Dan Aykroyd had “revealed” that the whole crew from the original “Ghostbusters” films is now on board the new sequel (including Sigourney Weaver and Ernie Hudson, though no official word about Rick Moranis yet)
and thinks the third installment of the franchise could begin production as soon as the winter. Then again, the writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky haven’t even started the screenplay yet and Aykroyd — who lost the plot ages ago — is the most over-eager of all the “Ghostbusters.” If he had his way, they would be on “Ghostbusters 5” by now and the franchise would probably have been ruined beyond repair with his horrible, would-be, “Ghostbusters Go To Hell,” idea he wanted for “Ghostbusters 3” that Bill Murray and Harold Ramis passed on years ago.Anything Aykroyd says should and must be taken with a grain of salt.
He admits as much and also says, don’t blame Bill Murray, notoriously skeptical of more “Ghostbusters” films, for slowing things down. “Although I’m the biggest cheerleader as the originator of the concept but I’ve never begrudged Bill [Murray] for not doing a third movie. I never said he held it up or that he refused. Hey, listen, he’s an artist. You can’t force somebody into it. I’m sorry he never read my third draft because I thought it was pretty good but, look, now we’re at a point that there’s a story that he can accept and that’s going to work, and I think we’re going to be in production fairly soon.”
The film will go head with the “new generation” storyline, may even add a few female members and will be a “passing-of-the-torch” kind of film. Aykroyd also namedrops Alyssa Milano and Eliza Dushku for potential roles but this seems to have been debunked. See? You never know what’s going to come out of his mouth. [LA Times]
