All the on again and off again rumors about the next installment of the popular Ghostbusters franchise have all been unfounded, until now. With the recent death of actor Harold Ramis, nobody knew if the third film would ever get made, but an announcement came from Sony Pictures stating they are eyeing a early 2015 start date. Read on for more information.
Deadline is reporting, Sony Pictures is eyeing an early 2015 production start Ghostbusters New Movie in New York on its next installment of Ghostbusters. There is a major change, though. In the wake of the death of his close friend and original Ghostbuster Harold Ramis, Ivan Reitman has decided he won’t direct the film, after all. Instead, Reitman will help Amy Pascal find a new director to take over what everyone hopes will reboot what the studio considers to be one of its most important franchises.
In all the years Sony has tried to get this film up and running, Reitman has been the most stable part of the equation, long locked to direct his third installment. This included the long campaign to get Bill Murray to reprise his signature role, when it became impossible to even get him to read a script that Sony, Reitman and their other architect Dan Aykroyd were happy with. It has been clear for a while that Murray wasn’t going to be part of this, and momentum has been building. Then Ramis, a catalyst for some of the biggest film comedies of the 1970s and ’80s, passed away. That has changed everything.
Let’s hope that everything does in fact come together so Reitman and Sony can get this film made. We will bring you any news as it develops.
Source: Deadline
