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‘They'd Written A Whole Different Movie!!’ Bill Murray Talks About Why GHOSTBUSTERS III Never Happened, Though It May Still!!
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Apparently there was a much better “Ghostbusters II” idea that was nothing like the “Ghostbusters II” we saw in cinemas. And a bait-and-switch that apparently soured Bill Murray on the whole franchise for two decades.
From a SciFiWire report:
"We did a sequel, and it was sort of rather unsatisfying for me, because the first one to me was the goods," Murray said. "It was the real thing. And the sequel, you know, was ... it was a few years later. There was an idea pitched. And it was like, well, they got us all together in a room. We just laughed for a couple of hours. And then they said, 'What if we did another one? Here's an idea.'"
Murray added, "So they had this idea, but it didn't turn out to be the idea when I arrived on the set. They'd written a whole different movie than the one [initially discussed]. And the special-effects guys got it and got their hands on it. And it was just not the same movie. There were a few great scenes in it, but it wasn't the same movie. So there's never been an interest in a third Ghostbusters because the second one was kind of disappointing ... for me, anyway."
“The third one could happen,” Murray now says, but he also points out he has nothing to do with “III” so far, and has not seen any of the script currently being penned by Harold Ramis associates Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky (NBC’s “The Office”).
Just how did “Ghostbusters II” change and why? It’s a question someone might pose to Ramis when he starts promoting his new Jack Black comedy next summer.
Find all of SciFi’s story on the matter here.
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Reader Talkback
second? by odo19 | Oct 6th, 2008 01:07:14 AM | Bill is correct by Monkeybrains | Oct 6th, 2008 01:12:46 AM | Yes, 2 has some great scenes by prunkhaft | Oct 6th, 2008 01:20:57 AM | I like GHOSTBUSTERS II by caruso_stalker217 | Oct 6th, 2008 01:23:16 AM | Ghostbusters II is... by MONKEY BUTT | Oct 6th, 2008 01:26:29 AM | Murray's speech to Vigo by BadMrWonka | Oct 6th, 2008 01:28:25 AM | Die Hard 4? by warsinthesun | Oct 6th, 2008 01:32:23 AM | Is that why it feels like
Venkman is the Winston role in
2? by Brody77 | Oct 6th, 2008 01:37:53 AM | like the next one wont be a
money grab? by alice 13 | Oct 6th, 2008 01:45:06 AM | Ghostbusters 2 wasn't all that
bad... by one_crazy_nagger | Oct 6th, 2008 01:46:07 AM | The original premise for
Ghostbusters II was by xavier masterson | Oct 6th, 2008 01:53:21 AM | one_crazy_nagger by caruso_stalker217 | Oct 6th, 2008 01:54:14 AM | gb 2 sucked! by DickDonuts | Oct 6th, 2008 01:56:03 AM | Correction: by xavier masterson | Oct 6th, 2008 02:01:36 AM | Just to clarity ... by Hercules | Oct 6th, 2008 02:06:24 AM | GhostBusters II has some good
bits... by sonnyfern | Oct 6th, 2008 02:07:33 AM | Original Ghostbusters One
premise by Bass Ackwards | Oct 6th, 2008 02:14:13 AM | You're not *sleeping * with
it, are you Ray? by idonotseekabanning | Oct 6th, 2008 02:42:09 AM | warsinthesun by MONKEY BUTT | Oct 6th, 2008 02:48:24 AM | Ghostbusters2 was by Neil_the_Sheep | Oct 6th, 2008 02:49:01 AM | hmmm veeeeeery intaresting! by The Amazing G | Oct 6th, 2008 02:52:57 AM | You're nothing but an unstable
short-chain molecule! by ledbetter51 | Oct 6th, 2008 02:57:28 AM | Ghostbusters II by Mr. Zeddemore | Oct 6th, 2008 03:03:31 AM | Viggy Viggy Viggy! Somebodys
been a bad monkey! by judge dredds fresh undies | Oct 6th, 2008 03:13:16 AM | by krack | Oct 6th, 2008 03:31:40 AM | GB2 by Grrrr.... | Oct 6th, 2008 03:36:35 AM | There are some quality sequels
... by krack | Oct 6th, 2008 03:45:51 AM | “Now I, Ray and Vigo, and
shall rule the Earth!" by caruso_stalker217 | Oct 6th, 2008 03:46:55 AM | Grumpier Old Men? by Beldo84 | Oct 6th, 2008 04:02:09 AM | krack by photoboy | Oct 6th, 2008 04:02:18 AM | it's been so long by Bloo | Oct 6th, 2008 04:09:22 AM | Krack by odo19 | Oct 6th, 2008 04:12:09 AM | Wow, I did miss Aliens ... by krack | Oct 6th, 2008 04:19:40 AM | So, Grumpier Old Men is better
than Wall-E? by applescruff | Oct 6th, 2008 04:31:02 AM | The Titanic Just Arrived! by tomdolan04 | Oct 6th, 2008 04:35:31 AM | I'm also a Ghostbusters II
fan. by DerLanghaarige | Oct 6th, 2008 04:55:58 AM | Um by Die_Hardest | Oct 6th, 2008 04:56:06 AM | by Sherman_Lives | Oct 6th, 2008 05:13:56 AM | Sequels, applescruff. Sequels. by Sherman_Lives | Oct 6th, 2008 05:16:07 AM | Okay, I skipped krack's post. by Sherman_Lives | Oct 6th, 2008 05:16:53 AM | so he's STILL not involved,
right? by Maniaq | Oct 6th, 2008 05:23:52 AM | Dude you forgot TDK on your
list of sequels. by F-1000 | Oct 6th, 2008 05:42:56 AM | Pauline Kael thought GB2 was
much better than 1 by BrowncoatJedi | Oct 6th, 2008 05:55:23 AM | For a long, long time by Darth Busey | Oct 6th, 2008 06:15:47 AM | 25 years later.... by EriamJH | Oct 6th, 2008 07:30:36 AM | Ellen Page as Slimer by Spandau Belly | Oct 6th, 2008 07:31:58 AM | Hellboy II by Mr. Zeddemore | Oct 6th, 2008 07:39:17 AM | Gremlins 2 is a great sequel by sambrook | Oct 6th, 2008 07:53:58 AM | Holly F Batman this news is a
week old by Tthenomad | Oct 6th, 2008 08:05:35 AM | ELF ripped it's ending from
GB2 by KurtLockwood | Oct 6th, 2008 08:20:26 AM | I really enjoyed 2 and still
do by jimmy_009 | Oct 6th, 2008 08:31:30 AM | Eriam by caruso_stalker217 | Oct 6th, 2008 08:34:46 AM | LOOK AT IT! YOU LOOK, YOU
SONUVABITCH! by caruso_stalker217 | Oct 6th, 2008 08:38:05 AM | F-1000 by IAmMrMonkey! | Oct 6th, 2008 08:38:10 AM | hmmm... by GaiustheBrave | Oct 6th, 2008 08:46:54 AM | I'd watch "Grumpy Old
Ghostbusters"....hell yes.... by FlickaPoo | Oct 6th, 2008 08:58:02 AM | GB2 is no where near a piece
of shit by TheLastCleric | Oct 6th, 2008 09:20:44 AM | When are the next Phil Collins
or Don Henley albums coming
out? by Margot_Tenenbaum | Oct 6th, 2008 09:22:16 AM | GBII is not as bad as Murray
wants it to be by ArcadianDS | Oct 6th, 2008 10:00:26 AM | Can anyone verify.... by Cletus Van Damme | Oct 6th, 2008 10:02:07 AM | krack's list missing Babe 2 by wash | Oct 6th, 2008 10:27:03 AM | also Gremlin's 2 by wash | Oct 6th, 2008 10:27:41 AM | without the apostrophe by wash | Oct 6th, 2008 10:28:03 AM | "Do, Ray,... by JediRob | Oct 6th, 2008 10:31:06 AM | as a kid... by vaudeville villain | Oct 6th, 2008 10:50:07 AM | IN the 1990s STARLOG (?)
talked about GB3 by ZeroCorpse | Oct 6th, 2008 11:21:19 AM | Games are the new sequels- by General Crom | Oct 6th, 2008 11:21:40 AM | Cletus-- Didn't see your post!
Yes! by ZeroCorpse | Oct 6th, 2008 11:23:32 AM | Gremlins by Volllllume3 | Oct 6th, 2008 12:02:47 PM | Titanic redux in GH2 ? by Bouncy X | Oct 6th, 2008 12:07:03 PM | I liked Ghostbusters 2 by CherryValance | Oct 6th, 2008 12:23:48 PM | He IS VIGO! by santi01 | Oct 6th, 2008 12:33:17 PM | Bouncy X by frozen01 | Oct 6th, 2008 12:40:23 PM | After all by frozen01 | Oct 6th, 2008 12:44:32 PM | We had part of a slinky... by JediRob | Oct 6th, 2008 12:51:19 PM | have Ghostbusters 3 start on
the set of Ghostbusters 2... by The Ghost of Marcus Brody | Oct 6th, 2008 02:10:44 PM | About Gb2 by alienindisguise | Oct 6th, 2008 02:20:07 PM | Like Rocky 5..... by Jedibobster | Oct 6th, 2008 02:44:19 PM | So your alien had a room at
the Holiday Inn... by JediRob | Oct 6th, 2008 02:54:23 PM | Will Smith by Garbage | Oct 6th, 2008 05:15:19 PM | Krack you are also missing.... by odo19 | Oct 6th, 2008 05:22:26 PM | It could have been a room on
the spaceship... by caruso_stalker217 | Oct 6th, 2008 05:50:35 PM | I'll have to wait for the
movie by Mockingbuddha | Oct 6th, 2008 06:56:47 PM | thank you lord, thank you! by The Amazing G | Oct 6th, 2008 07:20:04 PM | GB2--Bleh. Gremlins 2 was da
shiznit by Scuzzy | Oct 6th, 2008 07:59:38 PM | Eddie Murphy... by Chief Joseph | Oct 6th, 2008 08:22:50 PM | Will Smith as junior
Ghostbuster by Beldo84 | Oct 6th, 2008 08:42:03 PM | What makes GB II so painful .
. . by Royston Lodge | Oct 6th, 2008 10:36:21 PM | Speed Racer sucked royal
monkey dick! by Motoko Kusanagi | Oct 7th, 2008 02:21:40 AM | Garbage... by GaiustheBrave | Oct 7th, 2008 09:03:49 AM | I don't think the Bond films
belong on Krack's list by Screwbini | Oct 7th, 2008 12:04:56 PM | Zerocorpse, I love ya, buddy! by Cletus Van Damme | Oct 7th, 2008 09:03:01 PM |
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