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Ghostbusters game will have 100% less Rick Moranis photo

You're a little hyped up about Sierra's upcoming Ghostbusters: The Game, you say? Why, so am I -- in fact, I know very few people that aren't. It depends on how old you were when you saw (or if you saw) the paranormal comedy, but it's a testament to the film's greatness that I can call my grandmother and say I collect spores, molds and fungus and she still laughs. Good stuff, indeed.

Not everyone is so hip to the idea of doing it all over again, however. Although all four original Ghostbusters have agreed to voice their in-game characters, along with William Heck and the Stay-Puft marshmallow man, it seems Rick Moranis has declined to voice his character, which pisses me off because imagining anyone else capturing his character seems near-blasphemous, but the show must go on, I suppose. I'm sure I'll be too busy blasting things to care in the end.

In case you didn't know, Sigorney Weaver also declined to voice her character. This pretty much clinches it -- all Gatekeeper/Keymaster scenes will just not be the same. As long as Zuul isn't voiced by Kevin McDonald, I still have hope for the fate of this game.

[Via Kotaku -- Thanks, Joe]


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monosylabik's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 17:20
monosylabik
offical: game is going to suck now.


whats the ghostbusters without the vaguely hidden keymaster/gatekeeper sexual innuendos....really! its just madness,craziness,hysteria!
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 17:22
Samit Sarkar
“Hi, I’m the keymaster. Are you the gate keeper?”

No one but Rick Moranis could pull that off.
Zulu's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 17:24
Zulu
Maybe they can cut up his lines from the original movies for dialog. :D
GrayFox's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 17:27
GrayFox
Hey what's wrong with Kevin McDonald?
Colette Bennett's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 17:28
Colette Bennett
@Grayfox -- I knew someone would say this. I'm a huge Kevin McDonald (and Kids in the Hall) fan, but his squeaky voice was what i was actually making reference to.
GrayFox's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 17:32
GrayFox
haha boy, that one sure flew over my head. ok, you're off the hook then.
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 17:34
DaedHead8
Thats a shame, I still have high hopes for the gameplay though.
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 17:43
AgentMOO
ten bucks say they get jack black
Brahms's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 17:45
Brahms
I wouldn't bet against those odds, AgentMOO.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 17:46
Samit Sarkar
Also, re: the header image:

bluemeep's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 17:50
bluemeep
I'm still flabbergasted that they even got all four 'Busters. Like, mind-bogglingly stupified.
Rockvillian's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 17:53
Rockvillian
im gonna model Zuul in Spore and post it on a billion gaming blogs cause I'm creative and an artist please like me hey does anyone want any custom Spore creatures I'll do it for 30 bucks each just let me know what character you want and I'll make it for you I do moogles and naked Midnas for free ^_^

...

What just happened??!? ZUUUUUUUUUL!!!!
pendelton21's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 17:57
pendelton21
Boooooooooooo!!!
The Amazing Shenazin's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 18:01
The Amazing Shenazin
well he retired years ago so it's not very surprising

that's a shame about Sigorney Weaver though
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 18:08
Mxyzptlk
I thought Dana Barrett wasn't even in the script... maybe they replaced her with another character? The idea of her getting involved in paranormal shenanigans a THIRD time seems a bit of a stretch anyway (Since Ghostbusters is so based in realism after all) I'd honestly rather them write out Louis Tully's character than get a poor sound-alike.

Oh, and you forgot Annie Potts has agreed to voice Janine Melnitz! And Brian Doyle Murrary will appear in the game as well.
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 18:14
mistic
[i]“Hi, I’m the keymaster. Are you the gate keeper?”

No one but Rick Moranis could pull that off.[/i]

QFT
RICHARD BLOCKER's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 18:17
RICHARD BLOCKER
They'll find a decent replacement for more-anus.

see what I did there?
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 18:32
Dexter345
Are you a goddess, Colette?
epoch's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 18:56
epoch
so what exactly is moronis doing right now that he's too fuckin busy to be in this video game
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 19:27
Mxyzptlk
@ epoch: He pretty much retired in the late 90's to raise his kids after his wife died. He apparently has no interest in getting back into movies, he does comedy music albums now.
MaximusPaynicus's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 19:27
MaximusPaynicus
Hmm... nobody has asked Colette if she's the gatekeeper yet.

Way to go, D'toid community. You all get banana stickers.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 19:30
Kyousuke Nanbu
Moranis is taking care of his kids, his wife died a few years ago of cancer and he's been providing for them ever since, why do you think he went from being fairly popular to suddenly vanishing?

He gave up on his career for the sake of his kids, I can't help but respect him for that.
xe-cute's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 19:45
xe-cute
You do know he is one of the writers for the game?

I do not understand why he is helping write the characters dialogue but refuses to speak for his own part.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1142978/fullcredits#cast

Also he did retire for awhile in 1997 from acting but came back doing voices for animation and still does... so he is not retired and still voice acts.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001548/
KamikazeTutor's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 19:46
KamikazeTutor
Why the hell did he decline? It's not like he's swimming in a pool of his great Hollywood success.
KamikazeTutor's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 19:48
KamikazeTutor
Oh... geez... I didn't read Kyo's comment...
Man... that sucks...
Poor guy...
Grimhound's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 19:58
Grimhound
Louis Tulley's/(Rick Moranis's) demon dog was Vinz Clortho, not Zuul, just to nerd things up. :D
Mustin's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 20:18
Mustin
Best caption ever.

@xe-cute

I think he's credited as a writer for the game because of his writing for the original movie. So it might not be him directly working on the video game, but carrying over writing credit for the characters/dialogue from the original.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 20:27
Mxyzptlk
@ xe-cute: He's credited with characters... that doesn't mean dialogue, that means the game uses characters he helped originally create in the films (which we can assume means Louis).

Also, he's done like... five things since 97? And four of those voices on kid's movies? Most likely he's just not interested in reprising the character. His choice.
Mustin's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 20:51
Mustin
But there again I just wouldn't see why. If everyone else was on board (sans Weaver), why not? It's a week's work tops and a paycheck. Even in his own blog he notes his kids are off to college and he has too much time on his hands.

Here's to hoping he'll come around via peer pressure.

Let's all bake him a cake.
BluFire's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 21:05
BluFire
Rick Moranis was amaaaazing as Dark Helmet in Spaceballs... I'm so disappointed to see him turn this down.
xe-cute's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 21:06
xe-cute
Fair enough, still seems a little weird though.


I think we should all send him a lovely email asking him very nicely and bake a cake as Mustin suggests.


Maybe the powers at destructiod could get in contact with him and threaten violence or free cake on our behalf to do it.
Wookiee's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2008 22:34
Wookiee
Colette, were you looking for an excuse to use that line?
Quiotu's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/24/2008 08:14
Quiotu
You know what they need to do? They need to call up Frank Caliendo (guy from the Dish Network commercials) and have him perform Rick Moranis' lines. He does a SPOT ON performance of him in Ghostbusters.
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/24/2008 11:24
MechaMonkey
"Would you like some coffee?"
"Would I like some coffe?"
"Yes, have some."
"Yes, have some."
rpbowlinggod's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/24/2008 13:17
rpbowlinggod
shit-chea, a spaceballs reference. I don't think the entire game will loose cause he didn't reprise his role (but what a well rounded out game it would've been)

"I see your schwartz is as big as mine" BTW
q-pa's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/24/2008 23:23
q-pa
I was sure Rick Moranis was dead by now...
GOLD5's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2008 21:36
GOLD5
If they really needed his character they could just hold an audition for a sound alike voice actor. (Change his appearance a bit too, obviously..) Wouldnt be the first time in history..
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