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GhostBusters 3 is Finally Being Made. (2020 Release)

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet. Bill Murray has a known pattern of unpredictable behavior. He has no agent or manager. He created a 1-800 number for people to offer him roles. It’s not easy to get and he does not regularly check it for messages. Directors never are sure if he is actually going to do their movies until he physically shows up on his first day.

So beyond the usual secrecy, I imagine that is why I doubt we will hear an official announcement on him until it’s an absolute sure thing.
 
JD said:
Ernie Hudson has now announced that he will be back too.
Honestly at this point, I'd be happy with Ray, Winston, Janine, and Dana as our returning cast members. With Bill Murray being such a pain in the ass to deal with, I'd be fine with him not coming back.
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Murray reminds me a bit of Harrison Ford

“ I’ll come back if only you find a way to kill me off so I don’t have to come back”

Murray played a character in the 2016 ghostbusters version that was unceremoniously killed off by flying through the window
 
Owain Taggart said:
Btw, the Ghostbusters game from 2009 is being remastered for current consoles. I doubt it's any coincidence.
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I've played the PS3 version of the game a couple times, and enjoyed it. If you're a gamer and a Ghostbusters fan and haven't played it yet, I highly recommend it.
 
JD said:
Ernie Hudson has now announced that he will be back too.
Honestly at this point, I'd be happy with Ray, Winston, Janine, and Dana as our returning cast members. With Bill Murray being such a pain in the ass to deal with, I'd be fine with him not coming back.
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No one has, at any point--not even either of the Reitmans--said that this is Ghostbusters 3. (Well, Weaver did, in what was a weirdly misspoken quote.)

All anyone has said is that they're doing a bit in the new GB movie. Guess what? Everyone said the same thing about GB2016!
 
It's a continuation of the original films. I'm really sure not sure what you're getting at Timby.
 
Yeah, they've pretty clearly said that it is set in the same universe as the first two and takes place 30 years later. I guess you could argue that it technically isn't Ghosbusters 3 since it isn't focusing on the original team, but it is definitely a continuation of that world.
I more or less think of the game as GB3, so in my head this would be GB 4.
 
I get why unofficially fans and press are calling it “Ghostbusters 3”. But the studios are mostly moving away from numbering sequels. Beyond looking generic I suspect it has to do with creating Brands that are bigger than a series of movies. There has been talk of an animated film, plus this true sequel to the original movies.

They may never follow up Paul Feig’s characters. But no reason in theory they could not coexist in their own separate universe. Adding the subtitle for home video “Answer The Call” made sense. It’s just another version of Ghostbusters. Not a replacement. If they had sold it that way originally it might have been better excepted.

Numbers make the most sense for sequels if it’s continuing the same story. Like the main Star Wars saga. Or something like Rocky about one guy’s life.

If this was going to be the 3rd and final chapter of a Ghostbusters trilogy it would make sense. But even if the surviving cast have big roles, I doubt that is what this is. More likely expanding that world than a singular story.

But that is just my preferences! ;)
 
Dick Whitman said:
I get why unofficially fans and press are calling it “Ghostbusters 3”. But the studios are mostly moving away from numbering sequels. Beyond looking generic I suspect it has to do with creating Brands that are bigger than a series of movies. There has been talk of an animated film, plus this true sequel to the original movies.
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Thing is, the IP is already quite sprawled out, between the movies and the cartoon series. In this case, I think it pays to be consistent. I don't see why a 3rd movie with most of the original cast shouldn't be a numbered sequel. A subtitle would just add confusion at this point.

The MCU I've found to be confusingly inconsistent when it comes to these things. It uses both numbered sequels and subtitles interchangeably, it seems. For example, the first two Captain America movies are numbered sequels, but the 3rd one uses a subtitle, and he's hardly in his own movie as it concerns more of the overall Avengers in terms of plot, rather than something distinctively Captain America. So is it a Captain America movie or is it not? Feels more like an Avengers movie.
 
Owain Taggart said:
Thing is, the IP is already quite sprawled out, between the movies and the cartoon series. In this case, I think it pays to be consistent. I don't see why a 3rd movie with most of the original cast shouldn't be a numbered sequel. A subtitle would just add confusion at this point.

The MCU I've found to be confusingly inconsistent when it comes to these things. It uses both numbered sequels and subtitles interchangeably, it seems. For example, the first two Captain America movies are numbered sequels, but the 3rd one uses a subtitle, and he's hardly in his own movie as it concerns more of the overall Avengers in terms of plot, rather than something distinctively Captain America. So is it a Captain America movie or is it not? Feels more like an Avengers movie.
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I'm not sure what character you're thinking of but there is no Captain America 1 and Captain America 2. It's CA The First Avenger, CA Winter Soldier and CA Civil War. Different MCU franchises use different approaches but they're all consistent within themselves so far.

Iron Man, IM2, IM3.
The Incredible Hulk.
Thor, The Dark World, Ragnarok, Love and Thunder
Guardians of the Galaxy, GotG Vol. II, GotG Vol. III
Ant-man, Ant-man and the Wasp, ?
Dr. Strange, Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, ?
Black Panther, Black Panther 2, ?
Spider-man Homecoming, Spider-man Far From Home.
Captain Marvel, ?
Avengers, Age of Ultron, Infinity War, Endgame, ?
 
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Last I heard, Moranis had pretty much retired from acting and anything he's done since has only been voice-acting. There was supposed to be an SCTV reunion special directed by Martin Scorsese that he would have been in, but I don't think they've released it/shown it on TV yet even though it's already been filmed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Afternoon_with_SCTV
 
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Title confirmed?

https://twitter.com/DrinkEctoCooler/status/1193727566265249792

and Ecto Cooler is back!

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Yeah, I know he retired, but I was just hoping that maybe they could convince him to come back for this since he's the only major actor from both of the first two movies who hasn't been confirmed to return.
 
After the failure of Terminator and Dr Sleep will this film continue the trend of young audiences (unsurprisingly) not caring about sequels to movies made decades before they were born?
 
Didn't they also bring Ecto Coolers back briefly when the reboot came out?
 
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