Despite Harold Ramis Death, Ghostbusters 3 Is Still In The Works! Script Rewritten To Accommodate Egon Spengler Passing?

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It looks like Ghostbusters 3 will still push through despite Harold Ramis' death.

With the passing of comedy legend Harold Ramis, many movie fans wondered what it would mean for Ghostbusters 3. The project was already moving forward without one of the original Ghostbusters, Bill Murray in it, but now they will continue to make the film with just Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson as The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Sony has plans to rework the Ghostbusters 3 script that they have been developing to adapt to recent events.

According to the Hollywood reporter, director Ivan Reitman is going to be meeting with the heads of the studio to figure out exactly how they will move forward. Apparently the idea for the script was to have Ramis, Murray, Aykroyd and Hudson make cameo appearances in the second sequel and then "set up a baton-passing to a trio of newcomers," but that doesn't seem to work anymore. Instead, the script - which was written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupinitsky - will have to be rewritten.

At the same time,the Hollywood Reporter claims that Ramis' tragic death actually won't have too much of an effect of the story, saying, "He was always great to bounce something off of, and that will certainly be missed. But it won't affect the script."

But it seems that the movie has some troubles now that Harold Ramis passed away. TMZ caught up with Ernie Hudson, and when the actor was asked if there was any future for Ghostbusters 3 he said, "Well there can't be another Ghostbusters without Harold. It will be a Ghost- something, but it won't be... That was always my fear - that something would happen before we all got together." Basically, it doesn't sound like he is too on-board with this project anymore.

It's hard to say exactly where things stand with Ghostbusters 3 now. The original cast seems split, but the studio wants to move forward with the movie

What do you think? Should they continue to move forward with Ghostbusters 3? Or should they stop? Sound off in the comments below!

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