Ivan Reitman Pushed Out of Ghostbusters 3?
By Krystal Clark
After years of waiting for a third Ghostbusters film, we finally got the old crew back together including Bill Murray and original director Ivan Reitman. This sounds like a dream come true for any die-hard fan, but unfortunately the bliss might be cut short according to a report from MTV. Sony might want to pull a Spider-Man and get a younger, more hip director to usher the Ghostbusters into the new millennium leaving Reitman in the dust.
Is it just me or is Sony becoming a really difficult studio to work for? The latest report regarding their relationship with Reitman and Ghostbusters 3 suggests they want out with the old and in with the new. Where have we seen that before? The studio wants to reboot the franchise for a new generation, which is common knowledge, but they want to take the focus off the original characters and put it directly on the new guys.
It sounds like this won’t be the Ghostbusters we all grew up on, and because of this Reitman, and the returning actors (who have serious creative input) might be at an impasse with Sony. This property means more to the director than dollar signs and it sounds like the studio just wants another blockbuster under their belt. If they can’t come to an agreement Ghostbusters 3 might not be heading to theaters after all.
Is Sony wrong for wanting to change the Ghostbusters’ image? Do you think they’ll do a full reboot as opposed to a sequel?
Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:57PM
What's been hurting this movie isn't the director, it's the plot.
Friday, March 19, 2010 7:57AM
Sony is so full of shit…
Friday, March 19, 2010 8:49AM
This is blasphemy. He should be the director for the third installment, he knows the series inside and out.
Friday, March 19, 2010 11:57AM
I agree with Spockette. I have been a fan of Ghostbusters since I was 12. I would love to see a new movie. But it needs to have the quirkiness of the first two. That is what made Ghostbusters so good. It wasn't funny like National Lampoon or Saturday Night Live, but it was quirky (sorry, no other word to describe it) and unique.
Friday, March 19, 2010 12:47PM
They are absolutely STUPID if they get rid of Reitman!! Didn't they ever hear the old saying, "IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT!!"
Friday, March 19, 2010 1:28PM
THIS IS BULLSHIT I GREW UP ON GHOSTBUSTERS I WAS SO EXCITED
Friday, March 19, 2010 2:48PM
Its all about the money. Big business is always willing to trash true creative artistic value for the almighty dollar. Just look at all the movies that come out now and all the pop stars in today's music scene. More than half of all new stars in Hollywood have no talent at all, they just fit the image. I think the current state of pop culture is a tragedy. Is it just me or is everything looking and sounding like the 80's? I have nothing against the 80's they were alright, but do we have to live thru them again?????? with that said, I hope they do not ruin this movie by trying to Hollywoodize it.
Friday, March 19, 2010 2:53PM
I'm so sick of studios taking classic comic books, TV shows and old movies, using them for their existing fanbase and reputation, then leaving them on the side of the road like a $2. whore.
Where's the respect for the original material which sold the idea for their movie in the first place?
If they're not going to do Ghostbusters 3 right, I'd prefer that they just left this classic alone rather than ruin its name with another hacky Hollywood knockoff.
Friday, March 19, 2010 2:55PM
Keep the old ghostbusters, along with the new. let then act together.
Friday, March 19, 2010 3:28PM
Do we really need a new Ghostbusters? It can do nothing but be dissapointing and hurt the other two. There is a time or place for everything and Ghostbusters was the 80's.
Friday, March 19, 2010 4:27PM
Ivan Reitman is who should direct this move and no one else, you don't take who created the ghostbuster's and kick him to the curb, they should be welcoming him with open arms for god sake. IF there not carefull they will lose the actor's as well, and if Bill Murray, Dan Akroid, Sigourney Weaver aint in it,then don't waste the fans time. Let's be serious SONY, if the DIRECTOR walk's, what's to say the actor's won't follow? GET IT RIGHT SONY, YOUR SLIPPING!!!!
Saturday, March 20, 2010 6:39PM
Sony if the director walks everyone else will walk and there will be no fans! without fans, there is no fun, and no fun no business! get it together sony!!
Monday, March 29, 2010 7:00AM
Studio heads are !diots and they aren't even moguls anymore, just lawyers and investors. What a joke. I can't tell you how many younger directors, aka 'less expensive' directors I've had the mispleasure of working with. They waste time and money on a set, which ironically is what the studios hire them to save. I've even had to watch actors set up these idiot's shots because they don't know enough… I did have the pleasure of working with Reitman. The man has an amazing comedic instinct. Experience counts for a lot in film making. In spite of the 'over 40' writers winning a discrimination lawsuit, ageism is alive and well in Hollywood.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 12:55PM
Come on Sony…get this done and get it done the RIGHT way….the REAL ghostbusters way…..