RIP Harold Ramis

[hapa74]

When I heard the news this morning it made me so sad :crybaby: The comedy world has lost a great. There will be a comedy marathon in my future.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-harold-ramis-dead-20140224,0,2259309.story

 

[JickyJuly]

Egon was my favorite! Boo.

 

[Shaun__]

He directed, and helped to write my favorite movie Groundhog Day too.

 

[Sevrin]

Stripes was my favourite of his movies.

 

[WickedTouch]

He wrote and directed Caddyshack too...

 

[Just Me]

Don't forget he directed Groundhog Day as well. Sad to see icons die but it is inevitable as we grow older.

 

[Diana Blake]

I don't know why, I just sort of felt like my Ghostbusters would be invincible. If this means Bill Murray is next I'm going to be a total sob fest.

I think tonight requires a rewatch of the original Ghostbusters

 

[GlitchBytch]

The day before he died, I randomly ended up borrowing a copy of the Ghostbusters video game for the Wii and found myself happily surprised to find out they had used all the original actors voices.

I had thought to myself, "Wow, isn't it great to get to hear his voice again?"

The next day it was announced that Harold Ramis had died, so now when I am playing the game just feels really sad and spooky instead. :crybaby:

 

[Brad]

Harold was very talented and one of my favorite comedy writers. So sad to know he is gone now.

 

[bigsancho]

Sucks that we are never going to get Ghost Busters 3

 

[JerryBoBerry]

Sucks that we are never going to get Ghost Busters 3

What makes you think that? Hollywood has a long history of continuing on after actor's deaths.


From IMDB:

Now that Harold Ramis has passed on, what will happen with Ghostbusters III?

It's most likely, the script will be rewritten and Egon will be written out and no doubt Dan Akroyd will respectfully work around it or it is most likely the franchise will be rebooted and the film will be dedicated to Harold Ramis's memory.

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
Dan Aykroyd ... (characters)
Etan Cohen ... (writer)
Lee Eisenberg ... (screenplay)
Harold Ramis ... (characters)
Gene Stupnitsky ... (screenplay) Produced by
Dan Aykroyd ... executive producer
Ivan Reitman ... producer Other crew
Wayne Barker ... production staff

Just one name on the writing staff and nothing to with producing. It will still get made.