12 Upcoming Movie Sequels You Definitely Didn't Need
1. Ghostbusters 2
Release: Unknown
Premise: A slime load of clichéd and unnecessary cameos.
Preceded by: Ghostbusters: Answer the Call
They did it, they really did it...a sequel is coming. This year's all-female Ghostbusters was universally panned as desecrating one of cinema's greatest franchises, but the father of Ghostbusters, Ivan Reitman, confirmed we will be getting a whole load of visits from the other side. Randomly announcing the news on a YouTube podcast, Reitman didn't confirm in what capacity we would be getting a sequel(s), but that it would be plural. There is the long-rumored Channing Tatum version of an all-male team, which could now include Chris Hemsworth's Kevin from Answer the Call, or the god awful possibility that Kristen Wiig and co. could return.
The death of original star Harold Ramis in 2014 undoubtedly put a spanner in the works for ghostbusting, but bear in mind that studios have been working on a Ghostbusters III since 1989. Perhaps the biggest way that Answer the Call dropped the ball was the inclusion of the original cast. What could have been amazing, seeing Venkman and Stantz putting on their boiler suits again, was wasted on roles as skeptics and taxi drivers. Even Sigourney Weaver was relegated to some minor part instead of playing sultry Dana Barrett. Regardless of age, sex, or race, the ONLY way a Ghostbusters franchise should/could continue is if the original team return to hand the baton over to a new academy of recruits.