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Posted: Sep 05, 2008 in Movies
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Well, at least it's not a remake.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7599824.stm
Ghostbusters 3 'in development'
Two writers from the US version of The Office have been recruited to write a third instalment of Ghostbusters, according to trade newspaper Variety.
Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky's hiring is seen as a sure sign the long-mooted comedy will finally be made.
Ghostbusters and its 1989 sequel saw Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis as bumbling scientists who rid New York of paranormal threats.
It is hoped the new film will reunite the original cast.
Columbia Pictures has declined to comment on whether a third Ghostbusters was in development, Variety reported.
Computer game
But director John Landis, who worked with Aykroyd on The Blues Brothers and Trading Places, has said the film would definitely be made.
"I'm not involved but I know it's happening," he told the BBC News website at the Venice Film Festival.
Eisenberg and Stupnitsky recently collaborated with Ramis on the script for his new film Year One.
Last year the original Ghostbusters cast signed up to lend their faces and voices to a computer game based on the hit film series.
The game's storyline was being written by stars Aykroyd (Ray Stanz) and Harold Ramis (Egon Spengler), who also scripted the first two films.
But the game's future was thrown into doubt when publisher Activision announced it would not be releasing the finished product.
Developers Vivendi insisted the game had not been cancelled, and that it would be published by another company.
I'm not going to lie, I'm super excited about this!!! I LOVE ghostbusters and if they get the original cast together, its going to be sweet!
That's long been rumored...I hadn't heard anything about it yet, though! Sounds like good enough news to me. I actually liked the second film too, though it's obviously not as good as the original.
Meh. The sequel was such a letdown from the first one. Not sure anyone wants to see 60-something Ghostbusters...
Wait! There was a Ghostbusters II?
This is one of those things that sound like a good idea in theory and in practice...not so much. What is going to be next? A return of the Karate Kid? Wax on...wax off....would they have to digitize Mr. Miagi?
This is one of those things that sound like a good idea in theory and ...
My actual name is Daniel. I do not need the return of Danielsan jokes.
This is one of those things that sound like a good idea in theory and ...
I think Hilary Swank effectively killed off the franchise with "The Next Karate Kid."
I'm just wondering aloud, but why haven't we heard anything about remaking "Karate Kid?" It seems like one that would be prime for redoing. Maybe they could put Jet Li or Jackie Chan in as Mr. Miyagi.
My actual name is Daniel. I do not need the return of Danielsan jokes.
Hahaha, my name is Maggie and my brother used to always call me Mr. Miyagi... so I feel your pain in a way