One of the big questions that remains is, who will Columbia Pictures be callin’ for their third installment in the Ghostbusters franchise? With the a script being penned by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, the original announcement had said the original busters would return, but nothing has been confirmed since. A new interview appeared online this afternoon with Harold Ramis, who confirms the return of the “core” players. Read on for the skin-skinaroo.
Earlier this week, Harold Ramis stopped by MTV News to chat about his new Jack Black comedy “The Year One” (in theaters June 19). But we also asked Ramis — who co-wrote the first two “Ghostbusters” movies and, of course, starred in them as uptight-but-lovable Dr. Egon Spengler — to dish details on the upcoming reboot.

Ramis promised that all the old core players will take part in the updated version, including Bill Murray (Dr. Peter Venkman) and Dan Aykroyd (Dr. Raymond Stantz), who co-wrote the original films. “We’re all going to be in it in different kinds of roles,” Ramis said. “We’re going to be the sage mentors. There are going to be young Ghostbusters.”

At the moment, Ramis is waiting on a first draft of the script, which is being penned by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, two writer/producers on “The Office,” who also wrote “Year One.” “Gene and Lee, both of whom I mentored, are now writing the new ‘Ghostbusters,’ ” Ramis said. “I’m consulting with them, as is Dan Aykroyd and [original director] Ivan Reitman.

“Bill Murray is just waiting for the truckload of money to arrive to get him out of his office,” Ramis joked.

After taking a jab at his old friend, Ramis assured us that Murray is definitely “in,” even though the two haven’t communicated directly about the project. “I haven’t talked to him about it,” Ramis said. “I want to talk to him about it eventually. I think we just need a script, because he’s the thorniest of the group.”

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