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Dan Aykroyd stopped by Boston radio station WBCN and was, not surprisingly, questioned about the highly-anticipated third "Ghostbusters" movie.In addition to confirming rumours of a possible Fall start date, Aykroyd says he expects to see Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg's draft by June - and predicts it'll be hilarious (based on what he's seen of Harold Ramis's "Year One", which they also wrote). And what will be in that draft? Well, new Ghostbusters, old Ghostbusters and some sort of training ground for potential Slimer-busters.
"We are all in it", Aykroyd says of the original cast. "But we're handing to the torch to the Next Generation; we're training cadets".
And yes, Aykroyd hopes the series can continue after he, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson all hang up their Proton Packs at the end of "Ghostbusters 3".
"I hope, after this one, there'll be enough strength, with the other players, to take it to the Next Generation. Sure, why not?".
According to IESB, Robert Rodriguez's oft-rumoured "Predator" remake (last mentioned at Bloody Disgusting) is indeed happening. Rodriguez won't just produce the film, he'll direct the picture.
Interestingly enough, the site says the film will be titled "Predators" - indicating that the film is the same one Rodriguez wrote back in the 90s.... one he told Moviehole he didn't think would ever get made.
ʽ'It's too big'', Rodriguez told us in 2004. "I don't think they'd ever make it, it was just too expensive".
Rodriguez said his "Predators" script, which he wrote around the time of "Desperado", was budgeted by the studio at $150 million dollars - and that was over a decade ago!
First things first though - "Predators", if it's indeed the same film Rodriguez wrote in the 90s, isn't so much a remake as it is a sequel - or spin-off - to the first two films (which I'm thankful for) - in fact, it even features Arnold Schwarzenegger's ʽDutch'.
The main thrust of the story involves a group of commandos escorting Schwarzenegger's character (from the 1987 film) to a prison camp. The camp is now run by Predators - who essentially pit monsters-of-all-sorts against each other in some sort of Bloodsport-style competition. And how does Dutch escape his captors? He teams with - no less - a good-guy Predator (which always seemed a bit ʽoff' to me).
The opening sequence of the script, from memory, had/has a Spanish galleon being attacked by humans dressed in Predator gear. That was a pretty cool sequence - but the coolest stuff takes place on the Predator-planet... where we discover the ʽPredator King'!
Here's the storyline:
Sherry is offered a transfer to China. Considering the U.S office is about to lay off everyone, it's really her only choice; especially since nobody else at the office has been offered a transfer. With her young son Dre (Jaden Smith) in tow, the single-mother makes Beijing her new home. Needless to say, not knowing Chinese, and experiencing a bit of culture shock, they both find it a little hard to settle in - - Dre especially.
Like Daniel Larusso in the original film, Dre, a skateboarding video-game buff, immediately catches the attention of the local bullies - in particular, Lui Wei Cheng. And before too long, Dre is going home with bruises (he tries to hide a black-eye under a cap by pulling it as far down his face as he can) and whining about wanting to return to the states.
Dre's enrolled into a strict Beijing Middle School. His first day there is a bit of a shambles - the assistant principal spots his bruises, and assumes he's been fighting (which, of course, they don't accept under any circumstances), and he turns up in a school uniform, something he didn't have to wear that day (there's only certain days when a uniform is required).
The Mr Myiagi character is actually named Mr. Han (Jackie Chan). He's the maintenance man of the apartment lock that Sherry and Dre have moved into, and meets the new residents when he's called over to fix their hot water service. From the bathroom, Han spots Dre practicing martial-arts kicks (unsuccessfully) in front of a video-game, and catches his black eye. Later, of course, he'll agree to teach him - both martial-arts and the Chinese language (so he can impress his mother by haggling over apples).
The ʽTerry Silver' character - the character played by Martin Kove in the original film - is Li Quan Ha, the owner of the Fighting dragon school of Kung-Fu. One visit to the school - in which Li Quan terrorizes his students (who range from the age of 3 onwards), namely Lui Wei Cheng - and Dre is immediately put off.
Oh, and yes, there's a love interest - someone mother wants Dre to bring home for dinner.
"The film has a similar tone to the original movie", I'm told. "There are a lot of funny lines - mainly delivered by Jackie Chan. It is actually a good script though, very good in fact. It's different enough to be considered its own beast too".