We’re all well aware that a Ghostbusters 3 is going to arrive…eventually. Some of you might not be comfortable with that idea, but I ain’t afraid of no sequel. What I really want, is a cast and crew that will do the two original films some justice. Someone like Max “Chronicle” Landis, who could write a killer script. He’s not going to unfortunately. Even if he does have a killer idea for Ghostbusters 3.
The idea that Landis has, is a combination of passing on of the neutrona wands, self-referential material and an homage to the past as the Ghostbusters have become a global paranormal extermination service. Here’s his idea for the opening:
Haha a bunch of people asking what my Ghostbusters 3 pitch would’ve been. I never had a full one, just a skeleton I’ve goofed around with.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014
My Ghostbusters 3 began in the 1920s with Ivo Shandor murdering a gluttonous associate to protect his cult after he has a moral objection.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014
Shandor tells the overweight man that nothing can stop the coming of Gozer; first, the gate will open in 1984, then again twenty years later
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014
The fat man, who now has all the details of Shandor’s plans, threatens to go to the police, and Shandor poisons him. It’s scary, but…
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014
As Shandor escapes, we see that we’re in the Sedgewick Hotel, and that the guy we just saw die… …Is Slimer. Cue theme. Show title.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014
But wait there’s more! Later on in the day, Landis outlined his general idea for a third Ghostbusters film:
Thanks for all the kind words on the Ghostbusters opening (and the weird amount of people who don’t understand the concept of “opening”)
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014
My full movie concerns several new teams (focusing on one), grown from the Ghostbusters Franchise which is now global (and going bankrupt)
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014
Ghostbusters have become a parody of themselves, there are barely twelve ghosts caught a year. People have forgotten what happened in NYC.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014
Egon passed away, Venkman lives on an island, Winston retired rich. Only Ray Stantz is left in charge, and he’s a terrible business man.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014
In an effort to bring back business, an obsessed team whose station has been shut down attempts to summon a minor ghost… Mistake. Gozer.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014
It’s up to our hero team to stop the bad team, reunite the fractured franchises, and save our dimension from a very pissed off demigod.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014
It’s all very meta (creatively bankrupt Ghostbusters, no one wants the new team, the bad team are slick Michael Bay-versions of the GBs)…
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014
…But you keep the action, comedy, and emotion sincere. Witty, bluecollar guys who are the last people you’d want saving the world.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014
And I think the teams would be by modern-comedy clique; a Parks/Rec team, a Rogen/Franco team, a Kroll/Key/Peele team…
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 19, 2014
I don’t know. I’ve thought a lot about Ghostbusters 3. But I’m kind of close on the Akroyd/Ramis side of things so it always felt weird.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 19, 2014
So happy to see this got some people pumped, unsurprised by the usual weird amount of hate. That’s enough from me about this, I think.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 19, 2014
I have no idea why Sony hasn’t hired him yet. Because this is the kind of Ghostbusters film that I’d love to see. I can just picture the final scene now, as dozens of Ghostbusters descend on Times Square for a final showdown with Gozer, before we hear the surviving originals shout in the background “LIGHT ‘EM UP AND MAKE ‘EM HARD!”.
I would watch this film so damn hard. C’mon Sony, hire Landis to write and direct this movie already. Don’t take no for an answer.
Last Updated: June 19, 2014
Kervyn Cloete
June 19, 2014 at 12:39
I would definitely watch that.
Werner Morris
June 19, 2014 at 12:44
Extreme Ghostbusters worked. It was not only a new team – they were likable and diverse. It fit together well. The story outlined by Landis can definitely work if they don’t mess up the casting.
Rince&exhale
June 19, 2014 at 13:31
I would have bought a ticket already! Make it so!
cookiemonster
June 20, 2014 at 07:33
Yeah…me too!!!!!!!!!!!