• News
  • Reviews
  • Features
    • Articles and Long Reads
    • Interviews
    • Exclusives
  • Pop Culture
    • Movies
    • Television
    • Comic Books
    • Video Games
    • Toys & Collectibles
  • Flickering Myth Films
  • About
    • About Flickering Myth
    • Advertise on FlickeringMyth.com
    • Write for Flickering Myth

Flickering Myth

Film & TV News, Reviews and Features

  • Movies
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Long Reads
  • Trending
  • Franchises
    • Marvel
    • DC
    • Batman
    • Star Wars
    • Transformers
    • G.I. Joe
    • Masters of the Universe
    • Street Fighter
    • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    • Star Trek
    • The Lord of the Rings
    • James Bond
    • Godzilla
    • Alien
    • Predator
    • Doctor Who
    • Harry Potter

Bill Murray to play the villain in Ghostbusters remake?

January 29, 2015 by Gary Collinson

It was revealed yesterday that the cast of Paul Feig’s all-female Ghostbusters remake would be Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids), Melissa McCarthy (The Heat), Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live) and Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live) and now we bring some more possible casting news.

According to Hitflix, Sony are looking for original Ghostbuster Bill Murray to play the one of the villains within this remake, essentially taking on the William Atherton role from the first movie. According to the wesbite, Murry would play a character named Martin Heiss, who is “a professional supernatural debunker who is out to prove that the Ghostbusters are frauds.”

Murray has famously been the actor to hold back the momentum of the proposed Ghostbusters 3, which is now shelved completely so Paul Feig can direct this remake. He has been very vocally praising of this new remake, saying it’s a “grande idea” and publicly endorsing the casting choices of Wiig and McCarthy, the latter of which he starred alongside in St. Vincent. Feig said in an interview recently that he wanted to make “fun nods” to the original movie. Could this be one of those nods?

Would you be happy to see Bill Murray in the new Ghostbusters movie?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1422503916&list=PL18yMRIfoszH_jfuJoo8HCG1-lGjvfH2F&v=ZflPU6YICpo&x-yt-cl=85027636&feature=player_embedded

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket, suspense thriller Death Among the Pines, and horror franchise reboot Robert Returns. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

ADD US TO YOUR PREFERRED SOURCES

WATCH OUR LATEST VIDEO HERE

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE:

10 Essential Style Over Substance Movies

10 Essential Chuck Norris Movies

Movies That Actually Really Need A Remake!

10 Essential Italian Horror Movies of the 1980s

10 Unforgettable Amnesiac Movie Protagonists

Ralph Bakshi: A Forgotten Pioneer

Ten Controversial Movies and the Drama Around Them

The Thing, Brazil, and Jennifer’s Body: When Movies Find Their Audience Decades Later

The Longest Leap: Quantum Leap’s Ending is Still a Gut-Punch Thirty Years On

Every Friday the 13th Movie Ranked From Worst to Best

FEATURED POSTS:

Movie Review – How to Rob a Bank (2026)

10 Great Crazy and Unhinged Movie Mothers

Arrival at 10: Thought-Provoking Sci-Fi Cinema at Its Finest

Conan the Barbarian sixth scale figure unveiled by Infinite Statue and Kaustic Plastik

Movie Review – Paper Tiger (2026)

Movie Review – I Play Rocky (2026)

McFarlane Toys unveils Avengers: Doomsday statues for Doctor Doom, Cyclops and Gambit

Movie Review – Victorian Psycho (2026)

FLICKERING MYTH FILMS

   
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Features
    • Articles and Long Reads
    • Interviews
    • Exclusives
  • Pop Culture
    • Movies
    • Television
    • Comic Books
    • Video Games
    • Toys & Collectibles
  • Flickering Myth Films
  • About
    • About Flickering Myth
    • Advertise on FlickeringMyth.com
    • Write for Flickering Myth

© Flickering Myth Limited. All rights reserved. The reproduction, modification, distribution, or republication of the content without permission is strictly prohibited. Movie titles, images, etc. are registered trademarks / copyright their respective rights holders. Read our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. If you can read this, you don't need glasses.


 

Flickering MythLogo Header Menu
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Movies
  • Features and Long Reads
  • Trending
  • Franchises
    • Marvel
    • DC
    • Batman
    • Star Wars
    • Transformers
    • G.I. Joe
    • Masters of the Universe
    • Street Fighter
    • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    • Star Trek
    • The Lord of the Rings
    • James Bond
    • Godzilla
    • Alien
    • Predator
    • Doctor Who
    • Harry Potter
  • Flickering Myth Films
  • About Flickering Myth
    • About Flickering Myth
    • Advertise on Flickering Myth
    • Write for Flickering Myth