An all Male Ghosbusters movie is also in the works at Sony

[Sumac]

This is...bizzare, to say the least.

OK, which one will be "The Real Ghostbusters" and which will be an "Extreme Ghostbusters"?

[plastroncafe]

My money is on the DudeBusters being EXTREME, because...guys.
There'll be lens flare and explosions and guys being cool while walking away from explosions.

Because...dudes.

[The Stryker]

Well. That's now TWO Ghostbusters movies I don't want to see. Neat.

[ToTheNines]

Foolish idea. They should be more worried about making a good movie than pandering to specific demographics. Even still... no one was asking for an "all female" Ghostbusters, just as no one was asking for a "male oriented" version.

I just wanted something Ghostbusters oriented, believe it or not. But I quit caring about a true sequel the day Harold Ramis died, and apparently so did Sony.

The Russo's and Feig's respective involvement almost make me interested, but they both just seem like awful ideas.

[Amaranthus]

Male actors?
Absolutely disgusting. I demand the characters to be played by ftm transgenders.

[THGhost]

Originally Posted by The Stryker

Well. That's now TWO Ghostbusters movies I don't want to see. Neat.

Of course you do. You'll eat them up along with everyone else.

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by Amaranthus

Male actors?
Absolutely disgusting. I demand the characters to be played by ftm transgenders.

Female to Male trans actors are Male.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Amaranthus

Male actors?
Absolutely disgusting. I demand the characters to be played by ftm transgenders.

I already made the transgender joke. TRY AGAIN!

[Amaranthus]

Originally Posted by Peanut

I already made the transgender joke. TRY AGAIN!

Curse you, Peanut!
Curse you!

[snake]

Originally Posted by THGhost

Of course you do. You'll eat them up along with everyone else.

Yeah, no. F*ck these movies.

[Bry]

Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97

Anyone wanna bet their only doing this in response to some of the outrage because of the female Ghostbusters movie?

Uuuuuugh, probably. And in doing this as well, they're kinda diminishing that project. Stupid, stupid Sony.

That said: I'll actually get 100% behind this if the Russo Brothers cast their leads from "Community". Donald Glover, Joel McHale and Danny Pudi in the Ray, Peter and Egon roles would be kind of incredible.

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

Plus the Russo Brothers will direct the all male Ghostbusters movie, They previously directed Captain America: The Winter Soldier and I believe are going to direct Civil War next.

And the two-part Avengers: Infinity War, I believe. They're keeping busy.

Originally Posted by Peanut

Also, this sounds like Sony doing what Sony does and preparing to double down on something so hard they run it straight into the ground. If there's one thing Sony knows how to do it's mishandle and then bury viable IP.

And they just had to get Marvel to bail them out of their Spider-Man mess, too. They'll never learn, will they?

Originally Posted by Wildcat

Found it - http://www.slashfilm.com/dan-aykroyd...e-like-marvel/

Originally Posted by Wildcat

It's meant to become a universe. The female team and this would co-exist and probably crossover.

The idea of building a shared universe "like Marvel" is the same dumb thinking that tanked the Amazing Spider-Man series. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a shared universe built on of a bunch of otherwise-separate properties that are strong enough to work on their own and have for decades. Ghostbusters only has one property: Ghostbusters. I just don't think branching out/spinning off from that works as naturally.

[mexichrist83]

Wow. I never would have thought I'd be so unenthusiastic about the possibility of a new Ghostbusters movie let alone two. Years ago I was actually down for a third movie when it was still proposed to have the original cast. I didn't even really care about the current all female cast version because after all this time I just lost interest in a reboot of the franchise and I'm just kind of sick of reboots, remakes and even sequels. I would have seen the movie out of sheer curiosity but that's about it. This newly announced male Ghostbusters movie is clearly an attempt (and an insanely lame one at that) to undermine the female cast Ghostbusters movie and a blatant sign that Sony obviously has no faith in an all female cast taking over a well known franchise like Ghostbusters. It's actually really crappy when you think about it. Also, I've said it once and I'll say it again. Enough with the movie universe crap! It's lame and in this instance a really poor excuse to validate the announcement of this all male Ghostbusters movie.

Frak both of these movies.

[Wildcat]

I don't see how the universe is so bad. I mean it'd probably be 2 teams with their own storylines. Like Ghostbusters NY and Ghostbusters LA for example. It's actually better than cramming a bunch of ideas in 1 movie. There's also more you can do once you're not limited to just NY.

Again anyone whole seriously thinks they're only doing this over the reboot's criticism is just dumb. Why would they go through the trouble of making a whole separate movie to appease the fans against the female one? Thatd be alot of money and resources being used up just because of "internet complaining". It makes no sense. It'd be easier to make changes to Paul Feig's version.

It's well known that Dan Aykroyd has always wanted to do more Ghostbusters and apparently they were thinking about the universe thing well before the female reboot was decided.

Plus if it was the other way around (male version announced first) people would only be complaining about the female version, as they have. Instead of jumping on the whole thing and saying it's all stupid.

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

Again anyone whole seriously thinks they're only doing this over the reboot's criticism is just dumb. Why would they go through the trouble of making a whole separate movie to appease the fans against the female one?

Probably because they're desperate. Remember, this was the same studio that was actually considering a Spider-Man spin-off about Aunt May just so they could keep the rights. AUNT MAY!!

Having two movies about two teams going by the name "Ghostbusters" sounds ridiculous. Sorry if you don't agree, but I'm pretty sure that's how most of us feel.

[Amaranthus]

Congratulations, Marvel. You've successfully infected other movie companies with the "Shared Universe Circlejerk" Virus.

[Bry]

I mean, I guess it can work, but it seems to dilute the brand. Ghostbusters, as a concept and a movie, is special because there aren't multiple teams/films doing the exact same thing at the same time.

The Marvel comparison doesn't really fit, because there you've got very different characters doing different things in different ways. Their world feels diverse, and any time their paths cross it feels special and interesting. "Ghostbusters Team A and Ghostbusters Team B" just can't be as unique from each other as Thor is from Iron Man.

What they seem to be planning here sounds more like the CSI franchise - Ghostbusters: New York, Ghostbusters: Los Angeles, Ghostbusters: Dover, Delaware, Ghostbusters: Now the Ghosts Are On the Internet... Trying to maximize the brand as much as possible, but not necessarily in a natural way. I'm concerned the focus is on quantity (thinking "more movies = more money!") instead of quality.

Again... it could work. With the right creative teams anything's possible. But I'm feeling there might be too much similarity to how Sony mis-handled Spider-Man here, and that wouldn't be a good thing.

[Wildcat]

Well the thing about Ghostbusters is it's a business and the supernatural can occur anywhere. As happy as I am that there's new movies happening staying in NY feels repetitive to me. The first two were set there and that's fine but all these years later it should expand.

One way or another there was gonna be a new team. Another team taking over in a true part 3 or reboot with a fresh start.

Maybe we don't need 2 teams with their own movies (GB NY, LA etc...is probably better suited for a TV show) but at least show there are other branches in other locations. Have the main team take a road trip to investigate a problem or something.

[TheCanadiandrome]

at least Dan Aykroyd is involved

[THGhost]

Originally Posted by TheCanadiandrome

at least Dan Aykroyd is involved

That's not necessarily a good thing.

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

but at least show there are other branches in other locations.

Agree with this, excellent idea.

Might also get rid of some of the hostility over an all-women version and what ended up looking like a rather redundant all-men rebuttal.

And fits well with the trend of some tv series having different location versions, such as the Walking Dead getting another one.