What new product and upcoming event have inspired talk of a new Ghostbusters movie sequel?”
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“What new product and upcoming event have inspired talk of a new ‘Ghostbusters’ movie sequel?” Topics: ghostbusters, askville bonus. Bonus Question … Maybe there’s an upcoming Ghostbusters popularity renaissance that I’m just not privy to. … and learned that the game is being pitched as a true sequel to the two films … Lucas did with the new Indiana Jones movie (although they’re probably the only … we were inspired to peek back at photos taken at E3s past. …
The release of the Ghostbusters video game by Atari along with the upcoming release of the two movies on Blu-ray have gotten the people behind the original Ghostbusters movies talking about making a sequel. At this point it is pretty much all talk. Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, writers for ‘The Office’ are planning to come up with a script. After everyone involved has a chance to read the script they will talk further about whether or not they are actually going to proceed with making another sequel. At this point only time will tell if it actually happens, but for fans of the original movies there is a flicker of hope.
