Max Landis’ Hypothetical ‘Ghostbusters 3′ Story Goes Global
Tuesday night’s story about Max Landis potentially doing a polish on Ghostbusters 3 was debunked pretty fast by the screenwriter, but it also lit a fire under his ass. In the hours since since the story broke, was debunked and then deleted, Landis revealed he obviously had been thinking about Ghostbusters 3 a lot. And since he’s not going to actually be writing the screenplay, he decided to lay his ideas out on Twitter.
Landis’ Ghostbusters 3 story isn’t a simple passing of the torch we’d been hearing about for nearly a decade. Instead, it’s a global Ghostbusting affair with franchised teams from all over the globe, one of which goes bad. It’s then up to the main heroes to save the world. It would also explain who Slimer is, work in the mythology and villains of the first film, and more. In short – it sounds really awesome.
Read Max Landis’ Ghostbusters 3 story below.
First up, Landis tweeted about his pre-credits opening to the film earlier Wednesday morning. Some of you might have read this:
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Haha a bunch of people asking what my Ghostbusters 3 pitch would've been. I never had a full one, just a skeleton I've goofed around with.
My Ghostbusters 3 began in the 1920s with Ivo Shandor murdering a gluttonous associate to protect his cult after he has a moral objection.
Shandor tells the overweight man that nothing can stop the coming of Gozer; first, the gate will open in 1984, then again twenty years later
The fat man, who now has all the details of Shandor's plans, threatens to go to the police, and Shandor poisons him. It's scary, but…
As Shandor escapes, we see that we're in the Sedgewick Hotel, and that the guy we just saw die… …Is Slimer. Cue theme. Show title.
And then, later in the afternoon, he laid out the rest of the story:
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Thanks for all the kind words on the Ghostbusters opening (and the weird amount of people who don't understand the concept of "opening")
My full movie concerns several new teams (focusing on one), grown from the Ghostbusters Franchise which is now global (and going bankrupt)
Ghostbusters have become a parody of themselves, there are barely twelve ghosts caught a year. People have forgotten what happened in NYC.
Egon passed away, Venkman lives on an island, Winston retired rich. Only Ray Stantz is left in charge, and he's a terrible business man.
In an effort to bring back business, an obsessed team whose station has been shut down attempts to summon a minor ghost… Mistake. Gozer.
It's up to our hero team to stop the bad team, reunite the fractured franchises, and save our dimension from a very pissed off demigod.
It's all very meta (creatively bankrupt Ghostbusters, no one wants the new team, the bad team are slick Michael Bay-versions of the GBs)…
…But you keep the action, comedy, and emotion sincere. Witty, bluecollar guys who are the last people you'd want saving the world.
And I think the teams would be by modern-comedy clique; a Parks/Rec team, a Rogen/Franco team, a Kroll/Key/Peele team…
I don't know. I've thought a lot about Ghostbusters 3. But I'm kind of close on the Akroyd/Ramis side of things so it always felt weird.
So happy to see this got some people pumped, unsurprised by the usual weird amount of hate. That's enough from me about this, I think.
Now, some of you are probably thinking, “Why the hell are you posting this?” Well, it’s not every day an actual Hollywood screenwriter lays out such a well-thought out idea for a film in a public forum. If they do, it’s not for a film that’s so widely discussed, and it’s not an idea that both builds on and expands the franchise in a way that’s essential to making Ghostbusters 3 work after 30-plus years. This sounds like a Ghostbusters 3 I genuinely want to see, and that’s saying a lot.
As for the actual film, if we do ever get to see it, it’ll most likely be the script written by some combination of Etan Cohen, Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, possibly with a few other cooks in the kitchen, and may well have some of the elements Landis discussed above. We won’t know until Sony finally greenlights the film, which could be tomorrow or in 10 years.
What do you think about Max Landis’ Ghostbusters 3 story?
If GB3 EVER happens, and thats a BIG if. My guess is that the returning cast from the original films will BE as follows:
Dan Aykroyd YES
Ernie Hudson MAAAYBE
Bill Murray NO
Sigourney Weaver NO
Rick Moranis NO
Annie Potts NO
David Margulies NO
William Atherton NO
Peter MacNicol NO
Kurt Fuller NO
Slimer YES
Sony would be stupid not to give Landis a shot now...This pitch sounds incredible...Legitimately. I want it to happen so badly now.
I like it, somehow Anchorman came to mind with rivaling news team. But he should go pitch it to the Sony first. Now that it's out in the open, the story already a little spoiled.
Sounds like it would make a decent flick, granted a bit out of tone for the Ghostbusters franchise to go that meta. I understand Landis wanting to back away from the project.
Sony would be stupid not to give Landis a shot now...This pitch sounds incredible...Legitimately. I want it to happen so badly now.
It actually does sound somewhat good. Very similar to what I imagined would happen with the exception instead of Ray running the Gb they had all retired and Ray was running a university.
The slimer thing i had never thought of that that's nice inclusion. Global thing in not to fond of but it is what it is.
Paul Feig to direct Ghostbusters III? + Reboot to focus on female Ghostbusters?
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The Hollywood Reporter reports, director Paul Feig ("Bridesmaids," "The Heat") is considering taking on Ghostbusters 3. They caution that "no formal negotiations" have taken place between Feig and Sony Pictures but there appears to be interest from both parties. In fact, their sources went as far as saying Feig is Sony's "first choice."
Update! "Sources say the film will be a reboot focusing on female Ghostbusters." - THR
I actually want them to go ahead with this, so we can stop having all these rumors and "oh it seems to be happening". Who knows, maybe it'll be decent. I'm willing to give it a chance.
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Originally Posted by iank
Of course it will. Because EVERYTHING has to focus on women these days.
Yeah, not like everything has mostly focused on men for most of history, in most cultures.
Yeah, not like everything has mostly focused on men for most of history, in most cultures.
I'd say it depends on the culture in question. Either way, I do think taking it to the opposite extreme is irrational and unhealthy. We've become far too obsessed these days, with one gender dominating the other across the board. Why can't we just accept our inherent and obvious differences, instead of letting jealousy win all the time?
Why reboot? You can still make it part of the original continuity. Call it Ghostbusters: The Next Generation or something like that with an all female cast. Maybe Winston or Ray can be their boss, or the hunky male lead can be Oscar.
Why reboot? You can still make it part of the original continuity. Call it Ghostbusters: The Next Generation or something like that with an all female cast. Maybe Winston or Ray can be their boss, or the hunky male lead can be Oscar.
I highly doubt Aykroyd or Murray would want to be involved now, but maybe Ernie Hudson...can't say for sure.
Bill Murray Has Casting Suggestions for the All-Female ‘Ghostbusters’ Reboot
The idea of an all-female Ghostbusters 3 attracted both enthusiastic supporters and vehement detractors, but you can count Bill Murray in the former camp. “I would go to that movie,” the former Dr. Peter Venkman told press at TIFF this weekend.
In fact, not only is he into the idea, he also has some ideas about whom he’d like to cast. And yes, of course rumored director Paul Feig‘s favorite muse Melissa McCarthy is one of them. Hit the jump to find out who the others are — and why he digs the idea so much in the first place.
Speaking to Access Hollywood’s Scott Mantz (via Schmoes Know), Murray sounded delighted at the thought of a female Ghostbusters.
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It sounds great to me. It sounds as good an idea as any other! There are a lot of women that could scare off any kind of vapor! No, it’s a grand idea, I don’t know who they’re talking about, but it’s a good idea, I would watch it! I mean, I love Robert Palmer’s videos, so why wouldn’t I love the female Ghostbusters?
Murray even reiterated his stance in a separate chat with the Toronto Star. ”I would go to that movie, and they’d probably have better outfits, too,” he told the paper.
While no stars have been announced at this point, Murray had a few suggestions of his own. “Melissa would be a spectacular Ghostbuster. And Kristen Wiig is so funny — God, she’s funny!” he offered. “I like this girl Linda Cardellini a lot. And Emma Stone is funny. There are some funny girls out there.”
It’s no wonder Murray should support McCarthy for Ghostbusters 3, considering he was at TIFF to promote a film they’d starred in together — the dramedy St. Vincent. Besides, given how frequently she and Feig work together, she just seems like an obvious choice for a Feig-directed female Ghostbusters reboot.
For her part, McCarthy seems into the idea. “Oh, my God, that’s daunting,” she said of the prospect. “That’s taking on a legend, a legendary movie. But I would do anything with those ladies, anything at all.” However, it’s just wishful thinking at this point, as McCarthy also added that “nobody has talked to me about it.”
At least that’s more enthusiasm than Murray has managed to muster for the project. Murray has steadfastly refused to reprise his role for the film, and in a separate TIFF interview producer Ivan Reitman admitted that Murray probably wouldn’t be involved in the latest incarnation of the project, either.
“Every once in a while [Murray] would say, ‘it would be kind of nice to do another one if only I find a script that was good enough’, but in his brain and his heart, I don’t think it’s really there,” Reitman said.
I'd say it depends on the culture in question. Either way, I do think taking it to the opposite extreme is irrational and unhealthy. We've become far too obsessed these days, with one gender dominating the other across the board. Why can't we just accept our inherent and obvious differences, instead of letting jealousy win all the time?
Man, peoples bizarre reasoning as to why an all female Ghostbusters is a negative thing is really messed up.
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