Ghostbusters III

[Marty McFly]

So there will be a new younger team of Ghostbusters. That could either work (inject some fresh blood into it) or it will completely suck.

[Marty McFly]

Ivan Reitman to Direct 'Ghostbusters 3'!

Good news, everybody! Whilst doing the press line at the National Board of Review's red carpet event, MTV's Josh Horowitz volleyed a series of Ghostbusters 3 questions off of producer Ivan Reitman and ended up getting a nice chunk of actual news instead of further conjecture. When asked about the script, Ivan confirmed that Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky have already turned in a completed draft for part 3 and that a new draft is currently being worked through, much to the delight of all involved. When asked about a potential start date, Ivan revealed that he hopes to start shooting it within the next year.

With this news it looks like what was once assumed to be Ghostbusters for a new generation is instead a reunion for the principals involved with the first two films. Reitman, of course, produced and directed both the 1984 original and it's 1989 sequel, so it's comforting to know that he is now returning over twenty years later for the new film. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Sigourney Weaver are all, barring some kind of cataclysmic, joy-hating turn of events, returning as well (I haven't seen confirmation on Ernie Hudson). And if that's not good enough news, even Rick Moranis is said to be willing to leave retirement to reprise his role as their accountant, Louis Tully!

Given that it has been twenty years since the last Ghostbusters motion picture (the characters have transferred to a handful of other mediums since then, most notably the recent video game made by Atari), I'm sure that Columbia pictures would like the new film to function as a possible gateway for further films, but with Reitman and friends all coming back for it, we can at least rest assured that it won't solely be a passing of the torch.

Oh, and as far as the Bill Murray as a ghost rumor that Sigourney Weaver started is concerned, Ivan Reitman wouldn't comment other than to say that there are some "very cool things in the new draft."

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni1409718/

[Marty McFly]

Even if his last film WAS My Super Ex Girlfriend, I still class this as good news.

[Batman]

Fantastic news to have Ivan back on board for the third film. He created this epic sensation that is Ghostbusters so I hope this latest one doesn't let him down.

[The Doctor]

BUSTED!!!!!!

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Bill Murray will return in the third film, but his character is killed off extremely early in the film and will appear throughout the rest of it as a ghost!

[Marty McFly]

Makes sense...

Spoiler: show

...Bill Murray has been a sticking point in regards to Ghostbusters 3 for a number of years. Then a while back he suddenly started saying that he'd be up for an animated GB3 (I guess lending your voice is easier than having to act in a 'live action' film), this point seems to have developed into him voicing an animated ghost version of his character.

Personally, I don't like it. He hasn't had a hit in years, he was in that awful City of Ember movie and he doesn't want to be in GB3? I don't get it.

[Marty McFly]

Bill Murray has confused film fans by insisting there are no plans to make a Ghostbusters sequel - calling reports of a follow-up "hogwash".

All four of the original Ghostbusters - Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson - are said to have signed up to star in a third film, 21 years after the second installment hit cinemas in 1989.

Original director Ivan Reitman also revealed he is onboard, with plans to start shooting the picture in 2010, and Murray was recently quoted talking about the plot.

But the actor is adamant there are no concrete plans to make a third film - insisting stories about the film are "just talk".

He tells Cinema Blend, "It's just really the movie studio. They love the franchise, they'd just like to re-create it again.

"All this talk is just talk. It drives me nuts, it's just people talking... Until someone actually creates a great script it's just hogwash, it doesn't mean anything.

"It's interesting that people are interested in it, they'd like to see it. It was a great thing, it really was fun. Maybe it should (happen). And if it's such a good idea, then someone will write the screenplay.''

And Murray admits his recent comments, in which he appeared to suggest movie bosses were planning to "kill off" his character at the beginning of the third film, were just a joke.

He adds, "There was always this joke, sort of a half-true, half-joke thing like, 'Well, I'll do it if you kill me off in the first reel.' That was my joke, you know?"

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni2249408/

[Marty McFly]

So, wait... it's not actually happening?

[Batman]

very confusing

[Marty McFly]

Yeah, I'd give someone a call to find out what's going on... but who am I gonna call?

[Marty McFly]

From Dan Aykroyd:

“The role of a lifetime has been written for Bill Murray. Contrary to what was in a lot of the press, I did not call him and tell him the ultimatum… ‘don’t be a jerk’. I was quoted as saying, ‘You better get on board.’ I would never ever talk to Billy like that,” he says.

A draft for the new script has been turned in by the young writers assigned by the studio.

“So, if we can pull it off, we’re going to start to work pretty soon,” he says.

http://protoncharging.com/gb/2010/05/11 ... s-aykroyd/

[Batman]

so now this could actually be happening.