Ghostbusters III

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Ghostbusters III
Written by	Dan Aykroyd Harold Ramis
Country	USA
Language	English
Preceded by	Ghostbusters II

Ghostbusters III is a planned computer-generated sequel to the Ghostbusters franchise currently in development by Dan Aykroyd. The idea was confirmed by Aykroyd in an interview with CISN-FM in Edmonton, Alberta, but the status of the project as a film is unclear. It has not reached the production stage, and no film studios are involved yet.

[edit] History

Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis struggled for years to get started on a third Ghostbusters film, but they were unable to come up with a script with which they were satisfied. The possibility of a third film grew even more complicated as Bill Murray's interest in reprising his role waned over the years, and at one point Aykroyd felt that a third film would probably never happen. Aykroyd had written a working script, and Murray agreed to reprise a bit part, but Columbia would not get on board due to the cost.^{[citation needed]}

Since 1989, rumours of a third Ghostbusters movie have continued to appear, each with a shifting character/actor selection and a changing plot. Most of these involved a younger group of Ghostbusters made up of whoever in the current crop of comedy stars were the most popular (from Will Smith and Chris Farley to Owen Wilson and Will Ferrell), but these have been repeatedly debunked.^{[citation needed]}

An IGN review of a screenplay draft dated 10 March, 1999 reveals the plot to "Ghostbusters 3: Hellbent!" to revolve around an overpopulation problem in Hell. Original Ghostbusters Ray Stantz and Egon Spengler (Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, respectively) oversee a crop of new, younger Ghostbusters as they deal with the Devil's (either Satan or Hades according to IGN) plan to send damned souls back to Earth as a way to control the growing population in Hell.

In a November 2005 interview with Ain't It Cool News, Harold Ramis spoke of the project. Ramis referred to the film as "the non-existent film" since it was, at that time, thought to be permanently on the shelf. Ramis confirmed that Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, and Chris Farley were originally intended to be cast as three of the new Ghostbusters. Ramis also confirmed the Ghostbusters-in-hell plot as the basis of the film.

Dan Aykroyd was interviewed on Canadian television [1] [2] denouncing the then-recent rumours that surrounded co-writer Harold Ramis and actor Ben Stiller.

On February 2, 2007, Dan Aykroyd confirmed Ghostbusters III was still in development as an all-computer-generated feature film, which Aykroyd claimed would drastically lower the $150 million budget that Columbia balked at in 1999. In an interview on CISN, Aykroyd indicated the long-standing plot in which the Ghostbusters travel to a hellish version of New York was still in the works and that Bill Murray was still on board to reprise his role as Venkman. Ernie Hudson, as a response to fan emails, says he'd love to voice Winston's character again if given the chance.^{[citation needed]}

Ghostbusters
Movies:	Ghostbusters | Ghostbusters II | Ghostbusters III
Television:	The Real Ghostbusters | Extreme Ghostbusters
Video Games:	Ghostbusters (Activision) | Ghostbusters II | Ghostbusters (Sega) | Ghostbusters (Xbox 360)
Technology:	Proton pack | Ectomobile | Ghostbusters equipment
Characters:	Peter Venkman | Egon Spengler | Ray Stantz | Winston Zeddemore | Janine Melnitz | Ivo Shandor
Ghosts:	Slimer | Stay Puft Marshmallow Man | Vigo the Carpathian | Scoleri Brothers | Samhain | Bogeyman
Misc:	Ghostbusters: Legion | Ghostbusters: The Return | Ghostbusters (role-playing game) | Filmation's Ghostbusters