The Original Plans for Ghostbusters 

Now you just need to do What Could Have Been for Ghostbusters 2, and the circle will be complete. Dan Aykroyd had some really out there ideas like the team going to Scotland

That black and purple concept of Ecto 1 is sick!!

Rick Moranis's performance in this movie is very underrated.

I’d love to see an animated Ghostbusters movie like this, with all the fantastical ghosts in alternate dimensions, it could be something really special

I would’ve liked to see Winston with the backstory of having been an Air Force demolitions Major which could help with some of their technologies

Another great “What If”. I remember reading in Cinefex magazine when Aykroyd told the effects wizards about the ghost then named “Onionhead”. He had not told anyone he had added this for his friend Belushi, and when described, someone said, “Hey sounds like Bluto in Animal House”. Aykroyd said nothing and everyone knew it was, essentially, Belushi’s ghost - which is why he “slimes” Bill Murray as that was originally his part.

I'm glad for the version we've got in the end just for it's overall charm

Damn, imagine being a ghost in this universe. Not only are you forced to haunt the Earth for eternity, you may have to spend most of it in a gas station in New Jersey. Jokes aside, this original, darker version of the film sounds awesome. Great research on this one Mr Bullets!

That black ecto 1 looks sick!! Especially with the lights white! & purple! Dude!!

Kinda glad this didn’t happen, Bill Murray is one of a kind and Ernie Hudson is a class act and his monologue in the Ecto 1 is unforgettable 👌🏾

I read a story that Christopher Lee's agent told him there were two scripts that wanted him. One was some worthless thing Ivan Reitman was pushing but the OTHER was a Stephen Speilburg production sure to be a big hit. So, apparently, Lee's agent talked him out of "Ghostbusters," and into "1941," which wasn't a "flop" so much, but did kind of underperform. In a book on the original premise of the film, they DO mention "Gozer" being a middle aged man, but they implied that he was manifesting as Ivo Shendor. And while they didn't say it, I can't help but wonder if THAT'S where they wanted Christopher Lee? Could you imagine THAT voice saying; "Are YOU a god?"

I feel elements of this could be used in a sequel today

Also, unrelated, but I think Winston being the audience character in my opinion is something Lucas should've took notes for for the Prequel trilogy. I.E. have a character who's basically a POV for the audience, so we can have stuff ACTUALLY explained to us properly through said audience character.

An animated version of this would be awesome.

I think the next inevitable REMAKE of Ghostbusters needs to be Dan Aykroyd's original idea fully realized. Interdimensonal, time, space traveling competitive business.

Winston is my favorite Ghostbuster.

It’s really cool watching what could’ve been, it’s like watching an alternate version of the movie..

It is hard to believe Ghostbusters changed so much during development. It's crazy to me that the film manage to come out as great and as goated as it did.

There's an episode or two of The Real Ghostbusters animated series that effectively places the team inside the original 'hopping across dimensions' concept. It's actually pretty cool.

So much work went in behind the scenes, you'd NEVER get this kind of dedication nowadays

Ecto 1 with purple lights. Take my money now

Thanks for telling how much work was done to create the first Ghostbusters movie. It was a colossal achievement with a lot of changes that shaped it into a great action comedy with heart and soul, from the great cast to the great writing. Something that is not done as often today with new comedies produced. That's why the first Ghostbusters movie will remain a classic.

Love Eddie, he's such a great presence... but man the first Ghostbusters is so near perfect for what we got. Love that cast, the plot, the humor...and the 80's weird it is. Thank you for this, I get excited for most all your videos.

You notice how in every movie its kind of the actions of the ghostbusters that create the biggest effects on the world right? Ray made the stay puft, playing outlaw got the containment unit shut off and all the ghosts escape, sleeping on Gozer for 40 years barely stopping it, loose with the experiments letting loose garaka and eventually freeing every ghost again. Well i can see the ghostbusters eventually making a permanent rip in the dimensions and decades later they are outlaws and a dark future dystopia with a bunch of ghostbusting companies hiding ghosts in secret, running from cops just like the original script.

Thanks for the new video. I think a few elements from the early version could be used for a part 3 after Frozen Empire. The main thing that lit an idea bulb was the competitive other Ghostbusters services. I've no idea how the tech would've become that widespread...well, maybe since Mayor Peck seized their old equipment in pt 2, maybe someone who seized the tech took it away and got it to a team to reverse engineer, improve and start their own Ghostbusting group. That's the most I can think of right now. I don't think that's enough to sustain a 90 min movie.

I always need to immediately check out a B&B video when it releases

Just watched your Hellbent video yesterday and saw you were making another one on the original plan for this movie… perfect! Can’t wait to watch!

Ghostbusters is kinda like back to the future in that they are both cinematic masterpieces. I do think it would be the same after hearing what could have been .

WOW. Just wow. I have been a Ghostbusters nerd since seeing the original 1984 film as a kid. I read ALL the books, interviews-yet you managed to condense the best facts into a fascinating video, AND throw in some even **I** didn't know!!! AWESOME job!!

What do you know a What Could Have Been episode on my birthday!

Always happy to see a new B&B video.

Alternate universe ghostbusters has got to be crazy ah. I bet most universes GB was an obscure 80s scifi ahead of its time and has been rebooted a couple times and just cant get it right.

Thank you so much for all that you do. My turtle just died and this is really helping ease the pain. You’re the marshmallow in my Lucky Charms. I love you. Xoxox

I really hope Rick Moranis returns to acting someday

I'm glad Ghostbusters turned out the way it did, everything about it is perfect, even the "janky" special effects, I hate to think what Eddie Murphy and John Candy would have done to it! Fantastic video as always!

What Could Have Been: Terry Gilliam and Paul Greengrass Watchmen

Thanks for the video. Big Ghostbusters fan ❤

Ray's "sexual encounter" with a ghost was always and still is THE most uncomfortable scene in that whole movie.

Nothing against John but Bill Murray was perfect to play the role of Peter Venkman.

The final movie we ended up with is a classic.

Men In Black and Ghostbusters would be a perfect crossover.

It would have been kinda cool to have Belushi appear as a ghost in the original Ghostbusters Don't forget that maybe in a future video you could talk about how Chevy Chase was supposed to be in Animal House or maybe I imagined hearing that once

Ghostbusters worked because Ivan Weitzman decided to progress the audience slowly. Ghost contact I library to proton pack intro to trapping the first ghost. Then montage and on to possession to Gozer to a gigantic walking marshmallow man. Baby steps. The original hand antennas looked like a scientific recreation of a magic wand.

Another banger of a vid by the best to do it. Keep em coming.

Binging your content lately, keep it up!

I’m so glad with what we ended up with

A black Ecto 1 with purple accents would’ve been sweet!

No offence to Belushi, but it sounds like Ghostbusters wouldn’t have been Ghostbusters if he didn’t die.

Ghostbusters is one of my favourite movies!!!

Dan Akroyd is nuts, usually in a good way. Hopped into a discord server once and they were watching something, asked them what it was and they said "Dan Akroyd's autobiography" I clicked to join in and it was Coneheads.

I kind of like Ecto-1 having the purple lights with black paint, gives it a more paranormal hunting vibe.

As much as I love Murray, I’m curious to see what Belushi would’ve brought to the role

The bit with Ecto-1 zapping the parking ticket was actually in the original novelization of Ghostbusters. I was always a little sad that it wasn't in the final cut of the movie.

Black and purple Ecto sounds really cool!

Wait, New Jersey isn't an alternate dimension already? With Aykroyd's interest in the paranormal, it would be interesting to see his original concept made into a film - sounds like it would have ended up being a lot more of a horror film than what Ghostbusters became, could have been an interesting story. But I have no doubt it wouldn't have been anywhere as successful. Ghostbusters is a great example of a film being shaped by the creative people on it - Candy would have given us a very different Louis, maybe it would have worked, maybe not. Had they gotten a different director, it wouldn't have been as grounded and Ramis wouldn't have added his work to the script. Belushi instead of Murray would have brought a real different feel to the character. Any of these alone impacted the film but all of them together really changed the film in a positive way. I think any version would have been successful, I don't think any version other than what we got would have been a classic and talked about 40 years later. Going to see the new film tonight, Ghostbusters lives!

Love this channel!

Can you do what could have been Five Nights At Freddy’s live action movie game because I heard that there were a studio change different scripts

That color scheme for Ecto-1 in the thumbnail looks pretty cool

I like the original futuristic setting of 2012 for Ghostbusters and original Slimer looks like a Melonhead from Ohio folklore

You should do Beetlejuice at some point!

Ngl I did assume Eddie Murphy was originally sought out for Winston Zeddemore. It kinda blows my mind to learn he would’ve actually been the Egon character - although that would’ve been cool to see. 😆 I wonder if any of the discarded elements will show up in future films since it’s obvious they’re trying to turn the series into a sprawling franchise.

Back when Sony was trying to reboot the GB franchise, I always thought doing Dan Ackyrod's original vision would've been the way to go. Have it set in the orignal continuity but take place roughly a hundred years later.

Ecto 1 with a black color scheme and neon purple tires looks extremely cool 😎

Great video! I kinda would like to see the original draft as like a comic book Elseworlds story one day. But it's also really cool how all these people collaborated to make such a funny and interesting film. I also get kinda nostalgic for the Filmation Ghost Busters animated show. As a kid it wasn't great but I can still hear the theme song in my head. And thank you for mentioning The Year of Living Dangerously. It's on my list of things to watch but I'd forgotten what it was about and confused it with some other Aussie film, so I might actually watch it now!

Excellent job

I hope we still see the ghostsmashers adapted into the comic like they do with original concept of star wars ep 4.the star wars

Here's an idea for a future video: *The Original Plans for* *"The NeverEnding Story III: Escape From Fantasia"* The first screenplay by Karin Howard (who previously wrote the script for *"The NeverEnding Story II: The Next* *Chapter")* was to have Bastian Balthazar Bux being in Fantasia for most of the storyline, with his step-sister reading the book and initially trying to sabotage Bastian's story, before she eventually starts to help him out.

another banger boss

Slimer was not an homage to Belushi. Studio asked SFX to change Slimer to resemble Belushi. SFX did nothing and pretended he made changes and Studio liked Slimer even though it was the same.

That script sounds amazing they should do that instead of the crap we get now

This script is actually Good not bad But the original is still good from 1984

Man... Ecto-1 looks sick as fu*! in black.

Galaxy Quest reuses the terror dog growl at one point

Holy shit Dan aykroyd has one hell of an imagination

I love this channel

I wouldn't mind seeing something close to this being done now that the Ghostbusters are going through a bit of a revival. Maybe a spinoff using these unused story concepts for a cinematic version of The Extreme Ghostbusters, that would be cool.

This channel is the best

i've never been a big fan of this franchise, but this was fascinating!

It's amazing how many changes the movie went through before even reaching production. It was all changed at the script level. And for the better for the most part (though I would've loved to see what it would have looked like if it included Belushi and Murphy). More movie productions should do this, honestly. Apparently, Christopher Nolan does this with his work. He writes and rewrites the movie at the script level. Which is why there are often very few deleted scenes with his movies. What you see on screen is largely what he ends up with. Imagine how much money studios could save if they didn't have to "fix" everything in reshoots and post-production.

I enjoy hearing about the Original plans for Ghostbusters.

A black Ecto 1 with purple is such a cool concept, I might just prefer it ver the actual white Ecto 1

well researched

Aykroyd was going to call it _Ghost Chasers_ - the same name as the films used to parody _Ghostbusters_ in an episode of _The Critic._ I'll let you draw the analogy that the episode had Jary Sherman write the script for the third film that turned out so bad, even he thought it stunk.

man i hate being late for the show lol hey boss

holy crap this would have been so cool!

It wasn't just a comedy. It is Lovecraft with a sense of hope.

You’re the best, I watch all your videos but Ghostbusters is my favourite film of all time and I can’t get enough BTS info about it.

I can't believe Gozer was essentially gonna be G-Man. That would actually be an interesting concept: The Ghostbusters or Gozer meeting G-Man. I wonder what level entity G-Man would be?

I would have loved Belushi in this ❤

Every time Bill Murray says “They go up!” I hear John Belushi, that’s the one line that betrays who that part was really written for.

3:09 is the post credit scene from ghostbusters frozen empire the tank station

Excellent review

Maybe they should continue with the series call it ghost corps and eventually create a international ghost corps like theu did with men in black...

I want that Ecto 1 as a toy!

wow! most of us never really stop and think of ALL that goes into making a movie and how things like death and job promotions can change the course for the worse or for the better. Some studios just get really lucky it seems.

Funny how everyone from Danny, Harold, Ivan, and Ernie on down claims his Winston IS the character Eddie was supposed to play. Also, the Busters name was not set in stone, as the guys recorded alternate takes of the WRTBY commercial that have been included on the dvds since the first version.

Filmation’s Ghostbusters is basically just Scooby Doo with a gorilla!

I’ve never heard the word “balk” used until I found this channel. Now it’s my favorite word.

What really puzzles me is a Ghostbusters 3 sat in development hell for decades then we get 2 movies in 2 years that frankly aren't very good

If the videogame had been more successful a true fourth entry should have been made