Ghostbusters 3 casting details announced.

Good news for the Ghostbusters fans out there as details on the cast have been released.

With Bridesmaids and The Heat director Paul Feig taking the helm on the all-female reboot there are no real surprises at the names that are set to take the wheel of the Ecto-1.

Firstly Kristen Wiig, who worked with Feig on Bridesmaids, is set to star in presumably the lead (possibly taking over the Ray role). Secondly, it’s no real surprise to see Melissa McCarthy appear, appearing in major roles in both of Feig’s last directorial outings. Presumably she’ll take over the helm in the Murray role though it would be great to see her in don the white lab coat and Egon spectacles, as long as she doesn’t fall into the trap of churning out a typical Melissa McCarthy performance ala Bridesmaids, The Heat, The Hangover: Part 3 or Tammy.

The final two names are generally unknown to British audiences in the form of Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones, two names from the Saturday Night Live roster so it will be interesting how they handle the move from small screen to big screen and whether they can keep pace with Wigg and McCarthy.

Any other details on casts are sketchy but that hasn’t stopped the rumours flying around on the inter-web with Paul Rudd hotly tipped to appear as ‘Dan Barrett.’ Maybe we’ll get a cameo from the original ‘Busters too perhaps? But what with Murray’s opinion on appearing in a third outing this seems unlikely. He previously stated he would only appear in a third if Venkman was to be killed off in the first five minutes. Nobody would want to see that!

Mr. Stay Puft is still in discussions.

Ghostbusters 3 will hit cinema screens on July 22^nd 2016.

10 Oscar Tearjerkers

Continuing our focus on the Academy Awards we’re counting down the 10 Oscars Tearjerkers. These moments will give Gwyneth Paltrow a run for her money.

10. Remembering Egon.

The Moment: Whilst presenting an award at the 86^th Academy Awards Bill Murray breaks off from the teleprompter after reading out the nominees to include his friend Harold Ramis, nominated for Caddyshack, Groundhog Day and Ghostbusters who died less than a week earlier.

9. You’re my Best Friend

The Moment: If you had to pick someone to win an Oscar with then who better than your childhood best friend? That’s exactly what happened to Matt Damon and Ben Affleck at the 70^th Academy Awards where they won Best Original Screenplay for Good Will Hunting. Even better was the moment they took to the stage giggling like teenagers.

8. Man of Steel

The Moment: Christopher Reeve tearfully appears on stage a year after his tragic horse riding accident which left him paralysed, receiving a standing ovation from the audience.

7. Spielberg Scoops

The Moment: after years of being overlooked by the Academy, Steven Spielberg finally bags his award for Best Director for Schindler’s List. It was the moment Spielberg couldn’t be ignored by the Academy anymore and you can see the emotion and joy etched all over his face when he gives his speech.

6. Heartfelt Hanks

The Moment: Tom Hanks gives a tearjerker of an acceptance speech when he won Best Actor for Philadelphia at the 66^th Academy Awards honouring the gay men who have inspired him throughout his career and his touching on the themes of tacking AIDS. Accidentally outing his former teacher though might not have been planned.

5. John Wayne’s Promise

The Moment: A cancer stricken John Wayne appears on stage to present Best Film at the 51^st Academy Awards, receiving a rousing reception from the crowd. An emotional moment for all, lead to a genuinely heart-breaking response from Wayne promising to ‘stick around a little longer.’ He died two months later.

4. The Joker’s Legacy

The Moment: Heath Ledger receives a posthumous Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his brutally menacing portrayal of The Joker in The Dark Knight at the 81^st Academy Awards. Unable to accept the award, Ledger’s family take to the stage to give the star a fitting send off.

3. Justice for Scorcese

The Moment: Marty finally bags Best Director after being overlooked for so long! It makes the years Spielberg waited feel like only a heart-beat. He finally bagged one at the 79^th Academy Awards. This moment was made all the more special by the fact the award was presented by three of Scorcese’s closest mates in Spielberg, George Lucas and Francin Ford Coppola.

2. Don’t You Forget About Me

The Moment: Branching out from the usual ‘In Memoriam’ moments, the 82^nd Academy Award included an emotional tribute to the late director John Hughes who died the previous year aged just 59. The audience wept buckets at this tribute hosted by a collection of stars who worked with Hughes including Matthew Broderick, Macauley Culkin and Molly Ringwald.

1. Triumphant Chaplin 

The Moment: Charlie Chaplin receives an Honorary Oscar at the 44^th Academy Awards after being in ‘self-imposed exile’ in Switzerland for 20 years. He received the longest ever standing ovation from the crowd (a whopping twelve minutes!) leaving Chaplin (and the viewers at home, or YouTube) in floods of tears.

Top 10 Funniests Oscars Moments

Continuing with our Academy Award features we’re counting down the top 10 funniest Oscars moments.

10. Trippin’

The Moment: Not one particular moment but this shout-out goes to the unfortunate souls who, in their moment of triumph, take a tumble on their way to the stage. Notable casualties include Jennifer Garner and Jennifer Lawrence (who had the misfortune to do it not once but twice). It must be something about that name.

Funniest Moment: After regaining her composure, Garner responds with an unflappable response – “I do all my own stunts.” Well recovered, Jen.

9. Comedians Lament

The Moment: Will Ferrell is always good for a chuckle at the Oscars. At the 79^th Academy Awards however he topped the lot with a sad lament to the lack of comedic recognition at the Oscars. He is quickly joined on stage by Jack Black and John C. Reilly who all continue to flirt with and threaten the nominees.

Funniest Moment: Could easily have gone to Ferrell for threatening to break Ryan Gosling’s hip but we’re giving it to the end line of the song sung by all three comics; ‘Helen Mirren and an Oscar will be coming home with me…’

8. South Park!?

The Moment: South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut gets nominated for a Best Song Oscar for Blame Canada. Prompting creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone to turn up dressed in full drag and a glorious live version of Blame Canada performed by Robin Williams.

Funniest Moment: The magnificently over the top ending to the performance. Cudos to the choreographers.

7. Ode to Jack

The Moment: The 8st Academy Awards host Hugh Jackman acknowledges the recession has hit the Oscars hard that year, inspiring him to design his own opening number complete with homemade tributes to the nominees.

Funniest Moment: A few too many to choose from. Dance tribute to The Reader, Anne Hatheway’s cameo or the triumphant ‘I’m Wolverine!’ finish.

6. The Photobomb

The Moment: Benedict Cumberbatch shows incredible timing with a perfect photobomb, made all the most special due to the fact it was behind Irish rock band, U2. Cue an influx of some of the greatest Cumberbatch memes we've ever seen (and we've seen loads!)

Funniest Moment: The serious, stern expression on the faces of the band members, contrast with Cumberbatch’s. Brilliant.

5. Crystal Clear

The Moment: More of a collection of highlights from the 9, yes 9, times Billy Crystal has hosted the Academy Awards. His trademark however is digitally inserting himself into various snippets from some of the year’s nominees with the usual Crystal-like charm we’re all accustomed to.

Funniest Moment: The trailer of footage from the 76^th Academy Awards where he appears in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Pirates of the Caribbean and Seabiscuit to name a few.

4. The Streaker

The Moment: The 46^th Academy Awards and co-host David Niven are interrupted by 34 year old Robert Opell who proceeded to streak across the stage, cuing one of the greatest comebacks ever uttered.

Funniest Moment: ‘The only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping and showing off his shortcomings.’ So great was that line, it leads us to believe it was planned all along.

3. What?

The Moment: The 86^th Academy Awards were crammed with hilarious moments, from that selfie, host Ellen DeGeneres ordering pizza for the entire audience and Meryl Streep dancing with Pharrell Williams, however John Travolta will go down in Oscar history for his terrific job of introducing Idina Menzel.

Funniest Moment: His pronunciation of Idina Menzel.

2. BMF

The Moment: Every Oscar nominee should know that they need to practise their graceful loss face should their name not be read out from the little gold envelopes. Samuel L. Jackson chose to skip this piece of advice when he learnt he had missed out on the Best Supporting Actor award for Pulp Fiction to Martin Landau.

Funniest Moment: Even the worst lip readers could decipher Jackson silently murmuring ‘Aww, shit’ when his Landau’s name is revealed. Skip to 1.10 in the video below to see this gem.  

1. Short cut to the stage.

The Moment: Life is Beautiful won best Foreign Language Film at the 71^st Academy Awards which resulted in director and star Roberto Benigni climbing over the seats cheering as he clambered his way up to the stage. It was a wonderful way to accept an Oscar bringing a bit of character back to the awards.

Funniest Moment: A year later when presenting the Best Actress award, host Billy Crystal stood behind him with a net just in case. You never know.