Franchise Flirtation

Staff Writer: DL Mullan

Ghostbusters might be back. That’s right kids: who you gonna call? Bill Murray? Dan Ackroyd? Ernie Hudson? Or even, Harold Ramis?

Since Tarzan and Poltergeist are on the chopping block of Frankensteinian Hollywood reinvention, Ghostbusters appears to be on that surgical table too.

After two successful films, do we dare try for a trilogy? The one person I have not heard coming back for a Ghostbusters III is Sigorney Weaver. Where is our heroine?

Anyway, the movie will hand over the reigns to: Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, James Franco and Michael Cera.

But the biggest question is: Is Hollywood tired out? Remake after remake, book into television series and movies, is Hollywood in the middle of writer’s block? Identity crisis? Better yet: Middle Life Crisis?

Creative ideas are abundant, unfortunately Hollywood doesn’t know what do with them. Or rather, doesn’t know how to sell them. Back to the drawing board, boys, and bring that unknown book, comic, and dartboard with you!