What if the British made "ghostbusters"?

[Silvermoth]

Which four actors would star?

I like to think they would grab chris o'dowd, stephen k Amos, Catherine Tate and Josie Long and it would be hilarious

 

[StarLord]

Chris O'Dowd is a good shout, but Catherine Tate is a huge no for me, can't stand her.

 

[Schlosser85]

Simon Pegg would inevitably end up in there somewhere.

 

[chamber-music]

Richard Ayoade, David Mitchell or Stephen Merchant for the nerdy scientists Ray Stantz & Egon Spengler.

Sasha Baron Cohen or Matt Berry for the lackadaisical Peter Venkman.

Reginald. D Hunter for Winston Zeddemore.

 

[PacificBoy]

Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, Tom Hardy and Idris Elba. "Ghostbusters Overload"

 

[Jochimus]

Now see, I think this would have been a great idea for establishing the in-story concept of Ghostbusters becoming a worldwide franchise since the events of the original movie - by letting other studios in other countries make their own Ghostbusters movies.

 

[bullets]

Ricky Gervais, Rowan Atkinson , Simon Pegg , and Sacha Baron Cohen.

I don't know enough British female comedians to make that joke , but someone will.

 

[gwynplaine]

 

[BlackFox]

Jason Statham, Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba.

Cockneybusters, four cleaned up ex-cons take on the ghosts of London's criminal past.

"Oi Ghost! Get in the box before I, SHUT IT!!"

 

[Moridin]

Dylan Moran, Simon Pegg, Bill Bailey, & Richard Ayoade.

Written & directed by Graham Linehan (Father Ted, Black Books, The IT Crowd).

Linehan & Moran are Irish, but I'm including them anyway.

 

[Pink Ranger]

"This ghost is no more! He has ceased to be! He's expired and gone to meet his maker! Bereft of life, he rests in peace!"

 

[Silvermoth]

Haha wow people in here have some really great suggestions!

 

[bullets]

I want to see Cockneybusters.

 

[dude stannis]

One whimpy type - Simon Pegg or Martin Freeman.
One classy guy above everything - Charles Dance or John Cleese.
One badass - Statham, Elba or Hardy.
One slob - Nick Frost?

 

[smallville fan]

Edgar Wright as a director! Accept no substitutes!

 

[Silvermoth]

I want to see Cockneybusters.

Haha that sounds like something else but I too want to see a movie poster with the Tagline "we're going to throw some ghosts down the apples and pears"

 

[Pink Ranger]

One whimpy type - Simon Pegg or Martin Freeman.
One classy guy above everything - Charles Dance or John Cleese.
One badass - Statham, Elba or Hardy.
One slob - Nick Frost?

He wouldn't even carry a proton pack, he'd just disintegrate ghosts with his stare.

 

[gwynplaine]

You need British guys with some experience in the occultt:

 

[dude stannis]

 

[Lilbaz]

Micky Flannagan, Stephen Fry, Peter Kay, Steve Coogan.

 

[Silvermoth]

Stephen fry would be awesome. So would dawn french. It would be funny if in the UK ghostbusting (they would logically have far more ghosts than the US after all) was a national service which was in danger of getting sold off hence kicking off the film's events

 

[The Endless]

If it was in the 70s: John Cleese, Michael Palin, Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker

Modern times: Simon Pegg (obviously), Idris Elba, Ralph Fiennes and Damien Lewis.

 

[gwynplaine]

 

[Vaibow]

What a fantastic thread. The historic buildings, the sleepy spooky villages, the ancient cities and their seedy past would work so well.



Utlimate Old school team - in their prime, for me:

Alan Davies (Aka Jonathon creek) Egon
Rowan Atkinson (Blackadder or Mr Bean) Venkmen
David Jason (Del boy) Ray
Danny Jon Jules (Cat, red dwarf) The crazy flamboyant version of Ernie

If only Rik Mayall was still here

Hollywood version

Christian Bale
Idris Elba
Timothy Dalton
Ray Winstone

My Version

Egon - David Tennant
Ray - Peter Kay
Ernie - Craig charles
Venkmen - Robert Webb

 

[Silvermoth]

I'll bump this again, why not?

Now I think it would be Dawn French, Catherine Tate, Jo Brand and Gurindher Chadha and it would be all about someone trying to privatise the ghostbusting industry