Dan Aykroyd has spent so long talking about a potential Ghostbusters III that any talk about the sequel should be taken with a huge pinch of salt. Given the recent passing of Harold Ramis, Bill Murray's well-documented refusal to reprise the role of Peter Venkman, Ivan Reitman's decision not to direct and the fact that all of the key players are now well into their 60's, the chances of actually getting a follow-up to the 1989 sequel seems increasingly remote. Any new Ghostbusters movie would have a tenuous connection to the franchise at best, which makes it seem likely that when the project does finally come to fruition it will be a straight-up remake of the original instead. Talk of Ghostbusters III has persisted since the 1990's, primarily due to Aykroyd's habit of discussing it in interviews. Every couple of years a new batch of rumors about the movie tend to surface, with the most recent reports indicating that Paul Feig was in talks to direct a female-led reboot with the original cast in supporting roles. Its been 25 years since the last movie and nobody has been able to get another one made, and given Hollywood's penchant for remaking properties with name recognition it seems more likely that the next Ghostbusters will be a remake as opposed to a true sequel. The original movie is one of the greatest comedies ever made and no doubt a remake would turn it into a generic big-budget, effects-laden extravaganza that fails to recapture the anarchic spirit that was central to the success of Ghostbusters in the first place.
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