There can only be a couple of screenwriters in Hollywood who haven’t had a crack at Ghostbusters 3 by now. Last week, Dan Aykroyd teased that there was yet another “new writing staff” working on the screenplay. Now Variety reports that Etan Cohen (Men in Black 3) is the man who’s signed on to rework the script.
Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg (The Office, Year One) were hired to write the screenplay back in 2008 and since then it’s been through many hand. The project has primarily been stalled by actor Bill Murray, who is rumored to have hated the screenplays (they can’t make the film without his approval). The actor revealed on the Late Show with David Letterman last month that he was hesitant about signing on for the sequel, but he’s also said that it is a possibility. Sony is hoping that Cohen is the one who can make Murray happy!
Ghostbusters stars Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, and Sigourney Weaver will all likely return, if the project ever gets off the ground. Etan Cohen’s other credits include Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Tropic Thunder, and Idiocracy.