The long in development Ghostbusters III could be taking a bit of a different turn. With Bill Murray deciding to pass on the project, that’s opened the door to the third installment not being a sequel but a reboot.
Director Ivan Reitman tells Collider that Men in Black III writer Etan Cohan has been brought in to take a different pass on the script.
“Well, I’d like to go forward and make new things. I thinkGhostbusters probably should be remade, if we can get it all right. We’re working on it, so we’ll see,” Reitman says.
We’re not quite sure if this means that this will be the passing of the torch from one cast to another as we’ve heard for a couple of years now or an out and out reboot. Of course, if you do reboot the film, how do you honestly replace Bill Murray?!?
NotMe says
Please, just make a third one – you can’t possible make the first one any better. You’ll just ruin it like so many other “re-boots” have done!
Dan Vzare says
If they want to do a reboot, make it a sequel reboot, where the ghostbusters have long been out of business and three scientists get together to start their own ghostbusting business at this place where a previous group did it. You could end the film with the apperance of one of the original cast members making a comment about how he used to be like that.
Basically it would be a reboot set in the same universe as the orignal ghostbuster, so it’s not technically a full reboot, but it will be following a sort of similar origins story.
Indiana Jim says
My money’s on Aykroyd and Ramis being the old has-been Ghostbusters out of work after defeating Gozer, then when things kick back up again, they have to recruit new talent.
Randall says
Just do the same thing as the “Extreme Ghostbusters” animated series.
His partners have moved on to other careers, so Egon recruits a new team.
Randall says
Oscar, seen as a baby in Ghostbusters II, would be in his early twenties now. He could be one of the new team members.
Tom E says
I don’t understand why there is negativity about a reboot, a sequel could diminish the originals but a reboot is a seperate thing, just move the story on to the present day have some of the original characters in smaller parts and a new team busting ghosts, don’t try to recreate the original film just make a film around the existing universe.
KGDC says
I’m always of the opinion that if you can make the reboot endearing to me, then I’ll accept it.
I don’t generally care for reboots, but if done right then I don’t care.
I don’t even need them to mimic the first flick. Just make a whole new origin story and a completely different, but plausible storyline.
I don’t need another Bill Murray, make me care about the characters they introduce.
The purist stance has only ever limited me.