Harold Ramis Confirms 'Ghostbusters III'

[M Two One]

I just received this e-mail from Harold Ramis confirming the forward progress on a third "Ghostbusters" movie (as mentioned earlier here), with Judd Apatow, some of his regular actors and perhaps Bill Murray involved:

"yes, columbia is developing a script for GB3 with my year one writing partners, gene stupnitsky and lee eisenberg. judd apatow is co-producing year one and has made several other films for sony, so of course the studio is hoping to tap into some of the same acting talent. aykroyd, ivan reitman and i are consulting at this point, and according to dan, bill murray is willing to be involved on some level. he did record his dialogue for the new ghostbusters video game, as did danny and i, and ernie hudson. the concept is that the old ghostbusters would appear in the film in some mentor capacity. not much else to say at this point. everyone is confident a decent script can be written and i guess we'll take it from there.
best,
harold

Source: Chicago Tribune

 

[cpawfan]

A ghostbusters with other actors playing the major roles just doesn't sound appealing.

 

[ghoti]

I don't want to watch Ghostbusters with James Franco, Jason Segal and Seth Rogan unless Murray, Ackroyd and Ramis play major parts in it, too (not cameos).

And Ramis has to at least co-write it and Reitman must direct.

This should be Ghostbusters first, not Apatow first.

 

[cpawfan]

I don't want to watch Ghostbusters with James Franco, Jason Segal and Seth Rogan unless Murray, Ackroyd and Ramis play major parts in it, too (not cameos).

And Ramis has to at least co-write it and Reitman must direct.

This should be Ghostbusters first, not Apatow first.

You mean, you don't want to watch 40 year old knocked up ghostbusters express?

 

[AEM]

Hm, though I don't like 'reimagined' things, or movies where the baton is handed off to a new team, as long as Shia LaBoeuf isn't involved, the other names attached to this make me somewhat interested in it.

 

[M Two One]

Ramis and Aykroyd are supposed to be writing it.

 

[DennisRodman]

Well I would love the original ghostbusters to play major roles. But if, and this is a big if, they can get quality talent and a good script I wouldn`t mind it. Obviously some sequels are purely to make money.

 

[M Two One]

Well, apparently they have been trying to get a third film going for quite some time now. Here are official details:

Harold Ramis mentioned in 2005 that he wanted Ben Stiller to take Bill Murray's part in the then titled Ghostbusters in Hell. The plot was to follow the three Ghostbusters attempting to find a replacement for Bill Murray's character while dealing with ghosts rejected from hell. Aykroyd later elaborated, now that Murray is on board, that in the movie "We go to the hell side of Manhattan, downtown, Foley Square. It's all where the cops are--they are all blue minotaurs. Central Park is this huge peat mine with green demons there, surrounded by black onyx thousand-foot high apartment buildings with classic red devils, very wealthy. We go and visit a Donald Trump-like character who is Mr. Sifler. Luke Sifler. Lu-cifer. So we meet the devil in it". Jason Reitman, the son of Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman, has stated that he has little interest in directing the movie. He was a guest on The Howard Stern Show on April 10, 2008; when he was asked if he would direct Ghostbusters 3 and cast Howard, he said "do you know how many times I get asked if I want to do Ghostbusters 3? Looking at my career so far, I mean if you just looked at my two films, I would make the most boring Ghostbusters movie. It would just be people talking about ghosts, there wouldn't be any ghost-busting in it." Ernie Hudson told Moviehole.net, that Ghostbusters III is still very much a possibility. He said he hoped that the new video game would generate renewed interest in a 3rd Ghostbusters film.

On September 4, 2008, Columbia Pictures signed on Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky (writers for the U.S. version of The Office) to script a third film. No deals will be made with the original cast until the script is complete. The story will feature old and new Ghostbusters. Ramis had collaborated with Eisenberg and Stupnitsky on The Year One. Judd Apatow is also producing that film, and has made other films for Columbia, so they hope he will provide cast members for Ghostbusters III. Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ivan Reitman are consulting on the project, and Bill Murray will be involved on some level.

I'm still interested.

 

[speeds]

The original has a warm place in my heart. As a kid it was far and away my favourite movie, even though it came out six or eight years before I really got into it (circa 1990).

Ghostbusters 2? What's that? The sequel didn't happen.

I'd be interested in seeing the film with the original cast but a Judd Apatow CGI romp with his usual suspects doesn't sound too appealing.

 

[Colonel Ronan]

I'll probably give this a miss, but my dad will be ecstatic.

 

[DynastYWarrioR6]

I'd watch it for the simple fact that its Ghostbusters