With production for Ghostbusters 3 starting soon, anticipation for the film is building to feverish levels. It seems that while everyone knows the film may not be able to deliver on 22 years of hype, we want it anyway…
So, the newest circulating the blogosphere about Murray’s involvement in the sequel came from actress Sigourney Weaver. In an interview she told the world that Murray would return to the franchise as a ghost. As you can imagine, this caused quite a bit of confusion and buzz. However, in a more recent interview with Martyn Palmer of Mail Online, Bill Murray decided to pour gasoline on the fire by saying:
“I’ll come back in Ghostbusters III only if I get to be a ghost. I said to them, ‘I’ll do it if you kill me off in the first reel.’ So now they are going to have me as a ghost in the film.”
Apparently, Murray alluded to wanting to die in the first scene of the new Ghostbusters flick and accompany the team on their adventures in humorous ghost form. I personally think Bill Murray has been watching too much of Bill Cosby’s 1990 comedy classic Ghost Dad. Does every comedian named Bill have to be a funny ghost?
At first I also had a gag reaction to the rumors. However, after watching some Ghost Dad I realized that it can actually be a good/fun plot device. It would be great if the team was trying to bring Murray back from half-death. I think this can potentially (and positively) separate Ghostbusters 3 from the other two films in the series in a way other then everyone being really old…
So before you go bashing this whole ghost thing, go rent Ghost Dad and maybe you’ll dig the idea. Here’s a scene in which Bill Cosby meets the devil (before they drive over a bridge):
It’s not often that my love for mad scientists and pompous super heroes gets to merge with musicality and freeze rays…but by god Dr. Horrible managed to exceed my wildest expectations! For those who don’t know, Dr. Horrible is a direct to internet 3-part comedy musical starring Neil Patrick Harris. Some time ago the DVD came out and brought the 50 minute delight to televisions everywhere. What you need to know is that Joss Whedon, the mastermind behind FireFly (One of the best TV series ever), Angel and Buffy The Vampire Slayer wrote and directed the film. Now with Joss Whedon’s latest series Dollhouse getting the axe, it seems the timing is right for Whedon to produce his highly anticipated sequel. And this pretty much guarantees that Whedon will swear off Television networks (Aside from Buffy’s long run, he’s had nothing but heartache with each premature series cancelation).
So, while Whedon may be ready to get the singing going, Neil Patrick Harris only has a 3 month window of opportunity coming up in which to get back to the lab (How I Met Your Mother goes on hiatus during the off season).
I for one don’t doubt that we can get an equally good product from these guys no matter how much (or little) time they are given. However, if fans (myself included) where offered a theatrical remake or sequel that would bring increased budget and production values, then we would take that in a heartbeat… even if it meant using that old freeze way on the production calender.
For anyone who wants a refresh, or (gasp) missed Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog, here’s the trailer:
This is one of my favorite songs in the movie. It’s from a scene in which the cocksure hero Captain Hammer (Nathan Fillion) starts dating Penny, Dr. Horrible’s crush:
If you’re interested in a full fledged review of the Dr.’s first outing, click on the following video… it’s a review I made before joining the excellent staff here at Watchmojo.com, enjoy!:
Along with the rest of what’s sacred from 80s pop culture, Conan The Barbarian is being remade. The comic book inspired movie helped launch the career of Arnold Schwarzenegger and gave us all a fondness for outrageous accents and grotesque muscles.
In the lead position to take on the iconic role is hulk-sized Jason Momoa, of Stargate Atlantis fame. Personally, I think he’s the right dread-bearing choice to bring new exciting dimensions to the character. Sadly, outrageous accent not included.
Here is a random clip in which you comically see Arnie’s Conan mistreating various animals. He is a Barbarian afterall.
With Aliens Vs. Predator fever reaching its peak, I thought I’d toss you an mix-up movie idea that has awesome all over it.
The following is the internet famous short film “Batman Dead End”. It was made by a bunch of genre loving fans, and even predates The Dark Knight. As you will see, the cinematography and attention to detail is unbelievable. These guys manage to sell their far out premise…plus this Batman is pure comic book/classic camp.
Wow this Batman is so much better than Christian Bale! (Oh dear…he’s going to find me…!). And the joker isn’t bad either.
The coroner’s report reveals that actress Brittany Murphey died from pneumonia, but anemia and prescription drugs also played a role in her death.
The primary cause of death was community-acquired pneumonia, with contributing factors of iron deficiency anemia and “multiple drug intoxication,” according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.
The death was ruled accidental.
Mel is BACK! and still doing his best to ruin his career… The guy looks like he’s in shambles in this video and while the interviewer probably should have just “moved on”, Mel should have waited for the camera’s to stop rolling before he called him an Asshole… but then again we wouldn’t have this hilarious video!
More on this from CNN.com:
On Richards’(the interviewer) WGN-TV blog, the reporter shared his side of the story.
The interview “was pleasant enough for the first half but as my questions became more challenging, his tone and even physical demeanor changed,” Richards wrote.
“I didn’t brow beat him. I didn’t make a judgment on him,” the blog read. “Apparently, he thought I’d back off. We don’t roll like that in Chicago. … A star of his caliber, presumably with good PR people, should have been prepared with a simple response.”
Richards said he was shocked to hear Gibson use the expletive “when he thought he was off camera.”
In Richards’s observation, “famous person or not, the true measure of a person is how they act when they think no one is looking.”
As of Wednesday, no one from Gibson’s team has reached out to Richards.
Like many of you, I will be dragged to a chick flick on Valentine’s Day to make my girlfriend happy.
The following trailer is my bet on what we will be seeing.
The good news is twofold.
1. It’s an obvious/easy choice
2. Actually looks pretty good.
After months of rumors, Fast and the Furious 5 is officially on its way. The production’s code name is “Fast Five”, as even new movies need childish undercover identities (as opposed to simply a “working title”).
And you can either relax (or sigh) as Vin Diesel will be driving the long-winded franchise once again.
This is all well and good, but where’s Riddick?
I have been waiting for the conclusion of the Chronicles of Riddick trilogy for a while now, and my spider sense tells me that more racing = less chance of seeing Riddick in the near future.
I thought I’d take this opportunity to refresh your memory of Vin’s latest outings. Here are the trailers for Fast And Furious (the 4th movie with a stupid title), and Chronicles of Riddick:
Ah Universal Soldier, one of Van Damme’s greatest action roles. Sure the 1992 original came out within a year of Terminator 2, signaling an honest cyborg-craze cash in. Yet, despite this the film managed to be pretty good!
Then, we were given the half-hearted theatrical sequel Universal Soldier: The Return in 1999. And boy did that movie suck. Why did they use a real-life wrestler as the villain. Wrestlers can’t act! Heck…they can’t even really fight!
So what are the odds that a middle-aged Van Damme sequel with half of the budget of 20 years ago (ignoring inflation) could be any good? And don’t forget that it brings back the original villain (Dolphe Lundgren) from the first film who was quite dead at the time….did he have a cyborg brother or something?
Anyways, check out the trailer for Universal Soldier 3: Regeneration:
And here’s the original 1992 film’s trailer, go ahead…compare them (and you’ll also notice that they swiped the Terminator 2 soundtrack):
Is anyone else frustrated that those fuzzy little cowards (Groundhogs) keeps seeing their shadows…every single year! Will winter never end?
I’ll tell you who has the right idea…Bill Murray!
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