By Sean Smyth
Writer behind MIB3 straps on his Proton Pack to give Ghostbusters 3 new life.
Etan Cohen, commonly confused with or believed to be related to the Cohen Brothers (he is not), has been hired on by Mr. Danny Aykroyd himself to re-write the floundering Ghostbusters 3 script, originally penned by The Office writers, Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky.
Cohen is no stranger to large scale re-writes and fixing dying scripts as he just recently "saved" MIB3 from certain development demise and was credited with writing the entire script. I quoted saved because I really don't think that movie was all that great. Except the end. It was a touching little moment for those who saw it.
Anyway, "...it has to be perfect," says Aykroyd, referring to the statement Bill Murray said about the current script and his reasons for not wanting to do the film unless it's dead on amazing awesome firecrackers flying out of everyone's ass. Which I can say makes perfect sense. NO reason to push through another crappy sequel to a classic from the eighties.
As reported by Variety, the film's basic premise will follow the original cast members, Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, and if he finally says yes this time, Bill Murray, as they pass on the Proton Packs to a younger more durable set of Ghostbusters. But who knows, that's really only speculation.
Cohen may be what the film needs, despite me thinking MIB3 wasn't all that great, he still pumped out to cult classic gems, Tropic Thunder with Ben Stiller and Tom Cruise, and Idicocracy with Mike Judge and Luke Wilson. So here's to hoping. I won't hold my breath though. This things been on the back burner sense what, the second one?
So what do you think? Is Cohen the man for the job? Can he pull this franchise out of the dirt and breathe in new life? Let me know, and thanks for reading.
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