Ghostbusters 3: 7 Big News Revelations About 2020's Upcoming Sequel

6. Bill Murray And Dan Aykroyd Have Been In For A While (And One Could Be A Ghost)

For all of the talk of this project being new, there's actually been talk of a follow-up to Ghostbusters 2 for a long time. In actual fact, part of the reason that Sony went with a reboot in the first place was the reluctance of some key parties - including Bill Murray, most famously - to sign on to a sequel. No matter how lucrative it might have been, they just couldn't get it off the ground, so they turned attentions elsehwere.

And even after that reboot was a comparative misstep (in terms of its financial return solely), the conversation about a Ghostbusters 3 project seems to have kicked off a lot sooner than most seem to think.

As far back as November 2018, Dan Aykroyd appeared on The Big Interview with Dan Rather and seemingly let the cat out of the bag on the project without too many people picking up on the importance of what he was saying:

“There is a possibility of a reunion with the three remaining Ghostbusters. It’s being written right now... I think Billy will come. The story’s so good. Even if he plays a ghost.”

That was essentially Ayrkroyd announcing that he was already involved and that Murray - the key to the original Ghostbusters 3 plans - was apparently kene too. Imagine if him saying "even if he plays a ghost" is actually a massive spoiler. He did call a previous script iteration that had him playing a ghost and haunting the other Ghostbusters "kind of funny, but not well executed," which is why he passed. Assuming this script is as good as Aykroyd says, Murray being a ghost would actually fit.

Obviously, it's unlikely that we're going to see an appearance by Harold Ramis, who died back in 2014 and even the suggestion of him returning as a digitally rendered character (or even a ghost) probably wouldn't go down particularly well. There should be a tribute, of course, but anything beyond something like the Hammon statue tribute to Sir Richard Attenborough in Jurassic World would be too much.