I haven't done much in the way of reporting on Ghostbusters 3, leaving that job to John for the most part. The reason being that I've been less than excited about it. I'm typically not fond of bringing back franchises twenty years after the fact, and the prospect of the Apatow crew having anything to do with it seemed like a practice in crossing the streams, if you catch my drift. I'd be much happier with a third film that involves solely the original crew, maybe on their last job, and closing the whole franchise out for good.
In an interview with MTV, Harold Ramis revealed more details on the threequel, and pretty much confirmed that I'm not going to be a happy camper. He says:
"We're all going to be in it in different kinds of roles," Ramis said. "We're going to be the sage mentors. There are going to be young Ghostbusters."
Ramis, who co-wrote the original Ghostbusters alongside Dan Akroyd, also voiced his confidence in Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, who are co-writing the film. The two previously wrote the upcoming Jack Black/Michael Cera caveman comedy, Year One.
"Gene and Lee, both of whom I mentored, are now writing the new 'Ghostbusters,' " Ramis said. "I'm consulting with them, as is Dan Aykroyd and [original director] Ivan Reitman.
I'm trying not to be a hater, but after seeing all of the other favored franchises of my youth recently hammered into kibble with awful updates, it's hard for me to get excited over this.
