Few have not seen this seminal 1984 sci-fi comedy starring Murray, Ackroyd and Ramis as three loser parapsychology profs who set up a business catching ghosts and get in a whole heap of trouble. But were we to remake “Ghostbusters,” the original cast’s a bit long in the tooth for action roles. Who would you cast in the remake?
You must cast actors to fill, at a minimum, these eight roles (with the actor who played in the original)
When I was a younger man, in the mid 90s I really wanted to see a remake that starred:
Mike Meyers (Venkmen)
Dana Carvey (Egon)
Chris Farley (Ray)
Chris Rock (Winston)
David Spade (Louis Tulley)
Julia Sweeney (Janine)
I’d still like to see a GB3 that used the original premise that Belushi and Ackroyd came up with- Ghosts are so prevalent as to be just nuisances and that busters are like exterminators -pretty routine. Then a big threat comes along.
*Slight Side note, this has kind of been done by Ivan Reitman already. *
Dr. Peter Venkman –> David Duchovny … Dr. Ira Kane
Dr. Ray Stantz –> Seann William Scott … Wayne Grey (not quite)
Dr. Egon Spengler –> Orlando Jones … Prof. Harry Phineas Block
Winston Zeddmore –> missing character
Dana Barrett/The Gatekeeper –> Julianne Moore … Dr. Allison Reed, CDC
Louis Tulley/The Keymaster –> Ethan Suplee … Deke
Walter Peck –> Ted Levine … General Russell Woodman
Janine Melnitz –> missing character
The Mayor –> Dan Aykroyd … Governor Lewis (bonus replacement)