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As Dan Aykroyd continues his insane quest to make a third Ghostbusters movie, he's hit on the crackpottiest idea yet — recasting the role of Peter Venkman, played by Bill Murray in the first two movies. More »
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Wondering how Ghostbusters 3 is doing? According to Bill Murray, not so good. More »
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Yesterday's episode of Alphas — "Bill and Gary's Excellent Adventure" — explored Bill's reasons for joining up with Dr. Rosen and the former FBI agent's reluctance for signing on with his motley little band. It turns out that one of Bill's adrenaline-fueled (and clavicle-breaking) outbursts have alienated him from the Bureau, and he's therefore consigned to hang with Rosen's farm team. More »
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Not since John Travolta's Michael have we seen this much angel sex. In Passion Play, Megan Fox plays an honest-to-goodness fallen angel (fluffy wings and all), controlled by the evil Bill Murray and loved by Mickey Rourke. More »
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Needle-nose Ned. Ned the head. Ned Ryerson is swooping in to wish you all a happy early spring with this hilarious Groundhog Day supercut of every Ned Ryerson and Bill Murray scene from the film. Fingers crossed Punxsutawney Phil's prediction of an early spring comes true! Via The Daily What. More »
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At the Spike Scream Awards last night, Bill Murray showed up dressed as Peter Venkman PhD to accept his Best Cameo award for Zombieland. Yes Bill, the kids love you. [AP Photo/Chris Pizzello] More »
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What's going to happen to Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters 3? We got our first hint from Sigourney Weaver, and now Bill Murray is insisting on it. What's the plot twist that must happen for Murray to be in Ghostbusters 3? More »
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While the latest Ghostbusters film moves forward by confirming its director, we wonder where will the project even begin, now that all of our ghost-gathering heroes of past are all retired? Thankfully a little more has been revealed. More »
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Zombieland's big celebrity cameo is absolutely brilliant. But, wait: there's more! Find out about the bizarre outtakes from that cameo that were filmed but didn't make it into the film, and all the big-name stars that could have appeared. Spoilers... More »
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With a new Ghostbusters script soon to be finished, we've been hearing that the franchise will introduce a whole new generation of Ghostbusters, with Venkman and co. passing the torch. But one more veteran is coming back: director Ivan Reitman. More »
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Original paranormal expert Dan Aykroyd filled in the public on the future of Ray, Venkman, Egon and the rest of the team in Ghostbusters 3, and added a little she-buster wishful casting, and plot details. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5262213&view=rss&microfeed=true Before Tim Burton put his dark vision of the Caped Crusader on screen, there was a campier, more fun-loving Batman pitch on the horizon, with Bill Murray playing the lead. While we all know Bill Murray can pull off Bruce Wayne's smarmy millionaire/likable troubled guy schtick better than George Clooney and Val Kilmer combined, I'm really interested in what Murray's tongue-in-cheek Bats would have been like. Murray told MTV, ""I would have been a fine Batman. You know, there have been a number of Batmen. I like them... I thought Mike Keaton did a great job as Batman. It's obviously — it's a great role." [MTV] More »
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Original Ghostbuster Bill Murray says he thinks the third GB film should include a woman putting on the gray boiler suit and showing she ain't afraid of no ghosts. Since the film will probably introduce a younger generation of ghost-smacking recruits, we're guessing it won't be Whoopi Goldberg or Ellen DeGeneres... let alone Diane Keaton. But what female comedy great should get out there and bust some ghosts? More »
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Why are kids' movies the only ones allowed to deal with real grown-up issues? City Of Ember, opening today, reminded me of the allegory-rich Wall-E. Not least because it talked about issues like scarce resources and the cushiony softness of propaganda. It's such a relief, after watching a thousand allegedly "grown-up" action-adventure movies, to watch a film that actually talks to me like I'm 12, instead of four. Spoilers ahead. More »
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If you're a fan of the underground world of young adult scifi that is Jeanne Duprau's City Of Ember, then you're aware there's a sequel to this novel called The People of Sparks. So in a press conference for the movie adaptation Bill Murray, Tim Robbins and Saoirse Ronan answered who might be coming back, and what were the chances for an Ember 2. And Murray has a very complicated scientific explanation of his character's future. Spoilers for the film below. More »
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The subterranean city of Ember houses the last survivors of the human race, living off dwindling food supplies and grappling with a failing power generator in the new movie City Of Ember. Could there possibly be some kind of allegory here? We seized the chance to ask castmembers Bill Murray, Saoirse Ronan and Tim Robbins if they think the movie is commenting on our current situation, when they sat down with the press recently. They also told us about eating from cans and learning to live in total darkness. Minor spoilers below. More »
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While Bill Murray was campaigning around town for his evil mayor character from The City Of Ember, we managed to ask him a little bit about Ghostbusters. He talked about some old ghosts in his closet, and what kind of man Venkman would be nowadays, if we see him again in Ghostbusters 3. More »
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Producer of The City of Ember Tom Hanks gives us all an inside peek into the underground city that was filmed where the Titanic (not James Cameron's movie, the actual ship) was built. Almost the entire underground world was constructed on this gigantic set, including Ember's shops, salons and mysterious tunnels. More »
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The one remaining obstacle in keeping us from eagerly anticipating any potential Ghostbusters 3 - the question mark over Bill Murray's involvement - seems have been removed by the announcement at a recent press conference that he's over his 'Busterphobia so much that he's even whistling Ray Parker Jr.'s theme song on his way to work these days. But what brought on this newfound enthusiasm? Here's a clue: It's not the unfinished script to the third movie. More »
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The Mayor of The City Of Ember is throwing his hat in the election ring, and who wouldn't vote for Bill Murray? His platform is simple, and his wit is razor sharp. Please do enjoy the Bill Murray for Mayor commercial that will be airing tonight during the presidential debates, plus celebratory pictures of Murray himself attending an underground Zion-meets-Ember dance party. More »
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Curious as to how Bill Murray will rule the underground city? Check out these new clips from The City Of Ember that hit the internet this week, and see for yourself. This adaptation of Jeanne Duprau's novel follows a group of teens as they try to discover the secrets behind the ancient underground city before all of the lights go out and the citizens are forced to live in darkness, forever. Clearly Murray is going to be the highlight of this film. More »
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Here's the first trailer from October's City Of Ember, a kids' movie set in a postapocalyptic underground city whose power generator is running out of juice. Our first glimpse includes the corrupt mayor (Bill Murray) trying to rally the town. Everything depends on two crafty kids, who follow a path of clues down ancient tunnels and passages. Learn more about the challenges that meet the kids below (including minor spoilers). More »
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Stanley Kubrick tried to stop Space: 1999 with a lawsuit in 1975 because he felt its title was too similar to his 2001: A Space Odyssey. "The deliberate choice of a date only two years away from 2001 is not accidental and harms us," he wrote in one of many frenzied telexes. (Somewhat optimistically, he also predicted the show would be "important" and run for years.) Was he worried people might think the campy rubber-monsters show was a continuation of his ape/fetus acid-trip? Or did he just want a monopoly on titles with "space" and a near-future date? Crazy obsessions like the Space: 1999 lawsuit kept him from finishing several movie projects — including one intriguing science fiction movie. More »
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Ernie Hudson hopes the new Ghostbusters video game coming out next year means Ghostbusters 3 will be haunting theaters. The game features Hudson's voice, along with the voices of Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd, who wrote the game. The fact that Aykroyd was able to assemble all the original talent for this game may be a good sign for Ghostbusters 3 and 4, which already have Aykroyd-penned scripts. We say the best move would be to call it Ghostbusters 2, so we can rid our brains of the nasty slime that terrible sequel left behind. More »
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Bill Murray cackles like a cartoon villain in this first glimpse of tween post-apocalyptic flick City of Ember, out next fall. He plays the corrupt mayor of an underground city who tries to prevent our two teen heroes from discovering how to get back above ground now that the city's power generator is failing. The young-adult dystopia genre may be new to movies, but it's booming in novels. A rundown of junior end-of-days books after the jump. More »
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With it being possibly the most eagerly awaited, yet arguably unexpected, sequel since the upcoming fourth Indiana Jones movie, news has leaked that work has started on Ghostbusters 3. But there's a catch: It's not actually going to be a movie. More »
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