Dan Aykroyd Confirms: There Will Be A Ghostbusters III

Dan Aykroyd is the latest Ghostbuster to talk about the possibility of a Ghostbusters III movie, and in an interview with Dennis Miller he declared it's happening.

Yes, we will be doing the movie, and hopefully with Mr. Murray. That is our hope. We have an excellent script, and 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 all of us—Sigourney [Weaver]. The concept is much bigger than any individual role, and the promise of Ghostbusters III is that we get to hand the equipment and the franchise down to new blood, because my character, Ray, is now blind in one eye and can’t drive the cadillac; he’s got a bad knee and can’t pick up the pack. Harold is too big—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. We’ll be in production in the spring, I hope.

The additions call for three men and one women, none of which have been cast yet, though Aykroyd did mention Matthew Gray Gubler. The IMDB page currently mentions Anna Faris and Eliza Dushku, and previously, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogan and Judd Apatow were rumored to be attached.

Mattel must be in the know about something, because they'll be releasing this $135 Ghost Trap soon:

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on August 26, 2011 10:17 AM

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James Westvold

Please for the love of god do NOT cast Seth Rogen!

Daniel

I'm afraid that they're gonna shoe horn Ben Stiller in as the new generation Peter Venkman type character.

ANGRYGOD11

Dan Aykroyd also made the horrible Blues Brothers sequel, so anything is possible. Maybe it was just for the money, but considering almost all the male actors in the original died (including his friend John Belushi) , Dan Aykroyd should consider retiring.

ANGRYGOD11

Bill Murray said some time ago the new Ghostbusters were going to be Chris Rock, Chris Farley and someone else. The real next generation might be currently telling poo jokes in pre-school.

TrollyMcTrollington

Man, Winston gets dissed again.

God, franchise reboots suck. I bet it will be in 3D.

Spirit of 76

I would have thought the original Ghostbusters would have retired from active duty long before now. They should have become megamillionaires from all the ghostbusting and merchandising and delegated the field work to hired hands, even opening up franchises in every major city around the country.