Years of speculation about the future of the Ghostbusters franchise came down to one loaded exchange Tuesday, when Dan Aykroyd vaguely committed his fellow 'Busters to a third installment that will shoot some time this winter. No rush, gang!
The rumored development hold-ups are what you probably figured they are -- script haggles and Bill Murray's wavering in particular, and, according to Aykroyd, maybe or maybe not in that order:
"I don't put not making the third movie on Billy. We can't do that. I've been very busy. Harold's been busy, Ivan's been busy. And a third script really didn't coalesce properly. [...] Hey, listen, [Murray]'s an artist. You can't force somebody into it. I'm sorry he never read my third draft because I thought it was pretty good but, look, now we're at a point that there's a story that he can accept and that's going to work, and I think we're going to be in production fairly soon. We could be in production by winter."
Mysteries remain as to what they're producing, however. Sigourney Weaver should play into it somehow, and Aykroyd acknowledged an interest in passing the team's proton packs to a "five-member 'new generation' team with several female members." His top picks: Alyssa Milano and Eliza Dushku. Wow. Why so modest? I hear Rose McGowan is available these days. Who else?
ยท Dan Aykroyd says Ghostbusters 3 may start filming in winter [Hero Complex]