Columbia Pictures is apparently in “serious discussions” about creating a new installment of its blockbuster “Ghostbusters” franchise. The studio has set “The Office” co-exec producers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky to write a script for a film designed to bring back together the original cast of Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson.
According to a story posted on Variety the studio would not comment on the development and has been mum on recent rumors that there was interest in making another installment of the franchise. Eisenberg and Stupnitsky just wrote “Year One,” a comedy that was directed by Ramis. Ramis with Aykroyd wrote the first two installments of the films with Ivan Reitman directing both the 1984 original and the sequel that was released in 1989. The close proximity between the writers and original Ghostbuster Ramis is evidence that the ghost chasers have sparked to the idea of returning.
