If I haven’t made my personal feelings clear enough, let me do so now. I’m in full lockstep with Bill Murray when it comes to a third GHOSTBUSTERS film. I, like many around here, obviously adore the first film (I have an autographed poster for f*ck’s sake), but truly detest the notion of ushering in a “new generation” of Ghostbusters just to keep the brand alive. I also think the idea of 60 year old versions of Venkman, Stantz, Spengler and Zeddmore would be funny for second, than quickly dissolve into awkward parody.
But who gives a rat’s balls what I think? It’s all about Mr. Murray right now, who seems to be the last creative hurdle standing in the way of a third GHOSTBUSTERS movie being made. The man, the myth recently chatted with GQ, and it seems he’s somewhat softened to the idea of resurrecting Venkman. Scope it…
When grilled point blank about GB3 being made, Murray responded:
It’s all a bunch of crock. It’s a crock. There was a story—and I gotta be careful here, I don’t want to hurt someone’s feelings. When I hurt someone’s feelings, I really want to hurt them. [laughs] Harold Ramis said, Oh, I’ve got these guys, they write on The Office, and they’re really funny. They’re going to write the next Ghostbusters. And they had just written this movie that he had directed.
Year One. Well, I never went to see Year One, but people who did, including other Ghostbusters, said it was one of the worst things they had ever seen in their lives. So that dream just vaporized. That was gone. But it’s the studio that really wants this thing. It’s a franchise. It’s a franchise, and they made a whole lot of money on Ghostbusters.
Then, when reminiscing about how popular the GHOSTBUSTERS franchise was back in the 80s, Murray stated:
Right. And it’s still one of the biggest movies of all time. And ever since that story broke, everywhere I go people are like, “So are you gonna make that movie?” I was down in Austin at South by Southwest, and you go at it hard down there—fun but, man, you need to sleep for days afterwards. Anyhow, I got into it one night with a bunch of younger people who were like, Oh, I love Peter Venkman! I grew up with Peter Venkman! We got to talking, and the more we talked about it, the more I thought, Oh Christ, I should just do this thing.
So there ya go…more teasing for Dr. Venkman. My guess is Murray will drag out with this “maybe, let’s do it” routine until all interest dissipates. At least, I hope he does.
Murray’s PASSION PLAY co-star, Megan Fox!
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