Ghostbusters Afterlife (Jason Reitman)

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

I don't get the love for Bill Murray anymore. Sure I grew up watching his movies too but the guy is an as*hole.

To telling Lucy lu she can't act. Head butting MCG. Accordingly punching his wife.... The list goes on.
He's the real reason why Ghostbusters 3 was never made. But people still love him. He held out doing it for years then agreed to be in the terrible remake.

That was the really galling thing- a proper GB sequel has been doing the rounds for at least 20 years, and would have been a done deal except Murray kept holding out. I thought the success of the 2009 video game would have brough a new film, but then when Harold Ramis died that became an impossibility. After all the refusals he ends up doing that dumpster fire from 2016. Would have had more respect for him if he just kept his stance. Although there were rumours that his appearance and promotion of film was more due to a legal obligation, so who knows.

This new film is better than nothing and I will enjoy seeing those characters again, but I'm not expecting any more than a few scenes with the originals, basically some glorified cameos that they can use in the trailers to sell tickets and create a buzz. I reckon Murray and the rest were locked in for this a long time ago as it seems to be a quite secretive production so far.