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Ivan Reitman Pulls Breaks On ‘Ghostbusters’ Expanded Universe
Remember when Ivan Reitman told Deadline that they were building an expanded Ghostbusters universe in the vein of The Avengers? Now he’s backpedaling.
Yesterday Drew Pearce told MTV that he’s completed the sequel’s script, which was penned with both Channing Tatum and Chris Pratt in mind to star. Pearce also popped up on Twitter to clarify that his Ghostbusters team would be a mix of both male and female, while the Paul Feig-directed reboot features an all-female team (Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon).
Now, Reitman is denying this script exists, and that there are plans for several sequels.
“There has been a lot of excitement recently about what is happening with the Ghostbusters franchise,” Reitman told BirthDeathMovies in an e-mail statement. “As the producer of the new Ghostbusters film, I feel the need to clarify. There is only one new Ghostbusters movie and that is the Paul Feig directed version coming next July, presently filming and going fantastically. The rest is just noise.”
Just noise? Well, here’s what he told Deadline back in March:
“We want to expand the Ghostbusters universe in ways that will include different films, TV shows, merchandise, all things that are part of modern filmed entertainment. This is a branded entertainment, a scary supernatural premise mixed with comedy. Paul Feig’s film will be the first version of that, shooting in June to come out in July 2016. He’s got four of the funniest women in the world, and there will be other surprises to come. The second film has a wonderful idea that builds on that. Drew [Pearce] will start writing and the hope is to be ready for the Russo Brothers’ next window next summer to shoot, with the movie coming out the following year. It’s just the beginning of what I hope will be a lot of wonderful movies.”
It’s rare to see a franchise this exposed with so much open chatter, which is why I think Reitman feels the need to jam hard on the breaks. The problem is, now he’s going through a windshield filled with lies and there’s shards of glass everywhere. I think the best thing they can all do is just shut up and finish Feig’s vision, which is set for release next summer.
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Keanu Reeves Describes Untitled Time Loop Thriller from Director Tim Miller as ‘Groundhog Day’ With Sharks
At one point known as Shiver, Tim Miller‘s (Deadpool, Terminator: Dark Fate) next movie doesn’t yet have a title, but star Keanu Reeves offers a very intriguing tease this week.
Chatting with Collider, Reeves explains what drew him to the mysterious upcoming project from director Tim Miller. He tells the outlet, “Sharks. Time machine. Groundhog Day.”
That lines up with early plot details that surfaced earlier this year, with the film said to center on a “smuggler in the middle of a deadly double-cross while on a job in the Caribbean Sea.”
That synopsis continued, “Surrounded by bodies, hostile mercenaries, and bloodthirsty sharks, the man finds himself in a time loop and scrambling to break the cycle.”
Callie Cooke (“The Stranger”), Stefan Kapičić (Deadpool), Steven Waddington (Sleepy Hollow), Nicholas Duvernay (“The White Lotus”), Abraham Popoola (Cruella), Anastasia Safonov, and Bobby Holland Hanton (Thor: Love and Thunder) also star.
Ian Shorr (Splinter, Infinite) penned the screenplay for the sci-fi thriller, which had previously been described as having shades of Edge of Tomorrow and The Shallows.
Stay tuned for more on the untitled Warner Bros. project.
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