Can’t you just hear the sirens of the Ecto-1 coming down the street and the theme song pumping in the background, “There’s something strange, in the neighborhood, who you gonna call? GHOSTBUSTERS!” If you are like me and grew up in the mighty 80′s then you are very familiar with and probably consider Ghostbusters one of your all-time favorite 80′s movies…in fact, it probably exists even today in a Top 5 List. It’s that timeless!

There has been major talk ever since the release of the Ghostbusters: The Video Game back in June of a 3rd Ghostbusters film and everyone from Bill Murray to Dan Aykroyd to Sigourney Weaver have weighed in on what the status of the project is and what we might see. Weaver dropped a bomb earlier that Murray might be in the third film, but not as himself in the human form, but as a ghost. There also have been plot rumors that involve a newer, younger batch of Ghostbusters that “take up the reigns” with the original cast making cameos to sort of “train up” the young’uns.

Well, the biggest news to come out of the Ghostbusters 3 camp has hit today: the producer/director of the first two films, Ivan Reitman, will be back to direct the third. The Office writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky are currently working on the 2nd draft and according to Reitman,

They have delivered a draft…we are working our way through another draft… good work is being done and all of us have our fingers crossed. I’m not going to comment on what’s in the script and on what Sigourney may or may not have said….but there are some very cool things in the script now.

I am excited about this news and can’t wait to see what Reitman will do with the third film. I’m sure we can expect some pretty technologically advanced weaponry, probably increased usage of CG ghosts, and maybe some modern day slang…but, all I really want to see is some good ole’ fashioned comedy. I hope he doesn’t get too caught up in “modernizing” it for today’s audience.

What do you think about this news? Would you see a third Ghostbusters film? If so, why? If not, why not? Is this a franchise worth continuing?

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