Ghostbusters 3 moving ahead without Harold Ramis

From Digital Spy

Ghostbusters 3 will continue to move ahead following the death of Harold Ramis.

The script for the film is being reworked after the actor and writer passed away this week at the age of 69.

Ramis was due to reprise his role as Egon Spengler in Sony Pictures' film.

Director Ivan Reitman is scheduled to meet with Sony bosses about the future of the project, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Ramis was said to only have a small role in the sequel, which will apparently centre around a new team of Ghostbusters.

Dan Aykroyd remains attached to the project.

Ramis held a stake in the third film alongside Reitman, Aykroyd and Bill Murray, which will pass to his estate.

The progress on the Ghostbusters 3 script means that the film will not begin shooting in 2014.

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Dr. Peter Venkman Becomes A Ghost In Gostbusters 3!

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Source: WENN

Bill Murray has just let one major plot point from the upcoming "Ghostbusters" sequel slip, his character, Dr. Peter Venkman, will be dead.

That's right, Venkman is going to be a ghost in "Ghostbusters 3", and you want to know the funny part? It was Murray himself that insisted on it.

The only way that the execs over at Sony could get Murray to join his fellow cast-mates, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson, was to agree to let his character bite it in the films opening scene.

Murray recently told reporters, "I’ll come back in Ghostbusters 3 only if I get to be a ghost. I said to them, 'I'll do it if you kill me off in the first reel.' So now they are going to have me as a ghost in the film.”

This isn't the first big plot point to be revealed about the upcoming "Ghostbusters" sequel. Back in May of 2009, Dan Aykroyd let it be known that he intended for the film to launch an all-new series of movies centering around an all-girl "Ghostbusters" team.

"I'd like it to be a passing-of-the-torch movie. Let's revisit the old characters briefly and happily and have them there as family but let's pass it on to a new generation", Aykroyd explained.

Ultimately it was the actor's new vision for the franchise that caused Sigourney Weaver to back out of the project.

So let's recap. "Ghostbusters 3" will about an all-girl ghostbusting team that will be receiving guidance from a deceased Peter Venkman, much in the same way that Luke got words of wisdom from Obi-Wan.

Oh, and Raymond, Egon and Winston will be there at the beginning of the film to 'pass the torch'.

It's one of those things that makes ya go....hmmmmmm.

Can't say that I like the way that any of this sounds. Hopefully it's all just banter being tossed out to the masses to keep the 'real' plot for "Ghostbusters 3" a secret.

We can all hope......right?

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