How long before we see a Ghostbusters reboot?

[88keys]

You know it's coming...

Let's just hope that Michael Bay is not involved.

 

[Printer Bandit]

forget the original cast.

we need new blood.

 

[techs]

Peter Jackson may turn it into a trilogy.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Peter Jackson may turn it into a trilogy.

And that's just the FIRST movie!

 

[mmntech]

There's been talk for ages of a Ghostbusters 3, but with Harold Ramis gone, that's highly unlikely. It's pretty much accepted that the video game that came out a few years back is the third movie.

As for a remake or reboot, I don't think it will ever happen. You don't see a lot of comedies get remade, and when you do, they traditionally perform poorly.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Maybe Ramis dying will make a full reboot happen. Murray was always a sticking point on Ghostbusters #3 and nothing ever got done because they kept trying to get him interested and he never did. Now with no chance of re-uniting the original trio it could move in a new direction.

 

[TheSlamma]

Leave it alone. GB was one of the best movies ever created. If you can't laugh at lines like

"You've never worked in the private sector.. they expect results" then it's lobotomy time.

 

[Hugo Drax]

Lots of CGI, product placement, quick cuts and shaky cam for the new ADD generation. lots of music rotation to sell new singles. Oh and lots lame slapstick jokes. Adam Sandler as the main character.

I can see big profits on a. Remake.

 

[techs]

Lots of CGI, product placement, quick cuts and shaky cam for the new ADD generation. lots of music rotation to sell new singles. Oh and lots lame slapstick jokes. Adam Sandler as the main character.

I can see big profits on a. Remake.

Jar Jar Abrams can add much needed lens flare.

 

[brainhulk]

Lots of CGI, product placement, quick cuts and shaky cam for the new ADD generation. lots of music rotation to sell new singles. Oh and lots lame slapstick jokes. Adam Sandler as the main character.

I can see big profits on a. Remake.

With Jayden Smith trying to make a rap video

 

[brainhulk]

No Ramis, No Bill Murray? Not interested

 

[techs]

Sometimes a movie just comes together. The writing, the actors, the plot. Ghostbusters was one of those movies. To try and recapture that magic is almost always impossible.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Lots of CGI, product placement, quick cuts and shaky cam for the new ADD generation. lots of music rotation to sell new singles. Oh and lots lame slapstick jokes. Adam Sandler as the main character.

I can see big profits on a. Remake.

That's why most certainly some sort of GB project will be done. Even if it's a complete turd it'll make $100 million profit on name recognition alone.

 

[TheSlamma]

Sometimes a movie just comes together. The writing, the actors, the plot. Ghostbusters was one of those movies. To try and recapture that magic is almost always impossible.

There should be a list made of all the movies that should never be redone. It would be nice to educate Hollywood on the definition of the word "timeless" GB is one of those movies. Can't come up with anything original? then back to the writers guild.

It's nice to see when movies like Conan and The Day the Earth Stood Still fall on their face and end up in the shithouse. I'm sure the Mad Max remake will do the same also.


I never understood trying to remake successful classics anyway, why not remake movies that maybe you can tell had a good story behind it but nothing else fell into place like the right actors or a poor director handled it? Those AvP movies were yet another disgrace to that franchise, all they had to do was follow the Dark Horse comic book line and they would have had a great story. Inception is basically a remake of that rag Dreamscape movie so it CAN be done. Remake stuff like that that NEEDS to be given justice. Remaking successful classics just leaves you in a situation where it's almost impossible to be successful as the bar is already risen, and we basically never see it work out.

 

[manimal]

A totally serious reboot starring Shia lebouf as egon and Seth rogan as the sta puft marshmellow man could work.

Rick moranis's character should be played by Brian Kranston

I am the demented keymaster!

 

[techs]

Funny, I was also thinking of Conan. Despite Jason Momoa's great physique he looked like a pale comparison to Arnie. And Arnie's physique was in many ways was the star of the movies.

 

[PastTense]

Harold Remis did an interview 4 years ago about doing Ghostbusters 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp95Y0jlWYA

 

[mmntech]

I never understood trying to remake successful classics anyway

Pretty much all marketing. In today's Hollywood, most of the creative decisions on big budget movies are made by people in suits. They like things with broad appeal and familiarity because they're low risk investments. Of course this can and does backfire. Take the remake of Caddyshack a few years ago, where they attempted to make the film appeal to a black audience. There's been a few other 80s comedy remakes but none have performed stellar at the box office.

 

[gorcorps]

Sometimes a movie just comes together. The writing, the actors, the plot. Ghostbusters was one of those movies. To try and recapture that magic is almost always impossible.

Agreed

Doesn't mean they won't try though, and I'm sure it'll happen. It'll most assuredly be terrible too

 

[88keys]

Sometimes a movie just comes together. The writing, the actors, the plot. Ghostbusters was one of those movies. To try and recapture that magic is almost always impossible.

It would be tough to reboot Ghostbusters in so many ways.

They would obviously need younger faces, but finding the right actors would be tough. Ghostbusters was just a perfect blend of dry humor with absurd plots that would be difficult to pull off with current actors and today's style of comedy.

 

[Ichinisan]

forget the original cast.

we need new blood.

Who can replace Bill Murray?

 

[zerocool84]

Pretty much all marketing. In today's Hollywood, most of the creative decisions on big budget movies are made by people in suits. They like things with broad appeal and familiarity because they're low risk investments. Of course this can and does backfire. Take the remake of Caddyshack a few years ago, where they attempted to make the film appeal to a black audience. There's been a few other 80s comedy remakes but none have performed stellar at the box office.

Lol that was NOT a remake of Caddyshack at all, that was some dumb people making a horrible movie. It was not meant to be a remake at all.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Who can replace Bill Murray?

Probably a few who could. Bill Burr perhaps?

Obviously with new talent comes a bit different humor.

 

[It's Not Lupus]

It will happen some time because Hollywood loves doing reboots and remakes.