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New Ghostbusters Games Coming Next Year

by Jeff Giles | November 15, 2007

Summary

It won't be in the form of the sequel that Dan Aykroyd has been trying to get off the ground all these years, but Ghostbusters is making a comeback. Back to Article

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JUDGE DREDD writes:
on Nov 15 2007 05:13 AM

Looking forward to the Games, But Im still praying for a live action movie! If they can all get together to do voiceovers why not go one step further and bust out them proton packs?

Ghostbusters 1 & 2 are legendary, and a Ghostbusters 3, IF they stick to the right formula could be awsome.

Fingers crossed this will happen.

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tankedsuperman writes:
on Nov 15 2007 05:57 AM

amen bat fink. get on the ball Bill Murray!!

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bethehero7404 writes:
on Nov 15 2007 05:58 AM

I loved the first two films. Ghostbusters was my first drive-in movie ever and I will always remember how scared I was with Vigo in the second one. Ghostbusters 3 will not happen because of Bill Murray. He will only agree to it if it is all voice overs and computer generated like his "wildly successful Garfield movies" (note sarcastic comment). If this is a way for the gang to get back together, then so be it. I just often wonder how this franchise would have turned out if John Belushi would not have died and taken the role that Bill Murray had accepted all those year ago.

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bethehero7404 writes:
on Nov 15 2007 06:00 AM

Did Rick Moranis have something better to do? Why isn't he in the game?

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Elixor writes:
on Nov 15 2007 06:17 AM

I'd love to see Akroyd and Ramis to take a stab at Ghostbusters 3. With Ernie Hudson involved, Murray would be the only Ghostbuster missing, and they should be able to lure him into it somehow. It would be cool to have Sigourney Weaver reprise her role also. I love Rick Moranis, but I don't think he'd have to be involved. I too wonder why Moranis isn't involved in the voicework for the game. It doesn't seem like he's been up to much except voicework anyways.

As far as the game itself, I'll wait and see what they do with it. Could just as easily be great or crap.

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Gimy writes:
on Nov 15 2007 06:28 AM

i don't want another live action Ghostbusters...Murray isn't that funny anymore and seeing these guys old and...fighting ghosts? doesn't sound good. i would hop on board a CGI movie though. i could see that working.

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Astr0creep writes:
on Nov 15 2007 07:12 AM

About a year ago there was a short video of footage from a GHOSTBUSTERS video game that was going around. It was only a sort of demo to pitch the project but it looked absolutely amazing.

If this is what's coming up I'm really looking forward to it.

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xenogears writes:
on Nov 15 2007 07:20 AM

I ain't afraid of no ghost!

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Shatter24 writes:
on Nov 15 2007 07:53 AM

I would like to see a Ghostbusters film pass the protonpacks onto a new generation. Perhaps their sons or something. All the original Ghostbusters then wouldn't have to be in it, and you could bring new talent on board like Chris Rock and Kevin James. Make it like a Star Trek Generations, bridging the gap film. You could then set the original cast to bed (all those who want to participate), and if its wildly successful, have the new cast carry on the tradition.

MAKE IT HAPPEN HOLLYWOOD!

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Warheart1188 writes:
on Nov 15 2007 08:03 AM

I've been waiting for this since I was a kid when I saw GB 1

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Hamboner writes:
on Nov 15 2007 08:46 AM

Harold Ramis weighs about 270 pounds. I'm not saying a script can't address it and perhaps utilize that for comedy and some good quips... but damn... Egon cannot bemorbidly obese. He is a scientist.

Maybe they should have Wes Anderson direct it so that Bill Murray can look disaffected and miserable the whole time. Mix with a sweet pay check and Dr. Venkman may actually physically show up to play a role.

Why am I even saying this? They don't need more Ghostbusters movies, and if they make them they should just recast everything. The "old magic" is dead and none of these
men are funny or energetic anymore. The cast didn't even want to make the second one.

In a remake, Dave Chappelle = Winston Zedmore. HAH. "I'm bustin ghosts bitches! HAve some pancakes!"

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Ultimale069 writes:
on Nov 15 2007 09:02 AM

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Ghostbusters and Dave Chappelle would be hilarious. They'd have my money secured. guaranteed blockbuster.

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Eldorado writes:
on Nov 15 2007 09:44 AM

Shatter24, that is probably the worst idea for this franchise I've ever heard!

You want a 'son of ....' treatment that has ruined so many others?

And Chris Rock?? I've heard enough black man jokes..

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Xavier Telouran writes:
on Nov 15 2007 09:46 AM

Now THIS is a comeback I can get behind. Not the remakes, the games. I think if you actually WATCH what the guys have done the past few years, they're still pretty sharp comedy-wise. Just watch Ramis in Knocked Up and tell me you don't want to see him again.

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blank blank writes:
on Nov 15 2007 10:29 AM

im all for anothter ghostbusters... but why is this a big deal, its just a game... big whoop

they nshould make an r rated ghostbusters remake with new people. vince vsughn bill hader dave chappelle and i dont know, steve carrell? owen wilson? get a funny cast and make it not kid friendly, and it would be awesome. get ramis to direct if you want

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High School With Money writes:
on Nov 15 2007 11:14 AM

[b]Looks like the studios just found a way around the writers' strike![/b]

Now THAT is spooky. Think that the WGA will issue proton accelerator packs?

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JUDGE DREDD writes:
on Nov 15 2007 11:56 AM

Shatter24 .... Bad idea! A son of ghostbusters is bad, and is a cop-out. "Dont cross the streams man"!

People bitching about the cast being too old, and unfunny, and talk of having them replaced by ANYONE, is a crime to movie making!

The script has to be funny, not the actors. Dry wit! is what Ghostbusters is about. And OLD TUBBY Ghostbusters, well that sounds like a comedy set up right there! In a way, this could almost work out to be the best one. Dont forget, Ghostbusters is about COMEDY not fx and youth.

Seeing 4, overweight, 50 somethings trying to squeeze out of Ecto-1, sounds hilarious, bring it on!

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Dane Cook is NOT Funny writes:
on Nov 15 2007 12:18 PM

I'd love to see another one if it was going to have that same magic. But they are all too old now. Maybe do a new generation or something? With all the other crap Hollywood does wiht remakes and sequals, it can;t be any worse than Dukes of Hazzard, right? I don't know, probably best to leave it alone.

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moviemonkey2 writes:
on Nov 15 2007 01:05 PM

Dude! A good Ghostbusters game that pays homage to the originals with the original cast, considering the new techniques, graphics, and console capabilities, sounds like the best thing ever!!!

I just wanna run around in 3D with my proton pack blasting the hell out of dining halls trying to trap a Slimer.

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lestatthevampire writes:
on Nov 15 2007 01:23 PM

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Hamboner: Dave Chappelle as Winston Zedmore? Pal, you crossed the streams on that one...

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tankedsuperman writes:
on Nov 15 2007 01:48 PM

ben stiller, owen wilson, kevin james, dave chappelle. there, now make a damn ghostbusters movie!

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rle4lunch writes:
on Nov 15 2007 02:54 PM

I dunno, I think that the 'son of' approach would be bad all around. Besides, each and every one of them would've had to get married directly after GB 2 and pop out a kid for that idea to even be feasible. Further, it would just not be the same without Bill Murray. Yes, he's been a primadonna for the last decade, crying foul at everything, BUT, he was the glue that held the GB gang together. I could see the script involving other people coming in trying to replace them as ghostbusters and then really screwing something up bad enough that the original GB's have to come out of retirement, unwillingly. That's a good enough set up right there.

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Mattmovies writes:
on Nov 15 2007 04:51 PM

Looks like 2008= 1989. An Indy film, a Batman film with the Joker, and apparently a Ghostbusters sequel (in a different format). Time is cyclical, and here's the proof.

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JUDGE DREDD writes:
on Nov 15 2007 05:25 PM

Shatter24 .... Bad idea! A son of ghostbusters is bad, and is a cop-out. "Dont cross the streams man"!

People bitching about the cast being too old, and unfunny, and talk of having them replaced by ANYONE, is a crime to movie making!

The script has to be funny, not the actors. Dry wit! is what Ghostbusters is about. And OLD TUBBY Ghostbusters, well that sounds like a comedy set up right there! In a way, this could almost work out to be the best one. Dont forget, Ghostbusters is about COMEDY not fx and youth.

Seeing 4, overweight, 50 somethings trying to squeeze out of Ecto-1, sounds hilarious, bring it on!

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killermonkey8822 writes:
on Nov 15 2007 06:36 PM

another ghostbusters sequel is maybe 10 years too late in my opinion..... and sorry to say, but the games are probably gonna suck miserbaly.

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Daniel Aaron writes:
on Nov 15 2007 06:41 PM

I usta play ghostbusters on the Commadore 64 it was a pretty darn good game had stay puff ativision did it i think if they do it it would be great in a first person shooter Halo or Half life look with a good story line mabey you can be a newbie with them and it would be good to set the feelers out for a film anyway the hearst and its siren in next gen graphics would be a fun drive slimer and new ghost and you would have to have Stay Puff and mabey start you ground level runing from his big feet then have to meet the boys in the tower to close the portal fighting ghost all the way up. :)

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LordVapor writes:
on Nov 15 2007 07:04 PM

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Yeah No doubt.....first two were so flipping awesome, and it seems like mr caddyshack is only one holding things up....he will wanna do a movie when its too late...and its almost that time... :(

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Ruckas356 writes:
on Nov 15 2007 07:16 PM

yeah bill murry needs to step up to the plate on a new ghostbuster movie.

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ATMfromChico writes:
on Nov 15 2007 09:25 PM

I think you could have some fun using the old cast in a GB3. Ramis is not the only one who has put on a few pounds. Take a look at Arkroyd these days. He's no slim jim. I say keep 'em fat. Hell give them miserable family lives and boring *** jobs and have some of the friction revolve around getting them out of retirement and doing something fun. Heck if you want, even put in a competitive company that took up their slack when they retired, that hate their guts when they put on the proton pack again.

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killermonkey8822 writes:
on Nov 15 2007 10:14 PM

seriously, bill murray does garfield voices but he won't do another ghostbusters movie? i just don't understand it.... he used to be a funny guy, now he's just weird.

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Oblivioncry writes:
on Nov 16 2007 04:48 AM

hell, the scarface game sucked really,
i soo hope the leave GB out of the game world but make a new film with a whole new comedian cast. Owen Wilson and Dave Chappele, but NO Adam Sandler or Ben Stiller

isnt there a new Ghost Buster Cartoon with a all new crew? i think i once saw it for the old films sake

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Ender7406 writes:
on Nov 16 2007 06:19 AM

Ghostbusters was legendary, and the second was forgivable, but a valid point has been raised: Do we really want 60 year-old guys running around with proton packs, saving New York from the paranormal? Grumpy Old Men jokes aside, I can't see myself sitting in a theater enjoying Bill Murray and Harold Ramis trade one-liners and getting soaked in ectoplasm after I've seen Murray in The Life Aquatic and Broken Flowers. He's an old(er) man now. Ramis is... Well, let's just say Time caught up with Ramis and it was hefting a Louisville Slugger when it did. Moranis has been nowhere near film for the longest time, and Dan Aykroyd is MIA as well. At this point, a Ghostbusters trilogy is just unrealistic. The whole "Son Of" idea actually isn't as terrible as everyone's touting it to be, so long as the members of the team are NOT the actual sons of the originals. Make Ghostbusters Inc. like a corporation, bring in new blood, have new hires, make the business advance. I am totally not against having a new Ghostbusters film, but I would have to say anything more than a cameo from the original players would likely be a disappointment.

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Oblivioncry writes:
on Nov 16 2007 08:47 AM

i agree with ender, it doesnt has to be remake. the original bunch can have more screentime then just cameos but a whole new crew wont be so bad, i think they can deliver a modern one-liner.

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aka_nympho writes:
on Nov 16 2007 11:34 AM

In reply to this comment (#1277675)
Another Honey I Shrunk the Kids probably hahaha

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Shatter24 writes:
on Nov 16 2007 12:40 PM

Looks like there would be enough interest for a Ghostbusters 3. Look at all the posts. And a re-make would be completely wrong for the series, just keep it going with a newer younger cast and have the older guys show up in it. I'm glad I could get you all talking.

LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN HOLLYWOOD. If you can get Indy, Rocky, and Rambo out of retirement, we can do it for Ray, Winston, Venkman, and Egon.

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elsmallo writes:
on Nov 16 2007 04:57 PM

'Unless Bobby Brown is on the soundtrack, we aren't interested'.

Now, I know Bobby Brown was responsible for the hook in the second film, but, as any fule should kno, Ray Parker junior wrote the original and best Ghostbusters song.

As for the comments so far, IMHO a new crew would piss off too many fans for whom the enjoyment in watching these 25 year old plus films of our youth comes from the familiarity- knowing the characters and the humour down to a tee. Watching Ghostbusters these days I sometimes imagine myself in the position of showing it to a son or daughter, and remember all the Westerns and war movies I dutifully sat through as a kid. I love Ghostbusters, but so much has been done on celluloid since then that I wonder whether it would be worth the genuine risk of ruining it to try and update the franchise for a new generation. I mean, busting ghosts? It's not exactly Pirates of the Carribbean.

Having said that, this game idea is proof that someone out there reckons there's a big enough target audience worth making some money out of. I'll certainly buy it, even if it gets awful reviews.
Bill Murray's reluctance to come back to the film franchise is both understandable and frustrating- on the one hand you can see even in parts of the first film that he's not that keen (he took on the part primarily to finance a side project), but on the other hand it remains his defining role- perhaps it's unfair but I look at Lost in Translation and see Bob Harris as an ageing Peter Venkman. Dan Ackroyd meanwhile has never really moved on- but then he's a bona fide paranormal nutjob.
But there are so many hurdles in the way of another sequel- not least as oft pointed out that the original Ghostbusters are now in their late fifties and looking it. This might have potential comic value, but for who? For the poor blokes involved who ain't what they used to be? For the fans, who aren't either?
Plus its no longer the 80's, and I associate Ghostbusters with the 80's so strongly that I can't picture them in a modern setting. Remember the song sequence n the middle of the first movie where they montage all the magazines and news reports with the Ghostbusters in them? It just evokes 1980's celebratory capitalism. Think of William Atherton as the creep from the environmental protection agency- a joke in 1984, but the reality in 2007.
Because of this, I think that this game idea is probably the best we can, and should, hope for. Fingers crossed!

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moldyspore writes:
on Nov 18 2007 02:06 AM

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Well the footage shows scenes that take place in the first movie, as well as the second (court room scene). So I'm wondering if you will get to play through the first 2 movies events before entering a whole new script's worth of gameplay. THAT would be the way to do it. I have a looming feeling that the studio will make them split it up into 3 separate games to capitalize on multiple releases. But it'd be sweet if you could just play straight from from the first movie to the end of the new story being developed.

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LukeSwatch2 writes:
on Nov 19 2007 11:48 AM

I hope Bobby Brown makes an appearance in this game as an alternate Ghost Buster with the option of firing a photon beams at Whitney Houston. Not to hurt her. Just to let her know "what's up". You guys feel me? Oh - and I think Country Music Award Winner Rick Moranis should do some vocal work as well. *Yeah - I said it. Look it up if you don't believe me."

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VibTDog writes:
on Nov 19 2007 09:58 PM

The only Ghostbusters games I'll ever play were for the Sega Master System, and Sega Genesis.

I too equate the Ghostbusters movies with the 80's. The original is legendary, no doubt. Watching them now brings back a lot of good memories, but I believe a 3rd one will only feed into the whole 80's nostalgia faze that Hollywood is suffering from.

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