Maybe all this “Ghosbusters” threequel talks is not for naught. First the blogs start throwing around a lot of wishes and hopes from certain people that won’t let sleeping dogs lie (Dan Ackroyd, perennially obsessed with a third installment coming to life), and now the trades get involved.
Columbia Pictures has officially asked “The Office” co-exec producers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky to write a script for a film designed to bring back together the original cast of Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson. These two wrote “Year One,” for director Harold Ramis which is a project under the aegis of Judd Apatow. [Variety]
An attempt to make a third installment of the franchise has been in the works or ideas stage seemingly for years, but has never really gotten off the ground. Bill Murray has always seemed super reluctant to get involved too which could really botch this project if he’s not on board. If the script isn’t great, expect him to piss all over this idea and say, “pass,” which would probably anger a lot of people if everyone else was on board, but Murray is the type who wouldn’t give a flying fuck, so don’t count your chickens until that huge hurdle is passed (and yes, to be clear, no deals will be made with the original cast until the script is ready).
Meanwhile, we would love to hear a compelling argument as to why “Ghostbusters II” even exists. It had a few funny lines, but is otherwise one of the worst sequels from a successful first film since “Back To The Future II.” Dear god, do not even get us started on that abomination.
