So, I have fair question to ask: Is he the only one excited about the prospect of a threequel? I know there are some fans of the existing two films, but the excitement level for a new tale feels tepid to me.
You know who is not excited about a sequel? Bill Murray. Aykroyd weighed in once again on Murray’s involvement with Ghostbusters 3 and, well, his answer is not surprising in the least.
In an interview with Metro, the actor said Murray “won’t be involved.”
He added, “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.”
It’s nice to have a definitive answer on whether Murray will return or not. The actor has been publicly fickle about the whole situation – one minute expressing interest and in the next minute not sounding thrilled about it at all.
Last month, it was revealed Tropic Thunder and Men in Black III scribe Etan Cohen was pulling script duties now on the film. So, it’s possible he has been working under the direction that Murray isn’t coming back at all. I wonder how they’ll handle the absence of “Venkman.” A tragic death? Retired and living a life of solitude?
Aykroyd, in the same Metro interview, had praise for Cohen: “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.”
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