Ghostbusters News Presents: Cross the Streams

We're back! After over 2 years Adam, Brendan and Dan return to Cross The Streams! Our return is pretty special as we are talking to Angela Bak who is the associate director of public relations and communications at at Motiongate Dubai, and we speak with Roger Hector who helped design a Ghostbusters ride in the late 80s that sadly never saw the light of day. We discuss some of the reasons why we have been gone for so long, the new movie, toys, videogames, all the fun stuff!

Adam, Brendan, Dan and Matt start off by broadcasting from the Technodrome. We would like to thank everybody who participated in the last episode as well as brag about the newly released Funko Pop Ghostbusters. This month, on the podcast, Robert Englund shows to confirm some Ghostbusters 3 news...which you'll have to listen to hear for yourself. We then speak to legendary actor from such classics as The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as well as the recent hit Sharknado and possibly (SPOILER ALERT) Sharknado 2, Robbie Rist. Finally, we end the episode with some words by everyone’s favorite Mayor, no not Rob Ford, but David Margulies who played Mayor Lenny in the Ghostbusters film franchise.

On February 24th the world lost an amazing talent - Writer, Director, and Actor Harold Ramis. If not for his amazing work as a comedic performer, writer, and director - our fandom would not exist. Adam, Brendan, Dan & Matt remember Harold the best way they possibly could; by remembering him from those who worked alongside with him, worked within the Ghostbusters Universe and the people Harold had the biggest impact on - his fans. Here’s a list of those who celebrated the life of Harold Ramis alongside with us: Michael Gross, Robin Shelby, Johnny Ruckus, Alex Newborn, Chris Weller, Vee Labbs, Brandon Lee, Dennis Carter Jr, Jeff Lewis, Paul Hettinger, Jesse Sosa, Jason Fitsimmons, Eric Bunch, Erik Burnham, Chris Gay, Northeast Ohio Ghostbusters, Martin Rousseau, Timothy Lin, Adriana Munoz, Andrew Watley, Drew Guyer, Michael Miller, Simon Carr, Eric Cudworth, Todd Whalen, Derek Chartrand Wallace, Zac Crago, Ryan E. Kemp, Scott Silver, Robert Swarez, Mike Saproni, Bo Bearden, Kevin James, Chad Paulson, Adam Marish, Carl Lyon, and Dan Shoening. Harold might be gone from our world, but he’ll never die as long as his fans keep talking about his work. We’d like to thank Adam Streicher (@AdamRStreicher) for his touching cover of Ghostbusters that was used at the end of our tribute to Harold Ramis.

Adam, Brendan, Dan and Matt celebrate the 5th anniversary of Ghostbusters: The Video Game by Jesse Sosa, one of the developers on the game ever since the green-light pitch. Jesse explains everything from how the game started to why Ray’s Occult was cut from the game. The guys also reflect on the online news articles written about the last episode. Hope you enjoy this look back at the behind the scenes making of the game.

Adam, Brendan, Dan and Matt get together (which had been awhile) and sat down in a green room at Pop Expo in Ottawa, Ontario to chat with Ghostbuster, Ernie Hudson. Ernie really opens up to the fans about today's social media era, upcoming roles, cutting back appearances at conventions, Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Ernie saw the latest Star Trek, Ghostbuster Fans that keep the franchise alive, his character from Ghostbusters getting married in IDW's monthly Ghostbusters comic book, people accepting less in today's storytelling and much more. Why are you even reading this and not downloading the show! Enjoy!

Adam, Brendan, Dan and Matt chat with director IDW's Erik Burnham & Dan Schoening about the month Ghostbusters comic book series. Erik & Dan fill us in on what the future holds for the characters and story-lines of the comic. Matt Prov used his Javaho Gypsy Powers and conjured up an interview with the B.C. Ghostbusters and talked about the NYCC and other awesomeness. We also chat about the pack-less characters from MattyCollectior.com Don't forget to head to iTunes or Google Play to download the latest CTS APP!!!! SPOILER ALERT! Dan's also leaving his transitional phase. Matt also brags about Brendan's recently deceased father for the umpteenth time.

Adam, Brendan, and Dan sit down with director Anthony Bueno to discuss his upcoming documentary, 'Cleaning up the town: Remembering Ghostbusters.' Ant let's us now why it's taken years for the documentary to be put together, he tells us what it was like to interview Ivan Reitman and he even tells us an 'Alleged" Bill Murray tale from the set of GB 2 that ended with fists flying. We also talk about this past year's Dragon Con with Chace Ambrose and Fernando Hernandez. We find out how much work was actually involved with planning the events, panels and even twisting one's ankle.

Adam, Brendan, and Dan head to the Toronto to watch a screening of Ghostbusters with Ivan Reitman while Matt had to venture to Chicago for “family business.” We speak with two attendees of the Ivan Reitman screening, the leader of the Ontario Ghostbusters Adriana Munoz, and Ghostbustersnews.com Webmaster Jason Fitzsimmons (both acted as security when Ivan first took to the stage). We hope everyone enjoys the Ivan Reitman audio we captured from both the Intro and Q&A that was held before and after the screening of Ghostbusters at TIFF. Dan was lucky enough to open the Q&A up, while Brendan accidentally made Ivan get misty eyed, Adam quietly took in the whole event and Matt was in Chicago having none of this. Don't worry, we also talk chat about this year's SDCC and what Ghostbusters merchandise was announced at that event. Enjoy!

Adam, Brendan, Dan and the other guy find out the secrets to prop making by talking to the best in the world. They speak with Vincent Nordone, Fernando Hernandez, John St. Pierre and the legendary Sean Bishop. Sean talks about how being a Ghosthead led to opportunities in lending his Ecto-1 out to production companies, which led to more drama, and he evens explains how Bill Murray himself worse one of Sean's packs. This episode is unofficially sponsored by Da Paranormal Guys.

We are joined by Brock Parker (Alabama Ghostbusters) and Todd Whalen (BC Ghostbusters) to talk about their work at recent conventions. We find out what these franchises do at their tables and how they make it interactive for all ages, and how each respective franchise raise their money for their selected charities. After that chat we are joined with Ghostbuster artist Dapper Dan. We walk about Dan's break from the comic for two issues, what future storyline we could potentially expect and much, much more. We hope you enjoy this episode!

This episode is very special, and that is because it features 25% of the actual Ghostbusters. We chat with Ernie Hudson via telephone for a bit and talk movies, life, and Ghostbusters. We hope you enjoy that interview because we have another one right after it. 12 episodes and almost 2 years later, Kevin James stops by to chat about the Ghostbusters element in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Boston. We wish Kevin the best of luck on his new film 'The Creed.'

Celebrate this St. Patrick’s day with episode XXX! Listen in as we chat with movie star Walter Day about a brief history on video games and the film King of Kong: Fist Full of Quarters. We also sit down with the writer on the current on-going Ghostbusters comic series for IDW, Mr. Erik Burnham.

We thought we'd start 2013 off with a bang! In this episode, Video Game Developer/Programmer Jesse Sosa & Travis joins us to talk about how the popular 2009 GB Video Game came to fruition along with what was made/cut/or altered while developing the game.. Jesse also chats/elaborates with us about the Dapper Dan concept art debacle, that happened during the production of the video game, how painful it was to work with Bill Murray, and we even find out about an Ecto-1 level that was cut from the PS3/Xboxing systems. . We hope everyone enjoys this podcast and we wish everyone a Happy & Safe 2013!

In this year's October episode, Comedian Paul Gannon joins us to promote his Ghostbusters inspired Comedy Special (Paul Gannon Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost, Nov. 2nd). Gannon also chats with us about his comedic influences, Dan Aykroyd, IDW’s GB Monthly Comic, Universal’s Spooktacular Show, Halloween, haunted houses & ghost hunting frauds, hecklers, and we touch on the latest Ghostbusters 3 rumors. We wish everyone a Happy & Safe Halloween!

We hope you enjoy Episode 27 as we pick the brains behind IDW’s creative team behind the new Ghostbusters Monthly Comic. We are lucky enough to get inside the minds of the Tristan Jones, Erik Burnham, Luis Antonio Delgad and Dapper Dan about the GB Monthly Comic, GB3, the TANT (Teenage Alien Ninja Turtles) script that leaked out, and we try to find out the future of the comic as well as appearance by those involve in the comic.

Joining us are Steel City Ghostbuster Sam Swope and GBNEWS.com Webmaster Jason Fitzsimmons. Listen in as we grill Jason about what happened behind the scenes on shooting the trailer for the mobile game ‘Ghotbuster Paranomal Blast.’ Robin also goes gives us an in-depth look into her web series ‘Far From the Tree.’ We also chat about IDW’s monthly GB comic, how much Egon’s proton pack sold for at auction and we apologize for bringing Dan Ayarkoyd’s GB3 theme to life.

Joining us are a league of extraordinary southern gentlemen! We have Georgia GB/TV Personality/The Legendary Sax Man Chace Ambrose, Alabama Ghostbuster Bo Bearden, Louisiana Ghostbuster/Golden Ghost Award Creator Ben Langlinais, and finally GBNEWS.com’s very own Webmaster Jason Fitzsimmons. Listen in as we grill each other on what new Matty products are coming our as well as some big announcement involving Ernie Hudson, Michael C. Gross and Robin Shelby with this year’s Golden Ghost Awards. Tune in and find out the details to this year’s GB Fan Film Contest!

Joining us on this episode is Extreme Ghostbuster, and movie star Tara Strong! We know Extreme wasn’t everyone’s favorite GB License, but the stories she has to tell about the recording sessions are amazing. Listen in as we grill Tara with questions about what she felt worked with her character on EGB. Matt opens the show and describes to everyone how Ottawa’s first comic book convention went. We hope you enjoy the interview and comic con review.

If you were a fan or not, you still remember the short lived syndicated series, Extreme Ghostbusters. Joining us is Extreme Ghostbuster himself, Rino Romano! Listen in as we grill Rino with questions about the whole animation process and what it was like working some of the biggest names in the industry. Matt also describes to everyone how the CTS booth at the Toronto Wizard World Comic Con went . We hope you enjoy the interview.

Ever wonder who the actor was that played the unforgettable Statue of Liberty in Ghostbusters 2? Well the wait is over! In our second episode of 2012, we catch sit down with actor Jim Fye , and we find out what was originally planned for the Titanic scene. After our interview with Jim, we chat with Robin about her thoughts on the new Slimer decorations and we get everyone’s thoughts on the recent GB3 Media Hype. Other guests on the roundtable are Steel City Ghostbuster Sam Swope and Georgia Ghostbusters, Chace Ambrose.