So after what has been years of speculation, including countless vague blurbs from Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray, MTV has confirmed that Ghostbusters 3 is indeed happening and will be directed by Ivan Reitman.¬†¬† Other than Reitman adding that there is at least one draft turned in by Year One writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, he hasn’t dropped any other knowledge on us just yet.

The original Ghostbusters will be in this, but in what capacity we do not know.¬† Will they be mentors to a younger set of Ghostbusters?¬† Will they be old farts running around with proton packs throwing their backs out moaning about how they’re ‘too old for this shit’?¬† No clue.¬†¬† Sigourney Weaver thinks that Pete Venkman will make a cameo as a ghost, and that her son Oscar from Ghostbusters 2 will be one of the new guys.¬† I think Weaver just wants attention and to read a quote from herself as she wasn’t even involved in the Ghostbusters videogame which was for the time being, the third movie.¬†¬† As much as I would love to see the original group of guys as the focus,¬† I just don’t see it happening.¬† The chemistry is really long gone unfortunately.¬† If this does end up focusing on a newer group of Ghostbusters, then let’s all hope they get a good, funny set of younger guys in there who click.

Ghostbusters 3 will start shooting next year and is scheduled for release in 2011.¬† I think the only entity we can absolutely confirm will be back without even seeing one page of a script would be Slimer.¬† I mean come on, there’s no way that little green blob doesn’t make a cameo.