Ghostbusters 3 confirmed with all female leads

Brummie Girl · 09/10/14 - 00:30

Director Paul Feig has confirmed that there is a Ghostbusters 3 in the pipeline but with a female centric team.

What does everyone think? Will this work with a female team of Ghostbusters?

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a602209/female-led-ghostbusters-3-confirmed-by-director-paul-feig.html#~oS92V4w6W08Lzs

starry_rune · 09/10/14 - 01:30

Charlie's Angels

Naa_KwaKai · 09/10/14 - 01:37

It will be terrible and flop.

Jason · 09/10/14 - 06:57

I'm open minded. If the franchise was going to come back, I think it was always going to be a reboot of some description because the original cast are simply too old to make it work.

If they cast Melissa McCarthy, however, I'm out.

She can be funny in certain situations, but for a big screen film like this, she'll simply play the same character she's played in every other film she's been in.

pburke90 · 09/10/14 - 10:14

Melissa McCarthy, if she is anywhere near this, I'm out too. And I know she will be because she seems to be hot property at the moment, there's plenty of fat jokes they can put in the film, and they could even use her as a device to lure Stay Puft or Slimer into some sort of comedy kiss/sex scene.

Being made by the same people who did The Heat, which was painfully unfunny, mostly due to McCarthy, is another almost sure sign this will probably make money but will be critically panned and quickly make its way on to "worst ever sequels" lists for decades to come.

Jason · 09/10/14 - 10:38

Off the top of my head, if it's got to be 4 women, i'd go for 3 who can do comedy roles and are, obviously IMO, decent actresses as well ..

Kristen Wiig
Elizabeth Banks
Rose Byrne

and the token "A-Lister" to actually open the film could either be Charlize Theron or Scarlett Johansson - Jennifer Aniston at a (big) push if nobody else was interested.

dee123 · 09/10/14 - 10:50

JasonWatkins wrote: »

I'm open minded. If the franchise was going to come back, I think it was always going to be a reboot of some description because the original cast are simply too old to make it work.

If they cast Melissa McCarthy, however, I'm out.

She can be funny in certain situations, but for a big screen film like this, she'll simply play the same character she's played in every other film she's been in.

Completely agree.

Straker · 09/10/14 - 12:07

Is it going to be titled Ghostbusty....?

I`ll get me coat.....

mistygal · 11/10/14 - 14:05

Just leave it alone as the original 2 films please.

James_Walker2 · 11/10/14 - 14:50

I don't like the thought of them casting female ghostbusters at all. It sounds like a flop waiting to happen.

Fairyprincess0 · 11/10/14 - 14:57

Dan arkroyd's original screenplay was called 'ghostsmashers'.

It was set in the future, and there were loads ghostbusters frachies across America. The orginal film had a dozen or so giant monsters, like mr. Stay puft.

I been hoping the next film would go back to akroyd's original vision.....

Magnamundian · 11/10/14 - 15:10

Would work fine as long as it's a ghostbusters film (i.e. would have worked with the original cast with perhaps minor tweaks for the gender difference).

If it ends up as a female buddy/bimbo film that happens to have a thin ghostbusters theme then it will be panned.

I think the latter is more likely, but really really really want to be proven wrong.

Fairyprincess0 · 11/10/14 - 15:17

You could have a couple of squads. The the old 'busters in charge of one each. If bill murry things he's too old for it he could have a deskjob, co-ordinating everything.

LM · 11/10/14 - 16:16

I love Melissa McCarthy but she feels like such a predictable choice and she would be playing another character whose weight is the main focus of her character. Plus i feel her type of humor wouldn't fit into film

I wouldn't mind seeing Jennifer Lawerence as the predictable big A list star to be in. Not because of how big she is at the moment, but because she is so funny and goofy as a person, that a film like this would futher her range as an actress, as the majority of her films are dramas.

CBFreak · 11/10/14 - 16:41

I think Alia Shawkat could be a good casting choice

Motthus · 11/10/14 - 17:46

The director Paul Feig has confirmed that this new Ghostbuster film will be a total reboot and could feature the original cast in cameo roles

vampirek · 12/10/14 - 22:44

It could work on the basis of the lead character being the daugher of one of the originals. This way you can have the link to the past and not make it different because its a female lead.

If they can, have it be the daughter of Venkman, who is now a ghost who warns that there is danger lurking in the spirit world. This set ups the daughter re-opening the old headquarters and act on behalf of her dad. I see no issue if it is something similar to that.

If on the otherhand it turns into Ghostbusters meets dull and not funny Bridesmaid, then let it stay in the past untouched.

[Deleted User] · 12/10/14 - 23:12

cant see it working. especially if it is going to ignore the other two movies.

treefr0g · 12/10/14 - 23:53

Can't wait

Motthus · 14/10/14 - 19:53

Gillian Anderson has said that she would be interested in being in the female Ghostbuster film.I think she would be an interesting choice if they did cast her but I know a lot of people wouldn't like her in it!

BillyBatty · 14/10/14 - 19:58

Oh hell no. What will they mess around with next, the Back to the Future films?

JimothyD · 14/10/14 - 21:24

Elizabeth Bank in a skimpy dress and covered in slime for 2 hours is a winner for me.

degsyhufc · 14/10/14 - 21:32

wait a minute......that's not excoplasm!!!

Quixotic · 15/10/14 - 03:23

I'm game for this. Any of the following would be welcome:

Kristen Wiig
Emma Stone
Anna Faris
Elizabeth Banks
Amy Poehler
Rashida Jones
Linda Cardellini
Sandra Bullock
Liv Tyler
Drew Barrymore
Parker Posey
Elizabeth Olsen

SimonB79 · 15/10/14 - 09:51

killthedirector wrote: »

cant see it working. especially if it is going to ignore the other two movies.

I'd rather have a new videogame (with the original cast doing voice acting) then a female orientated reboot but that's just me! 😉

SimonB79 · 15/10/14 - 09:54

Motthus wrote: »

Gillian Anderson has said that she would be interested in being in the female Ghostbuster film.I think she would be an interesting choice if they did cast her but I know a lot of people wouldn't like her in it!

Like a female version of Egon Spengler I suppose? 😳 .. She'd be perfect but I'd still rather have a videogame! 👍

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