‘Ghostbusters 3’ is Finally Moving Forward and Now Officially without Bill Murray

It seems like every month either Bill Murray or Dan Aykroyd does an interview and the topic of Ghostbusters 3 is mentioned. Both have gone back and forth about the film, if Murray would come back and what direction they were looking to go story wise. If you could think of it, it has been mentioned. Everything to Murray being a ghost in the third film to a group of new Ghostbusters being brought in to take the place of the old ones. Well it looks like we finally have a  few solid answers (for the time being) and the film might actually be picking up steam.

Dan Aykroyd sat down with Metro and spilled the beans on the future of the film and the current status of Murray and the project,

Is Ghostbusters 3 finally happening?
Yes, we’ve got a brilliant new writer on it and we’ll be passing the torch on to a new generation. We’re working on it to make it just right to satisfy our fans. I’m confident we’ll be in production in the next year.

It’s been a long process, hasn’t it?
Yes, but now we’ve got the studio on side. We’ve tried a few concepts which weren’t right but now we’ve got a good structure and will make it happen.

Is Bill Murray doing it?
No, I can tell you he won’t be involved.

How do you feel about that?
It’s sad but we’re passing it on to a new generation. Ghostbusters 3 can be a successful movie without Bill. My preference would be to have him involved but at this point he doesn’t seem to be coming and we have to move on. It’s time to make the third one.

Aykroyd previously said that in the third film, “my character’s eyesight is shot, I got a bad knee, a bad hip—I can’t drive that caddy anymore or lift that Psychotron Accelerator anymore, it’s too heavy. We need young legs, new minds—new Ghostbusters; so I’m in essence passing the torch to the new regime, and you know what? That’s totally okay with me.”

So there you have it. Murray is officially gone and we can finally move on. Now don’t be surprised if he somehow makes a cameo in the film, that is still a possibility. As far as the script is concerned, this isn’t anything shocking, we have known for quite sometime this idea of the older guys retiring and mentoring a group of younger Ghostbusters was a possibility and probably the most logical one. It will be interesting to see who they decide to play the new batch. I have a feeling we could see Jonah Hill with a proton pack very soon.

Are you glad this debate about Murray participating in the film looks to finally be over? Is this the story line you were hoping for or are you afraid  you could possibly be witnessing your childhood ruined and destroyed?