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*DrSpengler* · 08-01-2005, 11:42 AM

None what-so-ever.

There's a dozen factors as to why it'll never happen, but the leading one is two words: Bill Murray.

He owns a 5th of the franchise, and a third film CANNOT be made without his consent. And he won't give it. About 10 years ago Dan Aykroyd wrote a script treatment (that was supposedly awful) and Bill said he never wanted to do it.

Another problem with Murray is that he doesn't do sequels. Ever. Ghostbusters II is the ONLY sequel he has ever been in and he got panned for it by critics. That's why he wasn't in Charlie's Angels 2 and there most likely won't be a Garfield 2 (at least with him in it).

Personally, the time for a Ghostbusters III is long gone. Have you SEEN Harold Ramis lately? He looks more like Roger Ebert than Egon. Everyone's just gotten too old. And if they tried to do a "predecesors" type of story (like Dan's old GBIII script) people would make too many parallels to the awful Extreme Ghostbusters cartoon and the project would be doomed from the start.

The only hope for a new Ghostbusters film is a remake, which I honestly wouldn't mind. The first 2 films will always be there and they'll never get any less funny with age. But sometimes it's hard to realize that actors do grow old and get wrinkles as time goes by, and they just don't looke like they did back in 84.

Ghostbusters is just one of those really brilliant concepts that'll withstand the test of time, and a remake could be very fun.

08-01-2005, 11:42 AM	#2
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,842	None what-so-ever. There's a dozen factors as to why it'll never happen, but the leading one is two words: Bill Murray. He owns a 5th of the franchise, and a third film CANNOT be made without his consent. And he won't give it. About 10 years ago Dan Aykroyd wrote a script treatment (that was supposedly awful) and Bill said he never wanted to do it. Another problem with Murray is that he doesn't do sequels. Ever. Ghostbusters II is the ONLY sequel he has ever been in and he got panned for it by critics. That's why he wasn't in Charlie's Angels 2 and there most likely won't be a Garfield 2 (at least with him in it). Personally, the time for a Ghostbusters III is long gone. Have you SEEN Harold Ramis lately? He looks more like Roger Ebert than Egon. Everyone's just gotten too old. And if they tried to do a "predecesors" type of story (like Dan's old GBIII script) people would make too many parallels to the awful Extreme Ghostbusters cartoon and the project would be doomed from the start. The only hope for a new Ghostbusters film is a remake, which I honestly wouldn't mind. The first 2 films will always be there and they'll never get any less funny with age. But sometimes it's hard to realize that actors do grow old and get wrinkles as time goes by, and they just don't looke like they did back in 84. Ghostbusters is just one of those really brilliant concepts that'll withstand the test of time, and a remake could be very fun.