Dan Aykroyd has been talking up that new GHOSTBUSTERS movie once again. I don’t know about you guys, but I thought that this project was dead in the water. GHOSTBUSTERS III has stalled more than that old white busted up cadillac, but here’s some positivity coming at you on a Friday morning; it seems that the project is bang on for a spring 2012 start.
Aykroyd was speaking on a US radio station where he said that they have a blinding script for the planned movie, and are ready to go… with or without Bill Murray.
“Yes, we will be doing the movie and hopefully with Mr. Murray,” he says, “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.”
“My character, Ray, is now blind in one eye and can’t drive the cadillac,” he says, “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.”
As to who that may be is anyone’s guess, but Aykroyd says that he likes the look of Matthew Gray Gubler from CRIMINAL MINDS. The plan though is to start casting ASAP with the roles of three guys and one young woman to fill.
More news as we get it.
