Who You Gonna Call? Maybe Ghostbusters?

Dan Aykroyd opens up about “Ghostbusters 3,” revealing the movie is moving full speed ahead with or without Bill Murray. The threequel is about to get out of development and finally start production in spring of 2012. 

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However it doesn’t look like Bill Murray will be a part of it, leaving the role of Peter Venkman up for grabs. Are the Ghostbusters really the Ghostbusters without the original crew?

In an interview with Empire magazine, Aykroyd denies rumors that Murray shredded a potential script and included the note, “No one wants to pay money to see fat, old men chasing ghosts.”

According to Screen Rant, Aykroyd told Dennis Miller that, "Although Billy was absolutely the lead and was contributive to it in a massive way – as was the director [Ivan Reitman] and [Harold Ramis], myself, and all of us, Sigourney – the concept is bigger than an individual role. The promise of 'Ghostbusters 3′ is that we get to hand the equipment and the franchise down to new blood."

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More times than not, a sequel carries no weight if the original cast doesn’t make an appearance. Just look at “Teen Wolf Too,” “Terminator Salvation,” “RoboCop 3,” “The Next Karate Kid,” and every “American Pie” sequel that was released straight to DVD after “American Wedding.”

According to Aykroyd, the Ghostbusters team will be back with three men and one female. Who these fighters of living-impaired will be is still up in the air. Apparently Aykroyd likes Matthew Gray Gubler from 'Criminal Minds.'

If all of this news is simply blowing smoke, Ghostbusters fans are going to be more disappointed than gamers who waited 15 Years for “Duke Nukem Forever” only to be let down.

All I can say is, if the Ghostbusters are going to be ghost chasing again, the script, actors, and everything in between better fall into place or the Ghostbusters’ reputation will be tarnished and people are gonna call someone else.