GHOSTBUSTERS GETTING SOME MIB HELP

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.

FASSBENDER THE ASSASSIN

By Sean Smyth

Looks like the popular X-Men star is spreading his wings and soaring off some tall building tops and into large piles of hay in the upcoming Assassin's Creed Movie. 

Yeah, you read it right. As reported by Variety, Prometheus and X-Men star, Michael Fassbender will be donning the classic Ubisoft character in the white hood in the upcoming film adaptation as well as producing the picture. 

But which one he will be playing is unconfirmed. Their is no denying that he does have a distinctive Desmond look, the main protagonist of each of the games. He's the guy who sits in a machine and recalls his ancestors past lives discovering who he really is and all that good stuff. 

So Fassbender could also be playing any one of the assassins (Altair, Ezio, or even the newest Assassin, Connor) or as I hope for he will be playing Desmond and any of his alternate Assassin egos. 

"Michael Fassbender was our first choice," said Jean-Julien Baronnet, CEO of newly founded Paris-baed Ubisoft Motion Picutres. "Michael is an extremely smart, talented, versatile and committed actor."

As you may know, Fassbender has become a rising star as of late and giving him this coveted fan favorite role that will most likely spawn even more sequels much like X-Men First class. And I personally think he would be great in any and all the parts. There hasn't been a movie he's been in that I haven't liked. 

The film is working independently with Fassbender's production studio DMC Film so they can retain as much control over the movie as possible. However once the entire production package has been completed they will shop it around to additional studios for distribution and sale. You got to hit that budget some how.  So here's to hoping they do what is right and stick closely to the games and not let Hollywood screw over another great game franchise. 

What do you think about Fassbender wearing the hood? Is he the right choice? Opinions go down south in that comment section labeled comments. Thanks for reading.