I met Ernie Hudson about two weeks ago at ICON on Long Island and he said that he is in the game and he is recording his voice. He made it seem like he already did it though. I guess he is already done.

dekushrub150

Murray's been doing some work off and on for the past few years, just nothing major. Voice acting, like in Garfield, is probably just easier on him and allows him a lot more free time to be with his kids.

He's in the new Get Smart movie (playing Agent 13, so we may never see him in person, haha) and he's the mayor in the upcoming City of Ember. Then he's supposed to be in another Jarmusch film next year as well.

I don't know, I think it's pretty cool that he can just take things at his own pace nowadays. I'd love to see him more but I wouldn't want him to just be working himself to death and not enjoying what he does.

Huckleberry

@Captain Impulse: Hope so. aintitcool just had an announcement of s "Doug and Bob McKenzie" animated series. Strange Brew, eh?

riffleraffle

@riffleraffle: He's also got his own band now, and I guess they've been touring. I'm sure his kids are probably all grown up now so maybe we'll see him return to acting as well?

Captain Impulse

I hope there is sort of costume change and you can unlock the older "hipper" versions of the actors. Bearded-sad-cool Murray would be awesome.

Timsobuff74

I hope they come along way from the previous Ghostbuster games.

*shudders*

Dakobah

Bill Murray is the man.

dead_red_eyes

I don't own a console. I've never owned a console. It wasn't because I had anything against them, I just didn't have a ton of money or time to play on one. In a few months, I'll be in a new job, with a significant pay increase and I think I may get myself one of those boxes. I'll probably get Ghostbusters too. I loved that movie.

hikergirl

I find this to be exciting news...and I'm not even a big Ghostbusters fan!

josh924

Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd are writing it so it will be as funny as the movies. It supposed to take the place of a 3rd movie.

Ra is back on the A-Team!

Bet it was Dan Aykroyd begging Bill after the Ghostbusters III movie didn't happen. "You did Garfield you can at least do this for me!!!".

Cartman86

It's been hard being a Ghostbusters fan the past decade. Not only have we been subjected to damn near every other 80's franchise being revisited and resurrected, possibly even better than its original counterpart in some cases, we had to deal with a substitute sitcom that seemingly pushed kids away from the start (although I was a big fan).

Give or take a couple of memorabilia action figures, some DVD re-releases, and a short lived comic series, being a Ghostbusters fan sure has been rough.

So I beg of Sierra... please please PLEASE don't screw this game up. I'll even take a Metareview score of 7.5!!!

MarshmallowMark

My innerchild is riding on this game being everything I hope it would be.

And seriously he needs this after all his other fond memories being brought back and destroyed.

ZenGaijin

@LunchBox55: He quit acting because his wife died of cancer and he wanted to be there to raise his kids with the money he already made as opposed to going off to be a movie star and having some kidsitter watch them. He put parenting before acting, that's an honorable thing you never see in Hollywood.

riffleraffle

... you know.

If this game comes out right, and it's popular... they could always make Ghostbusters III: Ghostbusters In Hell in videogame format...

Dave Silva

I've always wanted to do an experiment on the effect of negative reinforcement on ESP ability. But when I was in school it was forbidden to shock your classmates and I couldn't exactly put an ad in the paper for it. So I just did the Solar System instead.

baberg

If indy part 4 comes then bill murray should come for a 3rd ghostbusters's movie live action. Is card 3 wave lines or a circle.

Maaxxx

@lunchbox55 I saw the saddest thing a few years ago. An article in the NY times by him, and at the bottom it said "Rick Moranis, creator of www.RickMoranis.com". Thats just wrong man. Wrong.

MrGlass

God, I hope the PS2 version isn't botched to hell. ;_;

I hope he at least TRIES to sound young... his voice is pretty different from those days.

Dave Silva

Aight. I'm sold. Whens it coming out already?

But daddy I want it now!

MrGlass

@riffleraffle: Yeah, with that big huge career he has now, I'm sure he'll be real hard to convince.

LunchBox55

I'm going to have to buy a Xbox360 or PS3 and this game. GTAIV did not move consoles. It is not a 10/10 game.
Ghostbusters will.

Channing

Yes, it IS a star.

Gray665

Bill Murray working on Ghost Busters again?!

Dogs and cats, living together, mass hysteria!

Kanik

I just hope he doesn't whisper all his dialogue into the ears of other Ghostbusters, and we're left wondering, "what DID he say????"

TheRunningboard7

and just like that, my bank account goes down by about 60 dollars at some point in the future.

Neat!

Unit01

Bill Murray is all I need, he's awesome.

Fadakar

No game without Rick Moranis.

riffleraffle

The more I hear about this game the more I keep thinking to myself "please Please, PLEASE don't screw this up"

blackswordca

Haha, over at IMDB the game is already rated a 9.5 out of 10 (on the basis of its six votes), with such winning forum posts about it like:

"will this be comnig out for nintendo sixtyfour"
and
"Gameboy Color exclusive"

tk.

@mitch079: With all the original actors reprising their roles, I don't see how it couldn't be...unless they all come to the recording drunk or something.

Captain Impulse

Here's hoping the voice acting is good.

mitch079

So, very, very awesome.

ittekimasu

I wonder if they'll be able to land Sigourney Weaver? Somehow I highly doubt it.

silkylove

That IS a big twinkie.

justhesh

@Huckleberry: Apparently, they were talking about Rick Moranis, but without mentioning him by name.

Zerozaki Ishiki

@Bobby McPresscott: I'm a poser fan because I read Kotaku? What happens if I already knew everything you just posted?

Captain Impulse

As recall, for GBII. The producers and rest of the cast had a lot of problems getting Murray on board. He hates sequels. He's been quoted as saying "Sequels are just a waste of time. You're retreading the same ground." But eventually with a lot of money they convinced him, but I think he sees voice acting differently. It's less work time, not to mention easier and you still get lots a money. He did do the Garfield sequel as you recall. So it's not that surprising he'd do this Ghostbusters game.

Orionsaint

@Bobby McPresscott: Oh, and cool story dude! I had no idea. Dan Aykroyd gets a pass card anyway because 1-The Blues Brothers was awesome and 2-I loved him in Evolution.

Crab_Botherer

@Kanik: DAMN you beat me to it! God I love that line.

Crab_Botherer

Ok, clearly Kotaku is of the poser GB fan variety. Since it seems that Murray being in this is a new revelation, clearly you Kotakuites need to take a break from fapping off to Niko for a few minutes and suck down a little HISTORY OF GHOSTBUSTERS 3.

A long ass time ago (well, pretty close to the year 1991 in which the game is set) Dan Aykroyd wrote a script he would always refer to as "Ghost Busters Go to Hell". It was about as massive an idea as the original script for GB1 was, and thusly doomed to never happen as well. The long drawn out explanation had a lot to do with the Ghost Busters finding out hell is "the empty space between each frame of film" which in Aykroyd speech means it coexists with reality, and thusly hell in GB3 would be an alternate New York. Or more appropriately, shit happens, someone has to deal with it, and who you gonna call?

Apparently it featured a lot of nifty effects which probably slowed it down back when it still had a chance, but it didn't help that GB2 changes made by the studio pissed of Reitman and Ramis, and Murray lost all interest in everything and everyone. For years Dan would talk about it, but no matter how many nifty suggestions (Ramis suggesting Ben Stiller become a new Ghost Buster) or technological improvements (using CGI elements instead of the old, superior practical effects) it would simply never come to be.

Then one day after it seems GB3 is dead and would suck anyway without Murray, Aykroyd throws a curve ball and say Murray would not do live action, but would lend his voice were it to be a CGI movie. Clearly Murray had a problem with his wrinkles, but fortunately for us all he agreed to help "Ghost Busters Go to Hell" finally be told on screen. The day was saved, the justice of our culture was proven, and everyone smiled.

Except for the fact a CGI Ghost Busters movie is the dumbest idea ever. Fortunately, Aykroyd noticed this and found a way to turn Murray's whining into something positive by diverting his voice talents from a CGI movie to a video game. When the game was first announced in whichever dumb magazine that was, he let it be known that the Ghost Busters were finally going to hell and that GB3 was officially a video game.

So next time you think how awesome it is to have the Ghost Busters back together again, don't credit some no name game designers who you suppose somehow had the power to pull in MURRAY of all people. The only reason this game is happening is because Dan Aykroyd is awesome and never once gave up on the franchise. Dan Aykroyd worked his ass off for all of us to get what we've been dreaming of since we were children, and chances are that because of it the final product is going to be infinitely more hardcore than any studio would have let the movie be. The return of STAY PUFT? DEAD CONSTRUCTION WORKERS?

Now you know who to call.

Bobby McPresscott

You should all go see "The Razor's Edge", which is the reason Bill did Ghostbusters at all. He needed money to fund his movie, which released around the same time. It's actually a pretty strong drama. We love you Bill!

Mongoosekun

@Bobby McPresscott: I'd nominate that for multi-tap but the poseur comment probably wouldn't fly. Regardless, well said. Even though Venkman is loved by many, we ultimately owe our souls to Aykroyd for this.

futurebiblehero

I just hope they have the tools, and the talent...

deadpanwalking

@Bobby McPresscott: Just because you can cut and paste from Wikipedia don't make you the King of All Cosmos, buddy. You can drop knowledge for the rest of us, but don't be all douchbaggy about it. Jeez.

Ahem...having Bill Murray do some voice acting in a game is a wonderful thing, just as long as it's quality dialogue, and not phoned in or done in one take like Christopher Walken in True Crime.

boopadoo

This game can be the worst game of the year and I'll be buying it simply because of Bill Murray.

silentbobfan

@riffleraffle: Dude, his wife died almost 20 years ago. His kids can take care of themselves now. Not to mention, a lot of his biggest movies were made after her passing.

DaoKaioshin

Wait, why are we even pretending to be surprised about this?

Hasn't it been known from the start that the story has been written specifically for this videogame by Dan Aykroyd abd Harold Ramis?

108

@108: Ever heard the saying "If I haven't seen/heard it, it's news to me"? Not everyone is informed 100% on every subject.

Captain Impulse

Sounds great but it still better have subtitle options for those who need it.

Snappywave

"I find here interesting because she's a client and she sleeps above her covers. Four FEET above her covers."

FlashIV

Is Bill Murray's presence really a confirmation of quality? The man did voice Garfield.

mcderek3000

That just got me to buy the game. Well done.

Nexus6

@mcderek3000:
Blasphemy!

NigerianScammer

@mcderek3000:
I don't think it's necessarily about the quality of Bill's work. I think it's more about consistency and fan service. Having all the original cast members except for one main character would be a little jarring unless they could find a good impersonator.

Vipre77

@Mongoosekun:
Actually, if you listen to the director commentary on the DVD for the first film, you'll find that the role of Peter Venkman was originally written with John Belushi in mind to play the role. Akroyd started on the script for GB after they had worked together on The Blues Brothers and wanted to work with him again. After John's untimely demise, they recast the role for Bill Murray, another ex-SNL co-star. Personally, I think Bill was a better fit for the role anyway. Watching Bluto busting ghosts would be... Odd. On set, they often joked about Slimer being the ghost of John Belushi.

Now you know the rest of the story...

Vipre77

Man i so cant wait for this. Not even a year ago i decided to download the first and second season of the ghostbusters cartoon. I use to looove watching the cartoon when i was a kid. The cartoon was so jawsome. And speaking of ghost busters in hell i remember one of the episodes where they actually went to hell it was one of the best out of all the cartoon episodes.

Sinharvest

@mcderek3000: Not always but it shows me that they're trying with the Ghostbusters game.

silentbobfan