Ghostbusters - Eisenberg, Stupnitsky to write reunion film

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Falcon01

Sep 5, 2008 - CDT 2:22 PM

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Columbia Pictures is getting serious about scaring up a new installment of its blockbuster "Ghostbusters" franchise.
The studio has set "The Office" co-exec producers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky to write a script for a film designed to bring back together the original cast of Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson.

Studio would not comment on the development and has been mum on recent rumors that there was interest in making another installment of the franchise.

The scribes just wrote "Year One," a comedy that was directed by Ramis. Ramis with Aykroyd wrote the first two installments of the films. Ivan Reitman directed both the 1984 original and the sequel that was released in 1989. The close proximity between the writers and original Ghostbuster Ramis is evidence that the ghost chasers have sparked to the idea of returning.

"Ghostbusters" was Columbia's highest grossing film ever, until it was beaten by "Men in Black" and then "Spider-Man." An attempt to make a third installment of the franchise was stymied in the dealmaking stage. Sources said so much gross was pledged to the participants that it was next to impossible for the studio to make any money on a third installment.

http://www.variety.com/VR1117991624.html

Mike37

Sep 5, 2008 - CDT 3:42 PM

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I'm totally in so long as the video game is tied into the story. As in an acknowledgment that in the storyline they became a larger business.

Movielover316

Sep 6, 2008 - CDT 12:11 AM

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I agree mike, I've always liked the idea of what would happen to their business if it went big and became something like Orkin, a large franchise. I always hated the second movie because I felt like it was a cheat, a way to make then have to start over from scratch.