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Dan Aykroyd says Ghostbusters 3 script is in the works

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When your first attempt at a franchise revival with an all-female reboot fails, who you gonna call? Well, if you’re Sony, you’re going to be calling the original Ghostbusters – at least, if Dan Aykroyd is to be believed, with the co-writer and star of the original two movies telling AXS TV’s The Big Interview With Dan […]

The Films That Should Be TV Shows

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This week, Neil Calloway suggests some films that would work well as TV shows… With the new series of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. now underway, the Limitless TV show having just debuted in the US, and talk of a Game of Thrones movie being made (later denied). There’s even a TV show (the second, following a […]

Ghostbusters and Men in Black to cross over with Men In Black/Ghostbusters: Ecto-terrestrial Invasion board game

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IDW Games and Sony Pictures Consumer Products have announced plans to develop a series of tabletop games for both Men in Black and Ghostbusters franchises including, for the first time, a crossover miniatures board game combining the Men In Black and Ghostbusters franchises. Currently under development, Men In Black/Ghostbusters: Ecto-terrestrial Invasion will be a miniatures loaded board game featuring […]

Ghostbusters World now available on Android and iOS

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Sony Pictures Consumer Products, Ghost Corps and publisher FourThirtyThree Inc. have announced the release of their map-based AR mobile game Ghostbusters World.  This fresh take on location based AR games features iconic characters from the Ghostbusters universe. In Ghostbusters World players follow in the footsteps of Peter Venkman, Raymond Stantz, Egon Spengler and Winston Zeddmore by battling […]

IDW celebrates 20th anniversary with IDW 20/20 event featuring Ghostbusters, Star Trek, TMNT and more

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IDW has announced that it is set to celebrate its 20th anniversary in January 2019 with a brand-new weekly event IDW 20/20, which will explore some of pop culture’s most iconic properties – Ghostbusters, Jem and the Holograms, My Little Pony, Star Trek, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – as secrets and startling revelations of […]

New gameplay video released for mobile AR title Ghostbusters World

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Sony Pictures Consumer Products, Ghost Corps and publisher FourThirtyThree Inc. have released a new gameplay video for the upcoming map-based AR mobile game Ghostbusters World.  This new video provides a first look at the PvP and Story modes that the game will offer at launch.  You can check out the new video below… With Ghostbusters World players […]

Paul Feig discusses his scrapped Ghostbusters 2 plans, unsure about a Bridesmaids sequel

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Director Paul Feig returned to cinemas this weekend with the release of the Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively thriller A Simple Favor [read our review here], two years on from his female-led reboot of the 1980s classic Ghostbusters. The film was intended as a relaunch of the Ghostbusters franchise, but a worldwide gross of just $229 […]

Paul Feig stills wants to make a Ghostbusters sequel

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With a mixed reception from audiences, and a disappointing global box office of $229 million – resulting in a $70 million loss – one would have to assume that a sequel to Paul Feig’s female-led Ghostbusters reboot isn’t exactly top of the list of priorities at Sony. However, speaking to Yahoo at CinemaCon where he […]

Harold Ramis’ daughter on the possibility of a CGI Egon in Ghostbusters 3

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While it seemed that the passing of Harold Ramis in 2014 had put an end to any hope of a new Ghostbusters movie featuring the original cast, director Ivan Reitman teased the possibility of a new live-action feature last weekend at the San Diego Comic-Con, as well as suggesting Ramis’ Egon Spengler could feature through […]

We’re Now Powered By Nostalgia More Than Ever!

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George Chrysostomou on nostalgia… Upon reading Anghus Houvouras’s piece on why everyone is hating on Ready Player One, a key theme of his argument really hit home – it struck me that there really ise a lot of nostalgia in the current crop of films and TV shows. Now, I know that this has always been present. Every […]