No official plot yet, but it's said that a younger generation of Ghostbusters will take over, while the veterans will remain primarily as mentors.

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Comedy | Sequels | Supernatural

PROJECT DETAILS

• Filming is now hoped to begin sometime in the Spring of 2012.
• Filming was originally aimed to begin sometime in 2011, with a hopeful theatrical release later that year.
• Dan Aykroyd offered an update on the project recently, hinting that they will move forward with or without Billy Murray, saying: "Yes, we will be doing the movie and hopefully with Mr. Murray. That is our hope. We have an excellent script. What we have to remember is that 'Ghostbusters' is bigger than any one component, although Billy was absolutely the lead and contributive to it in a massive way, as was the director and Harold [Ramis], myself and Sigourney [Weaver]. The concept is much larger than any individual role and the promise of 'Ghostbusters 3' is that we get to hand the equipment and the franchise down to new blood." (8/25/11)
• Dan Aykroyd offered some details as to why they're looking to have a younger generation take over, saying: "My character, Ray, is now blind in one eye and can't drive the cadillac. He's got a bad knee and can't carry the packs... Egon is too large to get into the harness. We need young blood and that's the promise. We're gonna hand it to a new generation." (8/25/11)
• Bill Murray has apparently been a key reason why the project hasn't moved forward recently, as various reports have stated over a period of several months that he has received the script, yet hasn't read it or revealed whether he wants to officially come on board the project.
• Dan Aykroyd has taken over scripting duties, working off an earlier draft by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky (Year One, NBC's The Office).
• Actor Bill Murray was quoted saying that he'd only return if he was killed in the "first reel," which means he will be a ghost throughout the rest of the film.
• Sigourney Weaver's son in the first film (Oscar) is said to be grown up and now a Ghostbuster.
• There will reportedly be female Ghostbusters.
• Original director Ivan Reitman returns behind the camera.
• It's said that all the key characters from the original will return.
• NBC's The Office writers/producers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky will script.
• Sometime during the 90's Dan Aykroyd wrote the script for a potential third film that had the characters being transported to an alternate and more Hellish version of Manhattan, where the people and places were all Hellish versions of themselves and the Ghostbusters would later meet the Devil. Apparently a modified version of the script was used for the video game in 2009. The studio was reportedly interested in the project, but the key actors weren't, so it never came to fruition. However, one thing that seems to have crossed over to this new script is the concept of having younger Ghostbusters taking over, while the veterans serve more as mentors.
• The obvious third film in the Ghostbusters franchise.

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