Dan Aykroyd’s Going to Make Ghostbusters 3 Whether Anyone Wants Him to or Not

?You know, it’s been a while since someone’s promised something about Ghostbusters 3 that almost certainly isn’t true. Let’s check in with Dan Aykroyd, shall we? From Coming Soon:

Dan Aykroyd appeared on The Dennis Miller Show to discuss the
project, dropping specific details about the sequel, hinting that the
plan is to film in Spring of 2012 no matter what happens casting-wise.

“Yes, we will be doing the movie and hopefully with Mr. Murray,” he says, “That
is our hope. We have an excellent script. What we have to remember is
that ‘Ghostbusters’ is bigger than any one component, although Billy was
absolutely the lead and contributive to it in a massive way, as was the
director and Harold [Ramis], myself and Sigourney [Weaver]. The concept
is much larger than any individual role and the promise of
‘Ghostbusters 3’ is that we get to hand the equipment and the franchise
down to new blood.”

OH GOD NO. Um, Mr. Aykroyd, you understand the reason you’ve failed to make Ghostbusters 3 for the last 25 years is specifically because you’ve been waiting on Bill Murray, right? And that was the right decision, because Ghostbusters without Murray is not Ghostbusters — I don’t know what the fuck it is, but it’s nothing anybody wants to watch. That would be… that would be like making a sequel to The Blues Brothers without John Belushi, and OH WAIT YOU ALREADY DID THAT TOO. Don’t you remember how that went? Why would you do that again — not just to the fans, but to yourself? Yes, I agree it sucks that Murray’s still uncooperative, but them’s the breaks. Please, just… don’t. Please. Thanks to Weeb for the tip.