Original plot to Gostbusters 2


by Bboyrd

15 years, 5 months ago


I seem to remember reading somewhere that said GB2 was going to be about the guys travelling underground to battle gnomes or trolls or something. I am I right about this? I heard that Bill Murray was told GB2 was going to be a completely different story. Is this what he was looking forward to?

by doctorvenkman1

15 years, 5 months ago


You are correct. That was the original plotline, and it was going to be completely different from what we ended up with.

by sandmanfvr

15 years, 5 months ago


Wasn't it called Ghostbusters in Hell?

by Andreas

15 years, 5 months ago


From Cinefex Magazine:

For the sequel, Aykroyd once again wrote the initial script–a story in which Dana was kidnapped and taken to Scotland where she discovered a fairy ring and civilization underground. “My first draft was really too far out,” Aykroyd reflected. "It was probably too inaccessible, though at the time I wrote it that it was the direction we should go in. I wanted to leave New York City behind because I thought we had done that. But New York is really the greatest arena for our kind of ghost story, and staying in the city gave continuity to the second film. One idea that did stay in our script was the notion of having things occur underground. We went skyward in the first film–up to the top of a skyscraper–so I thought for the second one it would be nice to see the underbelly of the city. But my original concept for going underground was different. It involved a pneumatic tube two thousand miles long that they traveled in for three days. It was like a primitive mail chute."


by robertknippels1

15 years, 5 months ago


I thought it was called: the last of the ghostbusters.

best regards,

Robert

by Andreas

15 years, 5 months ago


robert knippels;147258
I thought it was called: the last of the ghostbusters.

One of my favourite Bill Murray quotes (from Starlog Magazine ):

"It's not going to be called Ghostbusters II. We'll burn in hell if we call it Ghostbusters II. I've suggested The Last of the Ghostbusters, to make sure there won't be anything like a Ghostbusters III."


by doctorvenkman1

15 years, 5 months ago


sandmanfvr;147255
Wasn't it called Ghostbusters in Hell?

That was the original draft for Ghostbusters III, not Ghostbusters II.

And I hope we all understand that Bill Murray was joking about “The Last of the Ghostbusters”.

by GBRob

15 years, 5 months ago


It's cool that they kept some elements of the original plot as in the river of slime being underground.

Dan gets far out with his scripts though. :-)