New "Ghostbusters" in the pipeline from Sony

Yes, this story is a few days old, but I had to comment.

As reported in Variety, Dan Ackroyd and Harold Ramis have been in talks with Sony to put together a third "Ghostbusters" movie. Teaming up with "The Office" co-exec producers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky to write a script. Plus Ackroyd has mentioned a desire to work with Judd Apatow's production team as well.

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This has good and bad potential however. I LOVE the idea of bringing the boys and concept back. But I'm concerned that in the wrong hands this could be fumbled badly. It can't be just a re-hash of the storyline from the original film. Has to be something new and edgy for the 21st Century, but also be true to the flavor and feel of the first movie.

An early script idea is to have the original four Ghostbusters (Ackroyd, Ramis, Hudson, and yes, Murray) mentoring a group of new recuits. If Apatow is involved this might mean Seth Rogen would be one of the new recruits. And maybe if they think along the lines of throwing someone like Seth Green in there as well, the casting could be really inspired.