Rick Moranis missing from Ghostbusters game
Category: Industry, Posted: 06/24/2008 at 06:49PM CDT by Frank Ling, Editorial Director
Looks like the Ghostbusters game will have all of the original film stars back to do the voiceovers with the exception of Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis.
As to why Rick Moranis is missing from the game, Ben Borth of Sierra said,
"He made so much money off of Honey I Shrunk The Kids that he retired. He just doesn't want to work anymore."
But in an interview with USA Today in October 2005, Moranis gives his reasons for leaving the entertainment industry.
"I pulled out of making movies in about '96 or '97. I'm a single parent (Moranis' wife died in 1991 of liver cancer), and I just found that it was too difficult to manage raising my kids and doing the traveling involved in making movies. So I took a little bit of a break. And the little bit of a break turned into a longer break, and then I found that I really didn't miss it."
Ghostbusters: The Video Game is slated for release sometime in October 2008.
[via kotaku]
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Shows alot that he pulled out to look after his kids.
Shows that he doesn't care about almost everybody in the entire world except like 2 people.
Shows that he made more than enough f-u money. That's an enviable position.
It's because he's in Black Mesa, guys. We own the rights to his in-game appearances.
I see. I always wondered what happened to him.
so a guy should please the world before he takes care of his family? don't get me wrong, i wish he would come back and do this but i gotta applaude his decisions. makes you wonder how some other hollywood families would be if they did a similar thing...
lol @intooblivion
Good for you, Rick Moranis.
Of course, I'll certainly miss that quirky Luis Tully in the game.
No more "Honey, I shrunk...." movies? Hellz yeah!!!!!!!!!! I too one day hope to make enough money to say F you to work.