Murray REALLY Rejects "Ghostbusters 3" - Fact or Fiction?

[Frontier]

So... the National Enquirer -- yeah, I know! -- is reporting that Bill Murray has really rejected "Ghostbusters 3"...

Now I know some tabloid (maybe them?) got that John Edward love child story right when no one else believed it, but, that doesn't make up for the decades of tabloids reporting on Bigfoot having an Alien Love Child with Cher... right?

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/mike-walker/who-ya-gonna-call-not-bill-murray#.Tu_2ZDjiQNM.tumblr

Murray just made like a jerk encore…and now it’s OVER! To recap: Aykroyd, Murray, Sigorney Weaver and Harold Ramis,had all agreed to rebirth “Ghostbusters III” – but Murray, who’s got script approval, kept refusing to take producers’ phone calls after they’d send rewrites.

Then, after they sent him the latest reworked screenplay http://www.nationalenquirer.com/mike-walker/who-ya-gonna-call-not-bill-murray#weeks ago, Murray fired back his shocking answer – nailing the coffin shut forever – by sending Dan and Harold a box containing the new script SHREDDED into confetti, along with this nasty note: “No one wants to pay money to see fat, old men chasing ghosts!”

I really really really want to know if this is true or not...

 

[Skywalker]

True or not, he's right.

 

[Saul]

But if this script was supposedly dealing with introducing new younger Ghostbusters then I wonder if this is true or if he actually read it.

 

[Jax]

Reboots are used way too much these days but lets face it...

Ghostbusters can only go on via a reboot, the original cast are too old and some of them too fat

 

[Owain Taggart]

Reboots are used way too much these days but lets face it...

Ghostbusters can only go on via a reboot, the original cast are too old and some of them too fat

Well, I just don't know if a reboot would work well for this franchise, since the Ghostbusters movies are pretty much about the characters. It's very much tied to who plays them. The glove would have to fit REALLY well, if you get my meaning. Unless they do an animated movie in the style of the recent game and just have them do the voices. The game is great. Very accurate likenesses. So, I think an animated movie is a possibility, that tries to recreate the look of the first two movies as much as possible..

 

[Captaindemotion]

Murray probably doesn't want to do the movie but I doubt that the National Enquirer story has a grain of truth in it.

 

[Captain Craig]

If Murray is indeed still friends with these guys then that would be an unexpected and classless way to address your answer to the script.
If he is the professional he sees himself as then he'd do his due diligence and read the script.

I don't buy this story. Rings as sensationalism on a topic that entertainment people would be aware of thus making it feel possible.

 

[Servo]

True or not, he's right.

To be honest, this. As much as I wanted to see a new Indiana Jones film, it just wasn't the same. I think the same would apply with Ghostbusters.

Well, I just don't know if a reboot would work well for this franchise, since the Ghostbusters movies are pretty much about the characters. It's very much tied to who plays them. The glove would have to fit REALLY well, if you get my meaning.

I remember hearing the same thing said by a lot of people about Abrams' Star Trek, and that worked out pretty well.

 

[Reverend]

Last I heard Aykroyd was saying they're pressing on with or without Murray and given the source of this story has (from what I gather) zero credibility I wouldn't pay it any mind. Not that I'd put it past Murray mind you.

As for GB3 in general...I'm torn. Before the video game came out a few years back I'd have said the moment has long since past, but that game went and proved me wrong. Still, it all depends on the quality of the script.

 

[Captain Mike]

Well, I just don't know if a reboot would work well for this franchise, since the Ghostbusters movies are pretty much about the characters. It's very much tied to who plays them. The glove would have to fit REALLY well, if you get my meaning.

No, reboot! If no original cast then screw this reboot concept.

Murray probably doesn't want to do the movie but I doubt that the National Enquirer story has a grain of truth in it.

I think this "Gag-Rag" was the one that "obtained" the script For Star Trek VI, and printed how most of the TOS cast was going to get killed off in the movie!!!!

I remember hearing the same thing said by a lot of people about Abrams' Star Trek, and that worked out pretty well.

Although you are correct that it was an success, the 2009 still sucked in some peoples views.

 

[the G-man]

Now I know some tabloid (maybe them?) got that John Edward love child story right when no one else believed it, but, that doesn't make up for the decades of tabloids reporting on Bigfoot having an Alien Love Child with Cher... right?

It was, in fact, the Enquirer that broke the Edwards story.

To be fair to the Enquirer I don't think its done "bigfoot" type stories for about forty years. It's basically a celebrity news magazine, no less likely to be [un]reliable as "People" or "Entertainment Weekly," at this point.

Reboots are used way too much these days but lets face it...

Ghostbusters can only go on via a reboot, the original cast are too old and some of them too fat

Who need a reboot? Just do "Ghostbusters: the Next Generation." The basic scenario could be that, 25 years after the originals, Venkman and company franchised the business and we pick up with a new crew.

And while I realize it will probably never happen, I'd go for a GB sequel with Donald Glover, Danny Pudi and Joel McHale from "Community" as the new crew.

 

[God Magnus]

True or not, I agree that seeing the original crew running around chasing ghosts would seem silly and not fun to watch. However, seeing them in advisory roles (similar to GB: Extreme) would be great. If not franchised, how about GB shut down and a new generation seeks them out to face a new threat? Lots of stories in that vein can work.

I'm convinced a GB3 will eventually happen, but I'm also convinced it won't quite capture the magic of the originals. My personal hope is that it creates its own magic while living in the "universe" of the original GB.

 

[Silent_Bob]

The whole confetti thing would lead me to think its a nonsense article for the most part.

That said, i dont see Ghostbusters 3 going ahead. Realistically its been in development hell for so long, the chances of anything worthwhile emerging are pretty slim.

A remake of the first film is the only way i could foresee the franchise re-emerging anytime soon.

I remember hearing the same thing said by a lot of people about Abrams' Star Trek, and that worked out pretty well.

Thats very much open to debate.

 

[Servo]

Although you are correct that it was an success, the 2009 still sucked in some peoples views.

I don't really care what uber-nerds with rose-tinted glasses and an over-inflated sense of entitlement think. The fact remains that the film was a critical and commercial success, and the new cast took to their roles well, reinvigorating the franchise and bringing Star Trek back into the public consciousness again in a positive way.

Anyone who want's to start crying about it raping their childhood can go suck a fat one.

 

[Admiral James Kirk]

Although you are correct that it was an success, the 2009 still sucked in some peoples views.

I don't really care what uber-nerds with rose-tinted glasses and an over-inflated sense of entitlement think. The fact remains that the film was a critical and commercial success, and the new cast took to their roles well, reinvigorating the franchise and bringing Star Trek back into the public consciousness again in a positive way.

Anyone who want's to start crying about it raping their childhood can go suck a fat one.

My feelings on nuTrek were best summed up in this thread. As for GB3... As long as it's better than GB2 these guys could be as old as Yoda and as fat as Jabba and I'd see it.

 

[captcalhoun]

Star Trrek 09 was a critical and commerical success, it's true.

what's also true is that it had plot holes big enough to fly the Narada through and more stupid plot moves than you could shake a bat'leth at.

 

[Servo]

Star Trrek 09 was a critical and commerical success, it's true.

what's also true is that it had plot holes big enough to fly the Narada through and more stupid plot moves than you could shake a bat'leth at.

Yes, because prior to this film, Trek had spent 50 years free of such complaints.

Oh wait...

 

[Captain Mike]

Although you are correct that it was an success, the 2009 still sucked in some peoples views.

I don't really care what uber-nerds with rose-tinted glasses and an over-inflated sense of entitlement think. The fact remains that the film was a critical and commercial success, and the new cast took to their roles well, reinvigorating the franchise and bringing Star Trek back into the public consciousness again in a positive way.

Anyone who want's to start crying about it raping their childhood can go suck a fat one.

Star Trrek 09 was a critical and commerical success, it's true.

what's also true is that it had plot holes big enough to fly the Narada through and more stupid plot moves than you could shake a bat'leth at.

Yes, because prior to this film, Trek had spent 50 years free of such complaints.

Oh wait...

Get defensive much?...

I would love to see the "fat guys" running around advising or training...the thing is, who would the "trainee's" be?

 

[Servo]

Although you are correct that it was an success, the 2009 still sucked in some peoples views.

I don't really care what uber-nerds with rose-tinted glasses and an over-inflated sense of entitlement think. The fact remains that the film was a critical and commercial success, and the new cast took to their roles well, reinvigorating the franchise and bringing Star Trek back into the public consciousness again in a positive way.

Anyone who want's to start crying about it raping their childhood can go suck a fat one.

Star Trrek 09 was a critical and commerical success, it's true.

what's also true is that it had plot holes big enough to fly the Narada through and more stupid plot moves than you could shake a bat'leth at.

Yes, because prior to this film, Trek had spent 50 years free of such complaints.

Oh wait...

Get defensive much?...

Not really, I'm just sick of hearing people whine about inconsequential shit, and acting like Trek was perfect before the Abrams' film.

 

[Timby]

The "shredding the script" story is about a year old and has been denied by both parties, so I'd take this with a massive grain of salt.

That being said, word is that Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky were told earlier this year to prepare two final drafts -- one with Murray and one without -- because Sony is very much intending to get this thing out in theaters for Summer 2013.