For a movie that still has no director, no release date and seems to be forever spinning its wheels, despite tentative plans to shoot next year, there’s surely been a lot written about "Ghostbusters 3." Either people are genuinely interested or they like a good story about development hell, but once again, more rumors were thrown into the pile this week. Nikki Finke reported, then quickly deleted, a story Max Landis ("Chronicle") was going to be involved in a writing capacity on the movie, something Landis quickly took to Twitter to deny in a series of tweets (collected by Slashfilm). But it’s not like he doesn’t have any ideas.
After some prompting from followers, Landis tweeted his "skeleton" idea for "Ghostbusters 3," sharing what his pre-credit idea for the sequel would be, with a concept that takes the storyline both into the past and future. But before we begin, you might want to know who Ivo Shandor is. He was briefly mentioned in the original "Ghostbusters," but was the main baddie in "Ghostbusters: The Video Game" (portrayed by Paul Reubens), and you’ll want to hit Wikia for more. But Landis weaves him into the storyline in a pretty compelling way. Read on….
Haha a bunch of people asking what my Ghostbusters 3 pitch would’ve been. I never had a full one, just a skeleton I’ve goofed around with.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014
My Ghostbusters 3 began in the 1920s with Ivo Shandor murdering a gluttonous associate to protect his cult after he has a moral objection.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014
Shandor tells the overweight man that nothing can stop the coming of Gozer; first, the gate will open in 1984, then again twenty years later
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014
The fat man, who now has all the details of Shandor’s plans, threatens to go to the police, and Shandor poisons him.
It’s scary, but…
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014
As Shandor escapes, we see that we’re in the Sedgewick Hotel, and that the guy we just saw die…
…Is Slimer.
Cue theme. Show title.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014
Thoughts? Remember, denials by studio folks are common and maybe Landis was on somebody’s list over at Sony. Anyway, perhaps they should give the guy a ring? Let us know your thoughts and if Landis has the right idea on how to head into a third movie that will likely pass the torch to a new generation of Slimer fighters.