As the rumors of a third Ghostbuster film have floated around Hollywood for the better part of 20 years now, many wonder if it’s become nothing more than an urban legend at this point.
In a recent interview, actor Dan Aykroyd talked about where he sees the film franchise going from here, beyond just a simple sequel. His hope is to build it into a dynasty (ala Marvel or Disney). “My whole thinking on Ghostbusters now is it’s beyond just a sequel, a prequel, another movie, another TV Show. I’m thinking now, what does the whole brand mean to Sony? What’s Pixar and Star Wars mean to Disney? What does Marvel mean to Fox? Everybody, all of us on the team there now, the executives, the creatives, myself, Ivan (Reitman), we’re thinking more in terms of what do we build this thing into in the next ten years? Just not another movie or another TV show, but what’s the totality of it? What’s the whole mythology from the beginning of their lives to the end of their lives? Ghostbusters at 9-years-old, Ghostbusters in high school.” Aykroyd states.
Ghostbusters alum Bill Murray recently recast the film with his dream-team list of actors, which he surprisingly filled with an all-female troupe (like Kristin Wig and Mellissa McCarthy). When asked about this outside-the-box casting idea, Aykroyd once again compared it to Marvel, saying “…where you take all the elements that were in these movies and you put them out there as different ideas, so we’ll see. I think a third movie with females or a fourth movie with females is definitely a possibility. Again though, we need to write it.”
So far, now official release date has been set for a possible Ghostbusters 3 .