the last outlaw Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Sony can see what a train wreck and how awful the Ghosterbusters film with all female-lead is going to be. http://deadline.com/2015/03/ghostbusters-channing-tatum-joe-and-anthony-russo-drew-pearce-ivan-reitman-dan-aykroyd-1201388917/ EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures is broadening the Ghostbusters franchise and the first order of business will be an action-centric comedy that is a counterpart to the Paul Feig-directed film that will start production in June. The studio is simultaneously forming Ghostcorps, a new production company whose principals include original Ghostbusters architects Ivan Reitman and Dan Aykroyd; they will have offices at Sony with the mission to scare up branding opportunities based on the 1984 comedy classic. Reitman is putting the film with a powerhouse brain trust: Captain America: The Winter Soldier helmers Joe and Anthony Russo, who just made a first-look Sony deal and are looking to direct and produce this; Drew Pearce, the Iron Man 3 and Mission: Impossible 5 scribe wholl write; and Channing Tatum and his partners Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan, who are attached to produce. The hope is for Tatum to play one of the Ghostbusters in this film. Given his versatility and franchising success in 21 Jump Street and Magic Mike, hes a good cornerstone to launch another Ghostbusters series. The idea came from Pearce, who honed it the Russo Brothers, Tatums team and Reitman. This is being put together even as the studio moves to the start line with a Ghostbusters reboot that will be directed by Feig and star his Bridesmaids leads Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy, and Saturday Night Live stand outs Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon. All of this is being steered by new studio head Tom Rothman, Doug Belgrad and production president Michael De Luca. Reitman confirmed these early plans to Deadline, and said that this was something he and Aykroyd had long discussed. In fact, it is remarkably close to the branding prospects included in a cosmic Bible for the possibilities that they hatched 30 years ago, ideas which were used to form the original film. They were rolling around ideas for Ghostcorps with top Sony execs Amy Pascal and Belgrad last fall at the Toronto Film Festival at Montecito. Thats the 12,000-square-foot restaurant that Reitman opened near the TIFF Bell Lightbox building, and which played host to several major festival premieres. Now, after Pascal left to become a producer on Feigs Ghostbusters, they are ready to move on the branding effort. We want to expand the Ghostbusters universe in ways that will include different films, TV shows, merchandise, all things that are part of modern filmed entertainment, Reitman told me. This is a branded entertainment, a scary supernatural premise mixed with comedy. Paul Feigs film will be the first version of that, shooting in June to come out in July 2016. Hes got four of the funniest women in the world, and there will be other surprises to come. The second film has a wonderful idea that builds on that. Drew will start writing and the hope is to be ready for the Russo Brothers next window next summer to shoot, with the movie coming out the following year. Its just the beginning of what I hope will be a lot of wonderful movies. Reitman said that aside from himself and Aykroyd, Ghostcorps principals will be his longtime Montecito partner Tom Pollock, Ali Bell and Alex Plapinger, and Sony. Theyll take space on the Culver City lot, even as they continue operating Montecito as a separate production company. They have several pictures percolating at Paramount and they are getting close on a movie adaptation of Baywatch. My primary focus will be to build the Ghostbusters into the universe it always promised it might become. The original film is beloved, as is the cast, and we hope to create films we will continue to love. This is early days and the Russo Brothers, who are prepping their second Captain America pic Captain America: Civil War (Sonys signature superhero Spider-Man is expected to make an appearance), have also been mentioned as being coveted by Marvel to direct the next two Avengers movies taking over for Joss Whedon so well see the configuration when this makes it to the start gate. That uncertainty doesnt scare Reitman, particularly given how long it took to resuscitate the franchise after waiting years for original Ghostbuster Bill Murray to read the script. They are all very happy to be relaunching the franchise with Feigs version. Sometimes things happen at the speed they are supposed to happen, he said. The deals were so strong on that second movie that the franchise became frozen in place 25 years. Nothing got done, we all had the power to block whatever we didnt like, but we finally got together and found a way. Those Ghostbusters deals simply dont exist anymore in Hollywood. Stars dont get first dollar gross anymore, but that opens different doors that include back door paydays and, sometimes, being a part owner in a promising new concern like Ghostcorps. WME reps the Russo Brothers, Tatum is with UTA and Management 360, and Pearce is repped by WME and PBJ Management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 In a few years they'll tie it all in together: both Ghostbusters, BeetleJuice, and Baywatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatedkid666 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 This is anarchy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob.Loblaw Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Wait, they can do this? Isn't this one franchise competing against itself? So they turn the reboot into a spinoff and then hype up the second reboot? Not only does the idea sound bad, it doesn't seem feasible! Question: Who currently has the rights to Ghostbusters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentine Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Ghostbusters as a franchise seems to be going off the rails more and more with every update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offensive Threat Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 "The idea came from Pearce, who honed it the Russo Brothers, Tatums team and Reitman." Whenever theres a story/script that gets a committee of people working on it, it always ends up sucking ass. No exceptions. Wait, they can do this? Isn't this one franchise competing against itself? So they turn the reboot into a spinoff and then hype up the second reboot? Not only does the idea sound bad, it doesn't seem feasible! Question: Who currently has the rights to Ghostbusters? Columbia pictures owns the rights. Columbia Tristar is a division of Sony Pictures. So Sony owns it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Industrious1 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Hmmm.So there is going to be two sets of Ghostbusters...or?I'm a little confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobble Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Why does it need to be an all male or all female cast? How about just the funniest and more entertaining cast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera82 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 How 'bout they stop destroying classic movies with these idiotic reboots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 How 'bout they stop destroying classic movies with these idiotic reboots. I'm not excited for the new Fantastic 4, either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 This just basically confirms that Sony doesn't have faith in the Ghostbusters reboot, that they are already looking to reboot, the reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I'm not excited for the new Fantastic 4, either Good grief...they rebooted that one as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Good grief...they rebooted that one as well? Already? I know time flies by, but the FF movie can't be more than a decade old.... or is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Already? I know time flies by, but the FF movie can't be more than a decade old.... or is it? Yep...10 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 "Merchandise! Merchandise! Merchandise!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 HOW ABOUT AN ORIGINAL IDEA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I'd love to see Marvel do a film on the Guardian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBackup Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I'd love to see Marvel do a film on the Guardian Why? Just because he's Canadian? If we're going that route, they should re acquire the rights to Wolverine. Or, you know, take a chance on some original ideas, considering all anyone wants to see these days are remakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offensive Threat Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 HOW ABOUT AN ORIGINAL IDEA. No picture company is gonna risk a lot of money (couple hundred million) on an action movie without a decent expectation of a return on that investment. Thats why we get reboots, sequels, adaptations etc and they all star a core group of bankable actors. This is something you can pitch to a studio boss with a decent chance of success. The formula is simple: Get a decent franchise or reboot a much loved film. Get a big name like Robert Downey or Will Smith to star with Scarlett Johansson as the love interest. Take the original script and remove all originality and what made it great and grind out a neutered version of the original story with updated visuals thats guaranteed to make its money back and then some. Robocop, Judge Dredd, Total Recall etc. You can go original with comedies and romantic comedies. They dont cost that much to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THERETOOL Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 these are gonna suck . no matter who's in em .. we know the story already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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