If theres something strange in your neighbourhood, who you gonna call? Certainly not the Ghost Smashers. But that was just one of the frankly awful original titles for Ghostbusters. The original draft (written by Dan Aykroyd) was written as a futuristic, sci-fi epic about teams of Ghost Smashers that battled giant, ghostly monsters. But with Aykroyd's original vision estimated to cost over $300 million, Harold Ramis was brought on board to rewrite the entire thing and bring it back to the present day. Thankfully, the Ghost Smashers soon became Ghostbusters. But there was a small problem an unrelated TV series had already taken the name. Of course, this was a legal nightmare and resulted in the production team briefly considering some alternative titles, such as Ghost Stoppers and even Ghost breakers. Doesn't quite have the same ring to it, does it? But as we all know, the copyright issues were quickly resolved and we got the Ghostbusters we know and love.
Ryan Leston is a film writer, journalist and geek from Cardiff, United Kingdom. He's a huge Star Wars fan and loves almost all comic book movies... except for Green Lantern. Oh and he loves video games too.
