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Some stuff you may not Know

A problem arose during filming when it was discovered that a show was produced in 1975 by Filmation for CBS called The Ghost Busters, starring Larry Storch and Forrest Tucker. (It should be noted that this show's title is written as two words instead of one word like the 1984 movie.) Columbia Pictures prepared a list of alternative names just in case the rights could not be secured, but during the filming of the crowd for the final battle, the extras were all chanting "Ghostbusters", which inspired the producers to insist that the studio buy the rights to the name.

Thats also why the cartoon from the movie is called "the real ghostbusters"

Ghostbusters (1984)

WW - $291,632,124
US - $238,632,124

US Yearly rank #2 behind Beverly Hills Cop
US All Time Rank #52 (#6 in 1984)
US All Time Rank Adjusted for inflation #30

In Dan Aykroyd's original rough draft of the movie, the story was going to take place in the future and that there would be teams of Ghostbusters like there are paramedics and firefighters (thus explaining basing the Ghostbusters HQ in a firehouse). According to Reitman, such a film would cost "at least $300 million in 1984 dollars". So Harold Ramis was brought in to rewrite the script and bring it into modern times.

Though never referred to in the script, the green ghost the guys bust in the hotel was dubbed "Onionhead" by the crew, because of its horrid smell. A scene where the ghost haunts two newlyweds showed this characteristic, but it was cut. Since it was never referred to in the movie, the writers of the animated show came up for a different name for the green ghost: Slimer.

In the middle of the film's initial release, to keep interest going, Ivan Reitman had a trailer run, which was basically the commercial the Ghostbusters' use in the movie, but with the 555 number replaced with a 1-800 number, allowing people to call. They got a recorded message of Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd saying something to the effect of "Hi. We're out catching ghosts right now." They got 1,000 calls per hour, 24 hours a day, for six weeks.

Ghostbuster II (1989)

US Yearly rank #7

The cameo appearance of Slimer the green ghost of the first film was prompted by the fact that in the years in between the two films, the cartoon series "The Real Ghostbusters" introduced the idea that Slimer was living at the firehouse as the Ghostbusters' pet. Because the original film and the cartoon series were so popular with children, they put Slimer in the film.

The pneumatic subway line that Ray finds when they lower him below the street actually exists under part of Manhattan. The line was built prior to any other subways in the area and was actually built without any City approval. It operated using compressed air and pushed Victorian New Yorkers a number of blocks in "elegant comfort". When the City of New York found out about the subway line, they shut it down and the line was buried, including two beautifully appointed stations with extensive tile work and even full-size chandeliers above the tracks! Several decades later, when digging for the modern subway system, workers punched into the then unknown subway tunnel and found the station and the subway car completely intact and in remarkably good condition. It's still there today.

Ghostbuster III

Dan Aykroyd confirmed that an animated Ghostbusters 3 is in development while doing an interview for CISN fm.

“Ghostbusters 3 lives today. A year ago it didn’t.”

“I wrote a script called Hell Bent, Ghostbusters go to hell basically. The premise is that it’s Manhellton. There’s Manhattan and ManHELLton. And if you can build an inter-dimensional phase system so that you can go from one dimension to another. We’ve succeeded doing that and we go to the hell side.

Downtown, Folley Square - where the cops are, they’re all blue minotaurs. Central Park is this huge deep mine, green demons there, surrounded by black onyx thousand foot high apartment buildings with classic red devils. Very wealthy. And we go visit a Donald Trump like character - Mr. Siffler. Lou Siffler, Lucifer. So I will say we meet the devil in it.

It won’t happen as a live action because Billy [Murray] won’t come on to the live action but he will voice his part, as a CGI animated project.

With CGI, and animation, the way these cartoons are done, we can do everything I wrote in that script for a lot less money.”

Aykroyd has been pushing Ghostbusters III for so long now that it should be noted that his word is not exactly indication of a greenlight for the project

Ghostbuster The Video Game

http://www.ghostbustersgame.com/ 

Since being announced this past November, Ghostbusters The Video Game has become one of the most hotly anticipated games of 2008. It has been featured on the covers of Game informer, Official Xbox Magazine, NGamer, Playstation World, Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine and many others. MSNBC has named it one of the Top 5 Most Anticipated Games of 2008. IGN called it one of the one of the Most Anticipated Games of 2008 for Xbox 360 and PS3 where one editor claimed,"This is the game I was put on earth to play." To date, Ghostbusters The Video Game has been featured on 15 "Most Wanted of 2008" lists. See what the press is saying.

• Listed on GameSpy's Most Wanted Games of 2008 in the Actio/Adventure genera
• Being a Candidate for Xbox 360 in Electronic Gaming Monthly's Decision '08 (Fab-08)
• #8 on PlayStations Magazine's Top 10 Games of 2008 (Jan-08)
• Listed as one of Xbox 360 Games of 2008 by Next Generation
• Listed as a Coming Attraction in the Action/Adventure genre by Eurogamer
• Listed on Gaming Shgun's Most Anticipated PC Games of 2008
• Listed on the PC Wiz Kids Tech Talk Most Awaited Video Games for 2008

Ghostbusters News

Ghostbusters The Game

http://download.gamevideos.com/Podcasts/041108_Go_Blox_Go.mp3 - Apr. 17, 2008
3 minutes in (podcast)

Ghostbusters website goes live - Apr. 10, 2008

Ghostbusters: AU Hands-On and Studio Tour  - Dec. 4, 2007

Sierra Shares Ghostbusters Details - Nov. 16, 2007

Ghostbusters III

Ghostbusters III Gets Animated? - Feb. 7, 2008

Other

About: Fan Film - Oct. 27, 2007
Indie Movie Spotlight: Return Of The Ghostbusters

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Wow .... there was quite sometime between the first and second movies ...
funny thing is that i just watched the first movie a few hours ago ... and still ... after seeing it like 30 times already i still love it :D

Man, I'm definitely gonna have to check this game out. I'm a huge fan of Ghostbusters I and II. Speaking of which, I think I'm gonna go watch them soon.

The Real Ghostbusters.