Jack Black as Venkman (The perfect swarthy actor for the part) Paul Rudd as Ray Stanz (The optimistic every man) Steve Carrell as Egon (The inhuman oddball) Dave Chapelle as Winston (the comic straight man along for the ride) Either Sarah Silverman (or Aubrey Plaza as mentioned above) as Janine Melnitz. (The cute deadpan chick) And in an odd switch, Aziz Ansari as Louis Tully (geeky on the border of annoying)
I really have no interest in a recast. Just set it 20+ years later and have it be a new team working under the surviving members of the old team. New franchise, old fans fine with it.
I can't think of any, but I did see this article a few days ago Here Are Bill Murray's Choices for an All-Female Ghostbusters Some interesting choices and a different approach to a Re-Boot?
Chris Pine as Venkman Zachary Quinto as Egon Anton Yelchin as Ray Zoe Saldana as Winifred Zeddemore Rachel Nichols as Janine. Benedict Cumberbatch as the villain.
Patrick McKenna, in full Harold Green mode, as Louis [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErdId1wu380[/yt]
I love that the comic's second team of Ghostbusters is, in a way, kind of like Murray's idea (maybe he reads the comic?) where it's majority female. It could work as a continuation rather than a reboot. Janine - leader, but like Winston, is the most pragmatic of the group (probably wouldn't fly because studios don't find Annie Potts marketable, but I'd love to see her with a proton pack) Kylie - from Extreme Ghostbusters and Ray's research assistant Agent Ortiz - FBI liaison, no-nonsense investigator Ron - the one guy on the team. He's quite brilliant but talks a big game, and is ultimately the least competent of the team Assemble a team along those lines, relegate Ray and Winston to the background, and it could potentially work.
Love the Franchise idea....that way you don't have to dump/forget the old characters...just new location Like the idea of an Asian as Venkman...but I think Ken Leung or Byron Mann could do the snark much better. If we need a white guy, Colin Ferguson of Eureka could make him charming Jack Black or Kevin James as Stantz (he can do that innocence /naievety tthat's needed) Jim Cavoziel (sp) Spengler -- someone who is intense about his work, and be ""emotionless" Or if that choice was too intense, Jim Parsons with glasses Aziz Ansari as Zeddmore -- he can do someone who's just there for the money, and could provide the freak out factor of someone who never really studied ghosts before Octavia Spencer for Janine
As for the Big Three, they could raid The Daily Show and just be done with it: Venkman: Steve Carell Egon: Stephen Colbert Stantz: Rob Corddry As for Zeddemore? No idea. Wayne Brady, maybe?
I could really do without seeing Wiig or McCarthy in this. . . or really anything for a while. A few of the other suggestions aren't bad though. It depends on what kind of a combo they're going for, the age range and the premise of the new setup (soft-sequel, reboot, whatever).
Well with an all-female cast, I'd suggest: Aisha Tyler Chelsea Peretti Linda Cardellini Amber Tamblyn Amy Poehler Tina Fey Amy Schumer Lauren Graham Wanda Sykes Rosario Dawson AND Nick Offerman as "Ron" Melnitz
If McCarthy ends up in this you couldn't keep me far enough away from this movie. I find her very, very annoying and her entire comedy seems centered around, "See?! I'm fat!"
This would probably work for me. Need someone a little less hot to fill out the cast with a more unassuming Ray-like strangeness.
I wouldn't mind Wiig or McCarthy, since Bridesmaids was hilarious. But maybe we can work Sarah Silverman in somewhere, too? Other ideas: Chelsea Handler, Alyson Hannigan, Krysten Ritter, or Kat Dennings?