Max Landis Denies Ghostbusters III Report, Then Pitches His Version Anyway

June 18, 2014, 2:16pm

Ghostbusters III

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That doesn’t mean that he hasn’t put some time and thought into it, though, and so in addition to denying the reports, he shared a bit of what his cold open for the film would be if he actually were to write a script for it.

You can see the tweets embedded below.

if there’s a steady paycheck in it, I’ll believe anything you say.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014

I’m stuck in an awkward situation, but it’s like, who ya gonna call?
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014

Hey guys, it pains me to say this, but you know I pride myself on being straight up person. Zero truth to the Ghostbusters report.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014

Frankenstein, Me Him Her, American Ultra and Mr. Right come out next year. Working on things at Uni and Sony, and indies. GB3, sadly, no.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014

What might have happened is they saw the rad Frankenstein thing and my name was brought up, but it being reported has probably fucked me
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014

(If it was ever real at all) (which it might have been) (I hope)
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014

The weirdest thing is it appears the big properties I have put in work on remain secret, yet Wonder Woman and Ghostbusters get reported?
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014

Probably a lot of people relieved, and probably a lot of people disappointed. Count me among both camps.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014

Haha a bunch of people asking what my Ghostbusters 3 pitch would’ve been. I never had a full one, just a skeleton I’ve goofed around with.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014

My Ghostbusters 3 began in the 1920s with Ivo Shandor murdering a gluttonous associate to protect his cult after he has a moral objection.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014

Shandor tells the overweight man that nothing can stop the coming of Gozer; first, the gate will open in 1984, then again twenty years later
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014

The fat man, who now has all the details of Shandor’s plans, threatens to go to the police, and Shandor poisons him. It’s scary, but…
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014

As Shandor escapes, we see that we’re in the Sedgewick Hotel, and that the guy we just saw die… …Is Slimer. Cue theme. Show title.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) June 18, 2014