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Which actors are suitable for a new Ghostbusters movie

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.
 
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.
 
Wadjda said:
None, come up with a new idea or steal one from book or comic.
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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.
 
Technobuilder said:
Not sure recasting would be the way to go with a Ghostbusters sequel (aka Franchise Relaunch!)

Instead I'll say that several actors sprang to mind who could play a host of characters in films that further the storyline from the previous outings...

Picture it, A Ghostbusters Franchise in Chicago or Los Angeles with the Original Team as the Brain trust and whatnot of Ghostbusters Inc.

Things get really interesting when multiple teams are called in for backup on a Supernatural Blitzkrieg of quite literally Global Proportions!

Dule Hill and James Roday would fit in nicely.
Alison Scagliotti & Eddie McClintock would be epic!
Felicia Day & Wil Wheaton!
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Love the Franchise idea....that way you don't have to dump/forget the old characters...just new location


Mojochi said:
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)
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stj said:
EmoBorg said:
If Ghostbusters is ever remade , which actors do you think should play the roles of the following, in a potential remake,

"The Wisecracking" Dr Peter Venkman

"The Heart of the Team" Dr Ray Stantz

"The Brain of the Team" Dr Egon Spengler

"The Voice of Reason" Winston Zeddemore

"The Secretary & Confidante of the Team " Janine Melnitz

And any good ideas for a new Supernatural Villain?

If you like, you can change the original ethnicity/sexual orientation/gender/belief of the 5 characters but not their personality.
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John Cho for Venkman
Jason Segal for Stantz
Thomas Gibson for Spengler
Simon Helberg for Zeddemore
Ellen Page for Janine

Amanda Seyfried, Dule Hill and Idris Elba as Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis and miscellaneous actor playing Gozer.
The Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man should be replaced by Barney, though.
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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!"
 
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?
 
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