New Ghostbusters movie in OG movie universe Jason Reitman directing 2020

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Leo656

https://screenrant.com/ghostbusters-...ng-start-date/

Filming May 13.

That's pretty soon.

I'm not buying the notion that there's a really amazing, months-old script that they've just been keeping under wraps this whole time under lock and key, so... Hmm.

We'll see.

Happens all the time. Look at the Breaking Bad movie.

[Leo656]

I think "really amazing" is going to be the distinguishing qualifier there.

They may well have had a workable script sitting in a drawer somewhere. They probably had a bunch of 'em to choose from. But I feel like if they had a "really amazing" script, they would have filmed it two years ago, if not before.

I'unno, I guess we'll find out.

[Wildcat]

Don’t know if you saw my post on the bottom of the previous page but they’ve apparently already had auditions but maybe you already knew.

Anyway there’s no way they would have done it that soon. Things needed to calm down. Well as much as they could. Plus it’d be kinda weird to go from reboot and immediately back to a sequel.

Even the next TMNT movie needed a gap.

[Leo656]

I meant, instead of what they did last time.

The Feig movie was, in someone's mind, "the best thing they could do".

As in, there were obviously other scripts and other ideas to consider even back then. But they chose to do exactly what they did. They considered THAT to be the project with the biggest potential upside. We all know now that it was a mistake, but they should have realized it before it even got off the ground.

If they had any "better" ideas, they would have probably run with them instead of what they went with. Thus, I'm inclined to believe that whatever this movie turns out to be is based on relatively new conversations.

[Wildcat]

Oh. Well I know I’ve mentioned it before and I know I read it. Maybe the leaks.

The studio offered Feig to do a sequel. It was Feig’s choice to make it a reboot but even I wonder why the studio didn’t step in on that decision.

[Autbot_Benz]

“We are, in every way, trying to go back to the original technique and hand the movie back to the fans,”

All the SJW's on twitter are loosing their collective **** over this comment

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/02...hostbusters-3/

[Vegita-San]

ahh, the small few still whining about wahmen trending it on twitter .

[Allio]

so along with IDW doing a 35th anniversary for Ghotbusters with one shots for: Mainline, Extreme, Real, and 2016. IDW has also announced that a Ghostbusters/Transformers crossover is coming.

[Leo656]

An example: “We are, in every way, trying to go back to the original technique and hand the movie back to the fans,” which almost sounds like Reitman is saying the 2016 female-fronted reboot from Paul Feig wasn’t for “fans”, and doesn’t have it’s own fans. Sure, this is nitpicking, but after everything the cast went through just for being females stepping into the proton packs, sort of a big step back.

- "Answer The Call" was NOT "for fans".
- Any fans it has aren't fans of Ghostbusters, but rather, fans of "drinking salty fanboy tears". AKA, "Awful people, worse than the so-called awful people they 'stand against'."
- The movie did NOT get slammed for being all-women. Having a "Gimmick" like "The All-Female Ghostbusters", or, "The All-Kids Ghostbusters" is a lousy and lazy idea on its face, and people attacked a bad idea for being a bad idea.
- People predicted that at least half the movie would be Man-Hating horse sh*t, and lo and behold, IT WAS.
- Everyone in it gave a career-worst performance. I can say that with confidence, despite not seeing most of these people in anything else, because if THIS is standard to how each of them perform, then NONE of them deserve a job in Hollywood. So I assume whatever else they've done was better than THAT.
- The final product was slammed for being Not Funny, poorly-shot and staged, and far too much terrible improv. NOT because they cast four women.

Anyways, sounds like they put a lot of work into that one teaser. Here's hoping the final product actually turns out to be the movie we deserve... and not another one that Hollywood INSISTS we deserve.

[Andrew NDB]

I submit, again...

[Leo656]

That's brilliant sh*t.

[Wildcat]

I liked the 2016 movie fine and do not need to prove some arbitrary fan status. I can admit it’s flawed and still enjoy it on its own at the same time.

Maybe Jason did not mean it the way it comes off. Saying almost anything online can be misconstrued or read into depending on the situation so I’m not going to hold it against him.

Oddly what actually bothers is how he talks about the practical effects. It’s fine but don’t be against cgi just for the sake of it. Nobody would have given it a second thought if the teaser text was cgi.

It also makes me think he’s not going to update the gear or equipment since he made it a point to mention the same sound effects. Plus it occurred to me recently that if the car has been locked up and broken down...did they go out of business again after part 2?

[Leo656]

Presumably. Maybe they'll include a meta-joke about trying to hand the business over to a bunch of dames and how that was the final nail.

Originally Posted by Wildcat

I liked the 2016 movie fine and do not need to prove some arbitrary fan status. I can admit it’s flawed and still enjoy it on its own at the same time.

I won't ask you to explain or defend it. Simply know that I understand human beings turning to cannibalism more than I understand this.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Presumably. Maybe they'll include a meta-joke about trying to hand the business over to a bunch of dames and how that was the final nail.

Nooo... I mean, they should, but they won't. If anything, I bet the movie tiptoes around things quite a bit in regard to any sort of perceived nods or jabs at GB 2016.

[snake]

Some people will eat up anything with their favorite franchise name on it. Usually these people have low testosterone, are balding, and think twitter constitutes social activism, but they do exist. The entire Star Wars fanbase at the moment is filled with sh*t-eaters, because they're the only ones left to consume and defend the Mouse's NuWars media. Ghostbusters (2016) "fans" (?) fall either into delusional twitter people who believe they have an impact on the real world and sh*t-eating franchise fanbabies who get a hard-on from seeing their favorite logo slapped onto something- so it's no surprise some people enjoyed that garbage.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Leo656

That's brilliant sh*t.

I was hoping you'd check it out.

[Wildcat]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Presumably. Maybe they'll include a meta-joke about trying to hand the business over to a bunch of dames and how that was the final nail.

I won't ask you to explain or defend it. Simply know that I understand human beings turning to cannibalism more than I understand this.

But seriously I hope he’s not trying to go full 80s formula just because he thinks that’s what people want.

I really want to see them updated. Like Ray having redesigned the proton packs for better functionality or inventing a new Ghost trap. Stuff like that. It’s been 30 years.

So far Jason is giving me the impression that he wants to keep things exactly the same. Like exactly.

I mean they went out of business again? I know we don’t know I’m just speculating. Could driving the Statue of Liberty into the city and the giant shell of slime over the museum also be dismissed?

[Andrew NDB]

I admit, it will be interesting to see the universe again. Think about it. There were two large-scale ghost invasions in New York City, witnessed by millions of people (3 if you count the game). It will be a 2019 where everyone has to accept that's real.

It'll be a bit like Independence Day 2 in that way. In that, I would expect, the world would be preparing for more ghost invasions. Maybe that's what happens. The government steps in and does their own ghost-protection agencies... rendering the Ghostbusters obsolete.

[snake]

From a narrative perspective, you could easily have the government "hire" the Ghostbusters for their ghost knowledge and techniques. I doubt they would just ignore the wealth of information the Ghostbusters have when ghosts become a potential threat.

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

I really want to see them updated. Like Ray having redesigned the proton packs for better functionality or inventing a new Ghost trap. Stuff like that. It’s been 30 years.

Ooof. No, no. The packs and all that stuff are iconic. You can't just redesign something that's left an indelible mark on history just because it's "old".

Plus, we already had "redesigned" packs and stuff in the last movie, and they looked terrible. Everyone WANTS to see the stuff they already like. That's what they expect. 50 years from now when people do Ghostbusters cosplay, they're STILL going to predominantly be wearing the classic stuff. NOT the "Extreme Ghostbusters" stuff, not the junk they wore in the reboot... the stuff people actually like and remember. It would be a complete waste to try and come up with something better; they can't, and nobody's gonna care.

Plus, the packs' power cells had a half-life of 5,000 years, and it's been what... 35? Still a ways to go yet. The entire in-universe explanation was that this stuff is crazy expensive so it needs to be durable; they can't just whip up replacements on a casual whim for any old reason.

I do expect that, as always, we'll see some new gear, because that's half the fun. But they definitely shouldn't mess with the packs or the traps or anything like that. That's the stuff you fall back on when stuff like the Slime-Blower or the Giga-Meter fail to hold people's attention.

I expect the "kids" will have most of the new gear, possibly designing it themselves to give it some kind of "whimsical charm" (blech). As long as we don't get a scene where they're literally running around punching ghosts in the face, it might not be TOO bad.