“Happy Birthday To Me” or “My Version of Ghostbusters 3”

I’ve accepted it. There will never be a Ghostbusters 3. Bill Murray was on Letterman a few days ago and explained how tough sequels were for him because they were never as good as the original. Bill Murray keeps shooting scripts down and legally, all three creators need to agree on anything before a movie gets made.

About two months ago, for my birthday, I wanted a commission sketch. I’d been watching a few commission artists on eBay for awhile and I finally decided on purchasing four character sketches from John Johnston (you can find him on eBay by searching title and descriptions or going to JohnJohnstonArt.com). I told him about my concept – an all girl cast of Ghostbusters.

When I was forming my concept, I thought about making the members actresses I’d like to see in a new movie. Then I thought about making them characters from TV shows, movies, and comic books. They had to be characters that had ties to the supernatural.

With that in mind, I chose my all-girl, pop-culture team: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Zatanna, Magik (of the New Mutants), and Hermione Granger (from Harry Potter). They are four of my favorite characters and it felt great to put these characters who didn’t share a common universe in the same line-up. And it felt great to see someone else looking awesome in Ghostbuster gear.

 They ain't afraid of no ghosts, vampires, demons, or boggarts.

Ghostbusters 3

"The wounds from GHOSTBUSTERS 2 are healed." – Bill Murray

I remember hearing that a new Ghostbusters film was in the works a few years ago at Comic Con. It was when Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson were promoting the awesome Ghostbusters video game (if you have an X-Box 360 or PS3 and haven’t experienced busting ghosts, what are you waiting for). I just thought it was talk. It isn’t unusual for some fan to ask, “How about Ghostbusters 3?” and get an answer like, “We’ve been thinking about it” or “It isn’t out of the question if the script is right.” Suddenly the gossip is that they’re making Ghostbusters 3.

It looks like it's going to happen.
Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, and Bill Murray have all mentioned it in interviews and Ivan Reitman confirmed that he was back to direct. Variety reports that Ghostbusters 3 is supposed to begin filming in May for a release on January 7, 2011. The film has a release date!

And what about the plot? Dan Aykroyd said, "There’ll be a whole new generation that has to be trained and a leader that you'll all love when you meet her. There'll be lots of cadets, boys and girls who'll be learning how to use the neuron splitter and the inter-planet interceptor - new tools to enable them to slip from dimension to dimension." The new leader was a mystery until Eliza Dushku let it slip during an interview with Hollywoodspy.com, that she might star in Ghostbusters 3 because she’s a friend of Dan Aykroyd, and he really wants her to be a part of the project.

I’m a huge Ghostbusters and Eliza Dushku fan – I would love to see her in a Ghostbusters uniform.

So will the film go off as planned? Will we be buying tickets for Ghostbusters 3 next year? Will it rock harder than the first one? I don’t know. I hope that I’ll be able to watch the original Ghostbusters train a new generation and I hope that new generation will get their own movies.

I can't wait to see the originals back in action

And I can't wait to see Faith bust ghosts

A scene from the video game. Try it - busting makes you feel good.