It’s the rumor that won’t die. We’ve heard about a possible Ghostbusters 3 for a long time. We’ve heard that the main hold up on the project is Billy Murray, but that may not matter anymore. In a recent interview on Dennis Miller Radio with Dan Aykroyd he reveals that the movie will move forward with or without him, and that they plan to start shooting in spring of 2012.
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.
So there is a script and it’s ready to go. While I love Bill Murray as Peter Venkmen, it looks like GB3 will be a passing of the torch story so Venkman can be written out of the movie anyway. Aykroyd went on to confirm some of the story details that we’ve been hearing about the film. He also hinted at how Ray and Egon are doing these days.
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.
He then throws in a casting suggestion in for the movie.
I like this guy Matthew Gray Gubler from the ‘Criminal Minds’ show. But there’s going to be a casting. We’re going to see everyone that wants to do it. We’re going to need… three guys and a young woman.
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Aykroyd gained fame on the American late-night comedy show Saturday Night Live, where he was a writer and the youngest cast member for its first four seasons, from 1975 to 1979. Aykroyd brought a unique sensibility to the show, combining youth, unusual interests, talent as an impersonator and an almost lunatic intensity. Guest host Eric Idle, of Monty Python, said that Aykroyd’s ability to write and act out characters flawlessly made him the only member of the SNL cast capable of being a Python..”
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