to reunite the original cast, Murray will be in it for what, 5-10 minutes?
Place your bets if you think it'll be higher/lower. He sure as heck won't be wearing the proton pack.
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« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2008, 08:51:29 AM » |
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Maybe the new Ghostbusters' first assignment will be to catch the ghosts of the original Ghostbusters, who died in the line of duty.
Actually, that's an awful idea.
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« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2008, 08:56:56 AM » |
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Egon should, in my very humble opinion, be this man.  Is that the dude from THE HOTTIE AND THE NOTTIE? I like him. Egon? Dunno. But I like him. |
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