It'd be near impossible to get all of those people on the same page at the same time at this point. Some of them were optimistic but even THEY have come to accept that it won't be made. Dan Aykroyd himself accepts the fact that Bill doesn't want to do it and respects that decision. When the most enthusiastic Ghostbusters supporter(Dan himself) has let the project go, what will it take for everyone else to accept it?

Zack

INT. CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY - DAY

Mr. Ernie Hudson sits behind a desk, tapping a pencil impatiently over and over. His AGENT hovers behind him, impatiently pacing like a caged animal.

The phone RINGS. Hudson grabs the phone quickly as his agent eagerly looks over his shoulder.

HUDSON
(hopeful)
Hello? Dan? Is that you?

Hudson waits a few beats, listening to the other side of the conversation.

HUDSON
No, I'm not interested in changing
my long distance carrier.

He hangs up the phone and goes back to impatiently tapping the pencil on the desk. He stares at the phone as if it was hypnotic. It doesn't ring.

He hangs his head low and continues waiting for the call. His agent continues to pace.

Well, for sure Dan Aykroyd would love to do GB3 and the same goes with Harlod Ramis. They didn't write the screenplay without the strong will of making a new movie. The problem is Ghostbusters 3 is a very risque movie to make. Let's face it: It could turn out as a biggest flop in the new century…

Call me stupid if ya like, and i know this may not be possible, but cant they make Ghotbusters3 with another company like MGM or Trystar? This probably isnt possible because Sony have the rights but maybe they will give the role to one of these companys, i mean they let the film casper have Dan Aykroyd for cameo. Because lets face it, if Sony are being stupid and dont want to make another film, then why dont they let some other company do it and get rih?

Harold hasn't written anything on the third movie yet.EDIT: Nevermind All there is is Dan's first draft and there are many things stopping it from being made other than the possibility of it being a flop.

Other than Bill's family, who else is likely to know his ways but the people who have worked closely with him on many projects. Harold, Dan and Ivan know how Bill is at this point. They see no point in putting up a fight when the guy has put his foot down. If they barely convinced him to make Ghostbusters 2, what's it going to take to change his mind this time? Likely nothing. Don't get me started on Sony They're less likely to budge than Bill. He's not the only obstacle.

I just wish people would get SOME of their information straight.

Zack

last i heard a few years ago, bill gave in and agreed, but sony still did not want to make it, then everone started to give up even dan so u cant say gb3 would go under way if bill would agree cuz he alreayd has., on a side note, sony made egb not only to promote the toys but to see how a gb3 would work, seeing as egb did not take off sony prob thought gb3 would bomb and dident take the chance, y u ask, cuz if there gonna do a gb3 they want to keep a cartoon going so they cna sell toys to lil kids,

Zack,
Actually Harold Ramis did a re-write of Dan's script together with Aykroyd.
Look at ign to find out more about it…

I'll paste here a bit from an inteview with Harold

>>>the new issue of Scr(i)pt magazine (Nov/Dec, 2002). Within its pages is an interview with Harold Ramis by journalist David Cohen. Of Ghostbusters 3, Ramis told Cohen: “I wrote a draft though, we had a pretty good idea – Ghostbusters go to hell. But the deal couldn't be made.”

“It's sad that the economics became so overwhelming,” said Cohen.

“It is,” said Ramis. “We thought we'd introduce new Ghostbusters and appear as the mentors of the new Ghostbusters or not appear in it at all. Bill Murray wouldn't appear in it. I think he didn't want to see a sequel made, so he became kind of obstructionist about it.”

“It's hard to do it without him,” said Cohen.

“Well, it could have been three new Ghostbusters without any of us,” said Ramis, “and the story Dan (Aykroyd) and I were evolving could have worked.”

Zack's confusion is not something that's uncommon– here's the problem.

Harold did have a go on a draft, however this is not the draft that Mr. “Stax” reviewed on ign.com. The draft that “Stax” took a look at was the original Aykroyd draft that Harold never had a hand in.

It makes perfect sense that the first Aykroyd draft lacked something and Stax didn't take into account that Harold Ramis is the genius behind the humor and character in Ghostbusters. Aykroyd was the brains and the research behind it all. Case in point Aykroyd's original draft for Ghostbusters 2 (which I will definitely talk about more in my column on GBHQ in the near future, I promise).

I would LOVE to get my hands on the draft that the two of them collaborated on. Undoubtedly, it will be miles of improvement from whatever rough draft Stax dug out of the Ocean Pictures dumpster.

GB3 could be made if they sacked off Bill I mean with a new cast why do they need HIM!! I know it ain't GB with out him but if hes got to go hes got to GO!

www.ghostbusters-central.2ya.com

ah yeah, that would make all the difference then I've pretty much rejected the possibility of a sequel awhile back and didn't really pay attention to that tidbit. My mistake.