Harold Ramis chats about Ghost Busters 3

There is a Making of Featurette with Harold Ramis chatting on for a little over 6 minutes about Ghost Busters 3 and what we can expect.

He is looking forward to a first draft and should this hold enough potential, he will be off and running with the continued franchise.

CinemaBlend quotes Ramis on the idea of doing this “just for the paycheque”

You could reap the reward, we could do anything, and we’d all make some money probably. But no one wants to do that. We don’t need the work, we don’t need to do it. The public, if they only had two Ghostbusters, we’d all be fine. But if we’re gonna do it, it’s impossible to say we want to be better than the first one, but who knows?”

So it sounds more to me that this isn’t a done deal, but it is certainly on the radar. The ball is rolling, but will it get to the end of its path?

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9 thoughts on “Harold Ramis chats about Ghost Busters 3

  1. the passing of the torch is the only smart way to do this. all of these guys are WAY too old to be doing another ghostbuster movie. a ghostbusters academy would be good, but id like to some kids stumble upon the packs in the grandfathers attic(the grandpa being harold ramis or another ghostbuster) and then from there having to save the day.

    1. I agree that passing the torch is the best way to go, but there is no way in hell it would work as “finding the proton packs in the attic” and have a bunch of Kids take over.

      A group of 30 somethings recruited to take over so the guys can retire can work, but not KIDS!!

  2. @Grave – the Ghostbusters in Hell story was used for the Ghostbusters video game… It was a good idea, but either way, I am looking forward to what I thought was being called Ghostbusters Academy for the third movie… I usually don’t like passing of the torch stuff, but If Ramis sticks with what he is saying and they get a great script yet still simple in the effects department, there is a lot of potential… I enjoyed the second movie a lot, but it doesn’t compare to the first, so hopefully a third will make it up…

  3. I want Ghostbusters in Hell! They screwed me out of that dream with the game and if they did a 3rd movie I think it would be awsome. However, I fine also with them not doing a 3rd film as well. Not every movie franchise should be a trilogy.

  4. I agree with his point about Year One’s trailer being like a breath of fresh air, but it’s too bad the movie was terrible.

    I wonder to what degree they WILL use CG in GB3. At the very least they can render better dark sky and cloud effects than the last two movies. The character effects were great and hold up to this day. Just a lot of the superimposed matte paintings etc. aren’t looking so good these days.

  5. I really am looking forward to a third Ghostbusters, but like you said the second was dissappointing and pretty much relied on the special effects. I would like for them to use the special effects of today’s standard as long as they have good story to go along w/ it.

  6. I’m encouraged by what he said about special effects. I am by no means an anti-CGI guy but there’s no doubt that the ghosts as achieved practially in Ghostbusters are just more impressive, effective, and creepy than what you could do with computers.

    I still don’t know how they pulled off the Scoleri brothers from Ghostbusters II.

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