Bill Murray Signs On For Two More Ghostbusters

[dbalschi]

For this franchise and BTTF, I would love to see an animated flick like the CGI Turtles movie. The videogame was magnificant. I don't think anyone would mind a live action movie with the same graphics, and the original voices, like the game.

I agree with Mic though. Venkman's absence could be done in an entertaining and meaningful way.

The idea a friend and I tossed around as a "fun imagining" was the following:

GB3: Hell gets so full that it begins overflowing, and as a result, an interdementional tear occurs in the center of Manhattan . After taking readings of the tear, Egon discovers that he can use the information to make a machine that can create a portal leading to the ethereal plane. This way, they no longer need to contain ghosts, but instead send them to the other side.

During a struggle, Venkman get's sucked into the portal. A little while later, he comes back as a ghost, says his goodbyes, and the GBs trap him and send him across after a sad farewell. At the end of the movie, when the GBs figure out how to close the rift, Venkman gets spit out and is alive, as it was not his time yet.

During the 1990s, Aykroyd wrote a script for a potential third film in the series. The concept reportedly had the characters transported to an alternate version of Manhattan called Manhellton, where the people and places are hellish versions of their originals and they meet the devil.

 

[sirbrad]

Like I said you don't even know if this source is legit yet believe it, but don't believe the original "rumor". Makes zero sense. Why can't you have a talent an CGI combined? You CAN, there is no limits today what can be done. Not like back in the 80's. Saying this will bea "turd" is just an assumption. Sequels rarely live up to the originals. You already have a pre-determined mindset that the movie is going to suck before it even made, which is just silly. I find it amusing that anyone would even care that a sequel is made, and that it somehow impacts the previous movies. If you believe that then that is your decision, but may want to get out more. I see for Bill for what he is and just call it as I and many others see it. But any actor/comedian will always have diehard fanboys who think they can do no wrong. I don't care if it sucks or if it great, I would just like to see it tried without making assumptions.

 

[benhs1898]

Like I said you don't even know if this source is legit yet believe it, but don't believe the original "rumor". Makes zero sense. Why can't you have a talent an CGI combined? You CAN, there is no limits today what can be done. Not like back in the 80's. Saying this will bea "turd" is just an assumption. Sequels rarely live up to the originals. You already have a pre-determined mindset that the movie is going to suck before it even made, which is just silly. I find it amusing that anyone would even care that a sequel is made, and that it somehow impacts the previous movies. If you believe that then that is your decision, but may want to get out more. I see for Bill for what he is and just call it as I and many others see it. But any actor/comedian will always have diehard fanboys who think they can do no wrong. I don't care if it sucks or if it great, I would just like to see it tried without making assumptions.

You still don't know what your talking about. Just because you can talk doesn't mean you know what you're saying. That goes double for your comments on Mr. Murray. Have fun waiting for unnecessary sequels to beloved 80's movies though.

 

[sirbrad]

No, you don't know what "you're" talking about. I am not talking I am typing. I will have fun waiting for 80's sequels, about as much fun as you will have bashing them before they even exist.

 

[Solo4114]

Not so, say the person I know who knows him personally. I think my connection trumps your conjecture. So let's just put that little thought process to bed.



The CGI is the problem. With unlimited possibilities there is no genius required. Okay, there is the ghost of a woman who died on the Titanic who conjures up the Titanic and it crashes into the Crysler building, causing a gaping hole to spill out strawberry jam that is eaten by Hobbits that look like Tony Clifton and have rocket packs. See, no creativity involved just random nonsense. If you don't have to think yourself out of a real or perceived hole, you're not being a genius.

Genius isn't creating something out of something, it's creating something out of nothing, and I think Bill is smartly trying to impose some limits (Which have most likely abandoned the writers in their desire to use every bell and whistle the studio can afford) in order to help make that happen, to help make a well-thought-out script that will make new AND old fans happy.

At this point in his career, he's not hard up for money, so if he says no, it's probably not a very good script. I'd take his word for it.

Moving on...

-Nick

I sincerely hope that's true. My sense is that Bill Murray is not a jerk, he just isn't what people expect. They expect fun, happy-go-lucky Bill that they saw in 80s movies, or go up to him and say "Hey, do that bit from Caddyshack. I LOVE that movie!" I can understand why you might come across a bit prickly if you got those kinds of requests and such.

Meanwhile, he's also doing serious stuff, and not doing badly at it. I saw him in The Limits of Control, and it was an interesting turn. But, for me, he came across exactly how he should have, so I was impressed with his range (even if the film is pretty surreal).

But let's also not forget that this is the same guy who appeared in Zombieland -- uncredited -- just a few years ago. It's not like he doesn't have a sense of humor, and it's not like he won't do quirky fun projects.


If he's puttin' the kibosh on this because of a crappy script, I'm all for it. God knows there's no shortage of garbage films being made and glossed over with CGI and a multimillion dollar marketing campaign. I don't know about anyone else, but I can do without Ghostbusters going through that.





Folks, if you want to see an update to Ghostbusters, check out Evolution. Directed by Ivan Reitman, no less. Lots and lots of CGI and kewl F/X, but a pretty "meh" movie. Now take that movie, stick the GB principals in it, and slap the GB veneer overtop. That is, at best, what I think we could expect from a project that Murray doesn't get involved with. And chances are it'd be a lot worse.

 

[benhs1898]

No, you don't know what "you're" talking about. I am not talking I am typing. I will have fun waiting for 80's sequels, about as much fun as you will have bashing them before they even exist.

You're saying I am wrong because you are, in fact, typing not talking? :lol

 

[micdavis]

Who knows how anyone really "is"? That's just a ridiculous argument from the get go, unless you really do hang out with someone a lot.

My problem is that Murray is not the comic genius everyone seems to think.

Here is the last DECADE from Mr Murray.

ANYTHING really jumping out? That isn't just a personal choice. What here was BIG? Not some thing that was equally hated as liked.

2010 Passion Play
Happy Shannon

2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox
Badger (voice)

2009 Get Low
Frank Quinn

2009 Ghost Busters (Video Game)
Dr. Peter Venkman (voice)

2009 The Limits of Control
American

2008 Backdrop NYC (TV series)
– The F Word (2008)

2008 City of Ember
Mayor Cole

2008 Get Smart
Agent 13

2007 The Darjeeling Limited
The Businessman

2006 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Garfield (voice)

2005 The Lost City
The Writer

2005 Broken Flowers
Don Johnston

2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Steve Zissou

2004 Garfield
Garfield (voice)

2003 Coffee and Cigarettes
Bill Murray (segment "Delirium")

2003 Lost in Translation
Bob Harris

2001 Speaking of Sex
Ezri Stovall

2001 The Royal Tenenbaums
Raleigh St. Clair

2001 Osmosis Jones
Frank Detorre

2000 Charlie's Angels
John Bosley

So come on Bill. Put up or shut up.

 

[CB2001]

Who knows how anyone really "is"? That's just a ridiculous argument from the get go, unless you really do hang out with someone a lot.

My problem is that Murray is not the comic genius everyone seems to think.

Here is the last DECADE from Mr Murray.

ANYTHING really jumping out. That isn't just a personal choice. What here was BIG. Not some thing that was equally hated as liked.

2010 Passion Play
Happy Shannon

2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox
Badger (voice)

2009 Get Low
Frank Quinn

2009 Ghost Busters (Video Game)
Dr. Peter Venkman (voice)

2009 The Limits of Control
American

2008 Backdrop NYC (TV series)
– The F Word (2008)

2008 City of Ember
Mayor Cole

2008 Get Smart
Agent 13

2007 The Darjeeling Limited
The Businessman

2006 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Garfield (voice)

2005 The Lost City
The Writer

2005 Broken Flowers
Don Johnston

2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Steve Zissou

2004 Garfield
Garfield (voice)

2003 Coffee and Cigarettes
Bill Murray (segment "Delirium")

2003 Lost in Translation
Bob Harris

2001 Speaking of Sex
Ezri Stovall

2001 The Royal Tenenbaums
Raleigh St. Clair

2001 Osmosis Jones
Frank Detorre

2000 Charlie's Angels
John Bosley

So come on Bill. Put up or shut up.

You forgot to include his role of Polonius in Hamlet (2000).

 

[micdavis]

One more nail in the coffin.

"Dying is easy, Comedy is hard."

 

[benhs1898]

Quantity ≠ quality. If you can say you watched all of them, you have a valid argument. If you haven't, you have no room to be critical. I would take a Lost in Translation, Life Aquatic, and Zombieland cameo over a lame GB update.

 

[micdavis]

I wouldn't because Lost and Life are just not that good to me.

With two exceptions I have seen that whole list.

I own 3000 DVDs, 374 Laserdisc and an endless stack of other media going back to real FILM.

So please no more lectures on whether or who might be talking out of their ass.

Everyone gets to have their opinion here (in theory anyway).

 

[benhs1898]

I wouldn't because Lost and Life are just not that good to me.

With two exceptions I have seen that whole list.

I own 3000 DVDs, 374 Laserdisc and an endless stack of other media going back to real FILM.

So please no more lectures on whether or who might be talking out of their ass.

Everyone gets to have their opinion here (in theory anyway).

An aspersion is not an opinion.

Let me rephrase. An aspersion is not simply an opinion.

 

[Funky]

I own 3000 DVDs, 374 Laserdisc and an endless stack of other media going back to real FILM.

Woop-dee-do. So you own a bunch of movies. Big deal. So do I. Just because you own a bunch of movies does not make your opinion any more or any less valid. :rolleyes

 

[micdavis]

You really don't think watching a wider variety and larger quantity of movies doesn't make an opinion more valid than someone that hasn't?

I guess if you never learn from anything I can see where that might happen.

My, as well as anyones, opinion really mean NOTHING in the big picture.

I just think Murray is over rated and doesn't rate the clout he seems to be getting with this GB thing. He must own a piece of it.

Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford and George Lucas all work on Indy 4.

If that doesn't "guarantee" a good movie.

How does Murray's gurantee GB success?

It doesn't.

So move on and make the movie.

 

[benhs1898]

You really don't think watching a wider variety and larger quantity of movies doesn't make an opinion more valid than someone that hasn't?

I guess if you never learn from anything I can see where that might happen.

If this is true, then I could pull the snarky foreign cinema argument out. I can drop names as well as anyone when it comes to obscure art cinema. I don't though, because I don't want to sound like a pompous ***. Who wants to see a d*** wagging contest in cinema knowledge? No one.

Who wants to hear "If you didn't love Tree of Life your opinion doesn't matter"? No one. Quantity ≠ quality. So lets not rely on invalid points to bolster our clout.

 

[MooCriket]

Good God man! That's a lotta movies Mic! Just curious, for those of you with so many films...just how often don you watch them? I just can't get into watching very many films more than once.

I do have some, maybe twenty go to films and some saved on my IPad for trips...but it's rare that I say to myself that life would not be worth living if I did not own a copy of most films.

 

[benhs1898]

Good God man! That's a lotta movies Mic! Just curious, for those of you with so many films...just how often don you watch them? I just can't get into watching very many films more than once.

I do have some, maybe twenty go to films and some saved on my IPad for trips...but it's rare that I say to myself that life would not be worth living if I did not own a copy of most films.

Haha, I use a lot of the for reference and cross-reference. Like a library. I'll pull one out to check out aspects of it to compare with aspects of another.

Every once in a while I'll purge my collection with a trip to movie stop to trade for things I'd rather own.

 

[darthgordon]

You forgot Zombieland...

 

[jlee562]

I for one thought Broken Flowers was good. But I'm a Jim Jarmusch fan.

 

[benhs1898]

I for one thought Broken Flowers was good. But I'm a Jim Jarmusch fan.

I thought it was good as well. The important part as well is not whether or not you LIKED it but whether or not Murray was good in it. Objectively speaking, if you're into analyzing performances, Murray is a great actor. He brings a sense of realism to all of his roles.