Ghostbusters 3 News: Sad news for Ghostbusters fans as the Third Installment of the supernatural comedy franchise Ghostbusters will no longer be directed by Ivan Reitman.
He confirmed via Deadline that he is thrilled with the new Etan Cohen script for the proposed sequel, but he just doesn't feel up to it.
Sources say that another reason why Reitman walked out is due to Harold Ramis' death last February 24, 2014. Ramis is one of the main characters in the franchise, playing the role of Egor Spengler, one of the Ghostbusters.
To add insult to injury, Bill Murray, perhaps the most important character of any new Ghostbusters project, has long insisted that he has no interest in participating. However, Reitman, and was long interested in making a third before, both addresses and doesn't address Murray's feelings in the Deadline interview.
"The first [script] was done by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, and me, Harold and Dan [Aykroyd] helped them on it," he said. "It was a really good script, but then it became clear that Bill really didn't want to do another Ghostbusters and that it was literally impossible to find him to speak to for the year or two we tried to get it going. When Bill finally...well, he never actually said no, but he never said yes, so there was no way to make that film."
On the bright side, Sony revealed that they have finished a new script and sources say it does not include Bill Murray in it. Reitman says, "I kept pushing forward on the Etan Cohen [script] and we now have a draft that is very good, that the studio is very excited about...It's a version of Ghostbusters that has the originals in a very minor role."
eitman says he went to Sony and said he just wanted to produce the new Ghostbusters and help them "find a really good director." They have a shortlist, and then they'll find a new cast, and then the whole thing will start shooting in early 2015, he figures. "I'm not going to say how many Ghostbusters there will be in the new cast, but we are determined to retain the spirit of the original film, and I am pleased that all of this seems to have happened organically," he said, although "organic" is not the word I'd use for what's happening here.
