Na jaren van geruchten lijkt het er nu op dat Ghostbuster III gemaakt zal gaan worden ongeacht de medewerking van Bill Murray. Dan Aykroyd was onlangs te gast bij The Dennis Miller Show om het over de sequel te hebben en verklapte enkele nieuwe details. Hieruit werd onder meer duidelijk dat de opnames definitief in de lente van 2012 van start zullen gaan.
"Yes, we will be doing the movie and hopefully with Mr. Murray. That is our hope. We have an excellent script. What we have to remember is that 'Ghostbusters' is bigger than any one component, although Billy was absolutely the lead and contributive to it in a massive way, as was the director and Harold [Ramis], myself and Sigourney [Weaver]. The concept is much larger than any individual role and the promise of 'Ghostbusters 3' is that we get to hand the equipment and the franchise down to new blood."
"My character, Ray, is now blind in one eye and can't drive the cadillac. He's got a bad knee and can't carry the packs... Egon is too large to get into the harness. We need young blood and that's the promise. We're gonna hand it to a new generation."
Ook heeft Aykroyd zijn eigen gedachten met betrekking tot de cast van Ghostbusters III.
"I like this guy Matthew Gray Gubler from the 'Criminal Minds' show. But there's going to be a casting. We're going to see everyone that wants to do it. We're going to need... three guys and a young woman."
