Writer/Director Dan Akroyd sat down with London's The Telegraph for an interview. Naturally the talk drifted towards the often talked about and much anticipated next installment of the Ghostbusters franchise and Bill Murray's possible involvement and this is what he had to say:
"I honestly don't know. At this point it's in suspended animation," he said when asked about the film's status. "The studio, the director Ivan Reitman and Harold Ramis feel there must be a way to do it, but Bill Murray will not do the movie. He doesn't want to be involved. He's got six kids, houses all over America. He golfs in these tournaments where they pay him to turn up and have a laugh. He's into this life and living it. I know we'd have a lot of fun [but] I can't be mad at him. He’s a friend first, a colleague second. We have a deep personal relationship that transcends business and he doesn’t want to know."
With that bombshell dropped the movie seems even less likely to go into production now, and would we even WANT a Ghostbusters movie without Peter Venkman in it in at least some capacity? Of course with the screams of fans and possibly enough money thrown his way, Murray may yet change his mind, but sadly that seems unlikely.
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Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9097816/Dan-Aykroyd-a-comedy-legends-spiritual-side.html
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