Did Disney nearly nab Ghostbusters?

[FettFan]

I found this article over at Bloody Disgusting, which makes the claim that Disney initially wanted Ghostbusters as a show scene in the Great Movie Ride for horror/science fiction, but Universal had beaten them to securing the rights....leading to Disney falling back to the cancelled "Nostromo" plan by adding Alien instead.
http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3438105/disneys-mostly-unsuccessful-attempts-alien-attraction/
Is there any truth to this?


Tagging @marni1971 as he generally has the best information.

 

[Gelatoni]

Alien was cooler option imo.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I find it interesting during the time the Ghostbusters were at Universal a young Wayne Brady would be playing Zeddeman in the Orlando park...

And the Stage show he performed in the New York Section...

 

[lazyboy97o]

How could Universal score the rights when Ghostbusters already is a Universal property? It’s like saying Disney won the rights to Mickey Mouse.. no they already own him outright. Disney-MGM Studios was a rushed knee jerk reaction to Universal Orlando being constructed so why would Disney want their now rival’s property in their new park? And why would Universal even consider licensing out the property when they were going to be able to use it in their own park. The story makes no sense. Besides, Ghostbusters isn’t even a horror or a Sci-Fi, it’s a comedy.

Ghostbusters is Columbia/Sony, not Universal.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

How could Universal score the rights when Ghostbusters already is a Universal property? It’s like saying Disney won the rights to Mickey Mouse.. no they already own him outright. Disney-MGM Studios was a rushed knee jerk reaction to Universal Orlando being constructed so why would Disney want their now rival’s property in their new park? And why would Universal even consider licensing out the property when they were going to be able to use it in their own park. The story makes no sense. Besides, Ghostbusters isn’t even a horror or a Sci-Fi, it’s a comedy.

It's as strange as Ace Ventura (A Warner Bros Character) Had his own show on the Streets of America...

 

[AndyS2992]

Ghostbusters is Columbia/Sony, not Universal.

You are correct which makes my comment completely invalid

 

[marni1971]

To @FettFan , yes.

A New York skyline would have shown the iconic scene of the main cast fighting the marshmallow man. Action would have been on both sides of the ride vehicles.

I dare say it was removed way before the final draft.

 

[lazyboy97o]

It's as strange as Ace Ventura (A Warner Bros Character) Had his own show on the Streets of America...

There seemed to be this weird moment in the late 80s and early 90s where movies aimed at adults were also heavily promoted to kids and adapted to kids in the form of a cartoon series.

 

[Christian Fronckowiak]

There seemed to be this weird moment in the late 80s and early 90s where movies aimed at adults were also heavily promoted to kids and adapted to kids in the form of a cartoon series.

Remember the Beetlejuice and Little Shop of Horrors animated series?

 

[britain]

Concept art of the original GMR finale. Check out the trio in the back, to the right of C-3PO.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Remember the Beetlejuice and Little Shop of Horrors animated series?

RoboCop had three television shows aimed at kids, two animated and one live action.

 

[Raineman]

RoboCop had three television shows aimed at kids, two animated and one live action.

I vaguely remember the RoboCop animated series, but I used to watch Beetlejuice all the time with my little sister, and again with my daughter when she was younger. Out of all the late 80s/early 90s movie adaptation cartoons, I thought Beetlejuice was one of the best.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

RoboCop had three television shows aimed at kids, two animated and one live action.

Ah but, need we not forget when RAMBO Had a cartoon too..