Alpha i’m only going to be on board if Paul Feig get’s to direct again.
In all seriousness it’s been too long since weve had anything Ghostbusters related on TV. We’ve had two Ghostbusters day’s since Ecto Force was announced. We got a GB16 poster for the first one. There’s been no Ecto Force logo yet, much less any production leaks. I’m thinking if any cartoon or live action show comes out it’s probably going to depend on the success of Ghostbusters World.
I thought the animated movie was already in production? Didn’t Reitman say as much last year? Did I miss something?
All of this is talk about GB3 and a animated film is giving me flashbacks to 1998.
I hope everything that is planned will eventually happen but after waiting and being disappointed each year with nothing happening (until the reboot was finally made official) I don’t expect much.
I’m not saying the franchise isn’t growing with new merchandise and the ongoing comics but I’m not holding my breath on a new film or cartoon.
No you didn’t miss anything. Reitman said that the animated film was deep into production. He had also said that they had shopped Ecto Force to quite a few networks and there were quite a few of them that wanted the show, but Reitman and Ghost Corps decided to pull it and concentrate on the animated film and have it be the new jumping off point before shopping the series out again.
Ivan said that he wanted to put out a lot of things Ghostbusters related. If I recall right he said that included more live action films. Dan Aykroyd a few months ago was asked what was next for the franchise he said something like, “There are some big things ahead, Ivan doesn’t want me talking about it.” That was just a few months ago and Ivan asked Dan not to talk about it. Which brings us to now and Dan can’t seem to help himself. The reunion film was probably one of the many things being worked on. There is probably a slew of things that they are getting ready to hit us with just in time for the 35 Anniversary. I mean I didn’t see the Ghostbusters/MIB tabletop board game crossover coming. Even though I know that the studio owns the rights to both I still didn’t see it coming. I am sure that is not the last time I am going to do a double take in the coming year.
I would really love to be a fly on the wall at Ghost Corps and hear just what is being shopped around. I am really hoping to see that Ghost Corps logo animation on future projects. 
Thx for the summary! The ecto force being prosponed instead of cancelled was new to me and is great to hear!
I’d be happy if they took the audio from the video game (and maybe record a few more lines as need to fill it out) and make an actual movie out of it!
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Whatever is coming up for the franchise in the future, as long as it keeps true to what Ghostbusters is really about while at the same time bring a bit of newness to the lore to keep it fresh and not stale (whether it’s in comics, film, TV, etc.), then we will see what happens. They just have to take their time with their planning. 
We do the know the Fan Fest is in June 2019. And like any movie these days, we should be seeing articles more and more in the coming months ranging from rumor to discarded ideas to truths about either the animated or live action movie.
Yes, they’re a little over 3 years into working on it as far as we know. I believe it was first reported October 1, 2015.
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Yeah, it was last mentioned by Reitman when he appeared on the EMPIRE podcast in July 2017 and by Tom Waltz in June 2018 saying the comic crew helped with some early work on the series. But there is a thread for the series in the Cartoon section.
Reitman’s full quote was “Yeah, we put it on hold. We got a lot of inquiries and interest from different, uh, television networks to put it on and then at the last second, we decided to hold on the deal and really focus on the new Ghostbusters animated feature and sort of have that kick off the world and I think it’s because I knew the animated feature was going to bring–going to at least go a long way to bring back the classical story we originally started and, uh, I wanted that to come first.” at the 15:23 to 15:59 mark of EMPIRE podcast #272.
That would be cool but a few years back I downloaded a HD full walkthrough series and burned it into a couple DVDs then bought a multi disc case from ebay, printed a copy of the jacket from the game. Pop it into the player for background noise when I work like the movies or RGB.
YouTube Link:
Dan Aykroyd talks to Dan Rather
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Nice! I never completed the game (I’m not much of a gamer), so I have yet to see it front to back. Someday I will, though!
I’m pretty skeptical like everyone else, but then again I doubted they were actually gonna go through with the reboot until I saw the leaked set photos. And if Bill Murray participated in that abortion of a film, then clearly there’s a chance of him participating in GB3, even if it’s a slight chance.
I’m honestly torn, though, because I don’t want to see a Ghostbusters film without Harold Ramis, and I don’t want Ghostbusters to turn into the new Star Wars franchise, but I would love to see Danny, Bill, and Ernie back in the saddle one last time. Ghostbusters is too great of a concept to just put on the shelf collecting dust…
Max Landis’ released GB3 script brought back Egon in quite a beautiful way in my opinion. It was impressive. Not the direction I would have chosen, but it was a fine read. Basically he communicates through the equipment.
Here’s the bit of the Dan Rather interview from last week btw.
I’m curious who’s writing this particular draft. If Aykroyd was, he would have said it in the interview. Instead he revealed it’s a filmmaker duo writing the draft. So that could lead to speculation about the Russo Brothers or Phil Lord & Chris Miller again.
I get that. At the time it came out, I wasn’t playing video games anymore so I pulled a Jordan and temporarily came out of retirement. 
Some of the work by these guys is really hit and miss.
Year One by Harold Ramis, for me, was a cringefest. I keep watching that movie to try and like it but it’s never happened so far.
Nothing But Trouble (1991) directed by Aykroyd was also… to say the least; weird.
Evolution (2001) by Reitman was also superficial, in my view. Nowhere near classic entertainment.
To be honest in prime Ghostbusters terms the humor is so quirky it really need Murray to carry it.
They can use all the help they can get to make this new one deservingly “great”. Let’s see what happens.
It’s hard, after almost a quarter of a century, to be feeling optimistic about this. There are way too many factors that need to go through before the movie is even considered, and there’s no way knowing if the studio will agree to doing it.
Also, the franchise was dealt a huge blow a couple of years ago with That-Movie-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named and it appears as though Sony (as unvocal as they have been in the past few months) are not willing to let go of this iteration.
Bill Murray’s involvment is, at best, a wishful thinking. That he’d commit to such a project after saying no to it for over 30 years would raise a few eyebrows (I know I would). His career isn’t where it used to be either. He seems to enjoy doing Wes Anderson films and mostly seems to have left comedy in the last few years. At least the memorable ones.
All personal judgment aside, we’re still no further to Ghostbusters 3 than we were waaaaay back in 1994.
Until the studio confirms a shooting date and/or a few official still shots, I won’t ever be convinced with what feels like rehashed news.
Any other time I would say this is typical Dan being Dan BUT guess who has been spotted hanging out together in Southern Ontario this last year? Danny and Bill. They even got their picture taken at a local pizza shop(it’s online somewhere. Use the google machine). So maybe this isn’t so outside the possibility of happening?
If it does, it’s just a shame the franchise was so hurt by all the negativity surrounding GB16, both in its reception and box office and the ugly misogynist crap. Here’s the other thing. Dan has been vocal about how Feig screwed up with spending too much money. What’s odd here is that unless Dan knows something we dont(which very well could be) the reported GB16 budget is lower than the average tentpole.
What also worries me, and I’m not saying this to ruffle feathers, is that Dan thinks the reboot was good. Though I don’t know if he’s just saying that or actually believes it. Then again this is the man that co-wrote Blues Brothers 2000 and wrote/directed Nothing But a Trouble. If a GB3 is made it needs to be so far and away from the style of GB16. Make it like you would’ve in 1994. No modern Apatow style riffing improv, no pop culture jokes that date the movie.
Well he says that the writers are really trying to bring back the spirit of the original films. It will be hard to make this one feel as timeless as the original. I do believe a good movie can be made if approached the right way. I had no idea that Dan and Bill have been hanging out recently I’ll have to check that out.
I was curious about the “new team of writers” too.
Lord & Miller? Lee & Stupnitsky?
Maybe Markus and McFeely? They’ve written the Cap and Avengers scripts lately.
Refreshing myself on GBIII, I’d forgotten that Lord and Miller passed on GBIII in the early 2010s.
If the animated film is still tentative for 2019 or 2020, maybe this live action is looking at 2020 or 2021.
I remember reading somewhere (maybe in the leaked mails) that Reitman wanted Sony to give Lee & Stupnitsky a writer credit still after Ramis death, when they were shopping the script for a rewrite and a new director. He still fought for it well into the decision to make ATC, when they were making financial deals with Feig.
Maybe they re-hired them.
I also remember Reitman talking about the Alive Again script and how it could’ve be used in the future. Is it possible that they are thinkering with it? It would shorten the writing process. After all, it is a full and ready script, it only need a polish.