Update: Dane Cook as Ghostbusters?

Hey folks, Nick here, and it looks like those rumors of Ghostbust3rs casting just won't settle down. We already heard about (and were the first on the net to debunk!)the "lesbusters" rumor of an all-butch lesbian team taking over from the octogenarian team of original Ghostbusters ... we knew that rumor was bunk because the script that it was based on (which saw the original boys in brown giving up the mantle in 2026 in a distant, "AI"-esque future where robots are prostitutes and the Necromancer ghost of Michael Bay (who died in this alternate future at 54 from explosives-linked brain cancer) is trying to bring about Armageddon with roboghosts and a loyal army of ghosts from all the childhood dreams he's murdered).

So yeah, that rumor was false. But this rumor is far more interesting. Take a look at this image smuggled out of the wardrobe department, courtesy of one of our spies:



A few interesting tidbits about this juicy image. For one, it was handed off to me attached to a script page that had Harold "Egon" Ramis's character working at a top-secret psycho-reactive stem cell facility in Lucerne, Switzerland, where the pluripotent stem cells (which, some experts note, are called "ghostem" cells because they are so regenerative) and other scientific stuff like ectoplasm are studied. In the brief page there is some scene-setting stuff, but notably some dialogue from Egon where he explains the ability to combine ectoplasm and stem cells to virtually clone into existence long-dead things. An interesting political slant of GB3? An shameless attempt to be topical? This would make sense because it could explain how Dane Cook could be funny in the film; we all know his ability to create joy and laughter died long ago. Either way, the rumors I've heard swirling around casting the new Ghostbusters crew, and the image above, all fit with this bit of film info.

If what I hear about casting is correct (and the above image seems to confirm this) the new Ghostbusters team will be made up of ... Dane Cook. That's right, all four new Ghostbusters will be played by Dane Cook, and he'll be playing them simultaneously, like Micheal Keaton in Multiplicity.

Cook is apparently keen to try out some different suits and other costumes to make the clones somewhat differentiated. For example, Cook has tried on some of the rubber fat suits (like the kind used in the Nutty Professor), so we could have the fat clone. He's tried on a dress or two and had wardrobe re-worked the jumpsuit for the lady clone. No word yet on what kind of Hollywood magic will produce the funny clone.

Some things to note: it seems kind of crass having Cook in blackface to replace Ernie "Winston" Hudson as the obligatory black Ghostbuster. Also kind of off is the Twin Towers still standing in the photo ... does this mean the movie will indeed take place in the early 90s, just after the events of GB2? Or does it foreshadow an alternate-reality NYC timeline that may play an integral role to the plot?

Only time will tell! Check back for more spy scoops as the ball really gets rolling on GB3 production!