A Ghostbusters 3 Opinion: Despite Bill Murray Being Out, This Film Must be Made For a New Generation of Fans

Columbia Pictures
By Daniel Wolf
Editor-in-Chief

After reports surfaced that Bill Murray shredded a copy of the "Ghostbusters 3" script and mailed it back to Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, it was evident he was out of the picture.

Next, Aykroyd confirmed Murray was out last week.

Then, Aykroyd said the film was in "suspended animation" right now.

Sounds like fans of the franchise may not get to see another film any time soon, but in no way should the studio or Aykroyd completely scrap this franchise.

A new movie must be made.

You might be thinking, "Why?" and the answer is quite simple.

Those who grew up with the Ghostbusters love the first film, but truth be told, Aykroyd needs to make this film for a new generation.

The hard part is trying to appease the older generation of fans seeing as how Murray's involvement was one of the biggest reasons for delay, along with countless script re-writes.

Now Murray is out and if this means writing out the original cast from a third installment, then so be it.

Aykroyd and Ramis should look at other recent reboots and how successful they were.

Take J.J Abrams' reboot of "Star Trek" as an example. He knocked it out of the park by incorporating some twists and turns in order to not only stay true to Star Trek's history but to re-write it's future as well. And don't forget Abrams was able to incorporate Leonard Nimoy's Spock into the film to "bridge the gap" between old and new.

Another example of a franchise being brought back to the screen is with the fourth Indiana Jones film. The point of this example is not of Indy 4's script—which was terrible—but of it's box office take. Indy 4 made over $750 million worldwide and the reason studios make films is to make money.

Abrams' approach is the route "Ghostbusters 3" should follow, even if it means taking some kind of alternate-reality approach to have a new cast and to be able to continue the franchise, then just do it.

Older fans will be concerned of this tactic—as Star Trek fans were before Abrams' film was released—but to be able to re-live the comedy and adventure of the Ghostbusters is the single most important thing to visualize, in this journalist's opinion.

But as Aykroyd has been quoted as saying, "We're not going to do a movie that exploits the franchise."

Reboot it and make it happen.






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