Ghostbusters 3 has been on a lot of people's minds for years now. Will it happen? Who will join up? We know now that the old team is back together and the screenplay is due soon, but will Director Ivan Reitman helm the film? According to FirstShowing, Reitman may be out.
Reitman's old contract still gives him creative control over the franchise, which is something Columbia isn't too happy about. If he doesn't like the way the new film is going, he can stop production immediately. Who else has this kind of power? Well, three of the cast members do. (Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis) It seems the butting of heads on this film is about to start and we all may be in for a very bumpy ride. A lot we've been hearing on the internet is that this film may be about the Ghostbusters training new, younger Ghostbusters to take their place. The main reason they'd want to do this? More sequels most likely, but that's going to be extremely hard to do without Reitman directing, since he's probably put a stop to the film if he wasn't a part of it, and I wouldn't blame him.Apparently this is also how Sony would like to approach the directing side of the project...they don't want to bring back original series director Ivan Reitman to helm the new installment, but rather would like to bring on a younger director a la the same arrangement Sony made to bring on Marc Webb for the new Spider-Man franchise.
This is either going to end in disaster, with Ghostbusters dying off for good, or this film will get made the exact way that Reitman, Marray, Aykroyd, and Ramis want it, with little to no interference from studio execs, and with Reitman's track record as of recent, My Super-Ex Girlfriend and Evolution (2001, which really isn't that recent), most of us will be sitting on the edge of our seats hoping that this team can capture the magic that the first film had.
What are your thoughts? How do you feel about the amount of control this creative team has on this project?
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