Everyone’s favorite specter fighting New Yorkers may hit the big screen sooner than expected as Oscar nominee Dan Akroyd recently spoke with the L.A Times and stated that all main characters from the original film are now on board (Bill Murray,Ernie Hudson, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver and himself) for the film remake which will have a new younger team taking over the reigns from the famed detectives.

Akroyd spoke with the Times and talked regarding the status of the film and Bill Murray’s co-operation in the upcoming fim: ”I don’t put not making the third movie on Billy. We can’t do that. I’ve been very busy. Harold’s been busy, Ivan’s been busy. And a third script really didn’t coalesce properly. And Billy, you can’t blame an artist for not wanting to do the same thing again. He did two of them, for God’s sake. Although I’m the biggest cheerleader as the originator of the concept but I’ve never begrudged Billy not doing a third movie. I never said he held it up or that he refused. Hey, listen, he’s an artist. You can’t force somebody into it. I’m sorry he never read my third draft because I thought it was pretty good but, look, now we’re at a point that there’s a story that he can accept and that’s going to work, and I think we’re going to be in production fairly soon. We could be in production by winter.”

Most importantly Akroyd gave away a major plot point in the film:  ”at any second everything could blow up.”  The details of story are still in play, but Aykroyd said he’s hoping for a five-member “new generation” team with several female members. “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.”

Check out the full story HERE courtesy of the L.A Times!

Source: L.A Times

Tags: Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd, Ernie Hudson, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver