Columbia’s gonna call “Ghostbusters” for third time
Rumors have been circulating for some time that Columbia Pictures is planning a third movie in the “Ghostbusters” franchise.
Variety is reporting that the third movie is one step closer to reality: The studio has put ”The Office” co-executive producers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky to work writing a script. The script is intended to reunite the original lineup of Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson.
The writers penned the prehistoric comedy “Year One,” which Ramis directed. The movie is set for summer 2009 release.
The first “Ghostbusters” movie, which is a comedy classic, was released in 1984; ”Ghostbusters 2,” which has its moments but isn’t nearly as funny, came out in 1989.
Ramis and Aykroyd penned the first two films, and Ivan Reitman directed both of them.
“Ghostbusters” was Columbia’s highest grossing film ever, until it was beaten by “Men in Black” and then “Spider-Man,” according to Variety.
An earlier attempt to make a third “Ghostbusters” stalled at the wheeling-and-dealing phase. That could still happen in this case, since both the studio and the principal players in the franchise will insist on making money for the proton packs to go back on the backs of the ghost-hunting quartet.
-BAM
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Good luck getting Bill Murray back for this. His career has done just a little bit better than the other people involved since the last film.