Who you gonna call? Well, MTV just scored the news. Ivan Reitman is returning to direct Ghostbusters 3. With Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg currently penning the script, it was assumed that Harold Ramis might direct since they also wrote Ramis' Year One. However, with Year One's box office failure I was honestly nervous about Ramis taking the helm. Fortunately we can all now rest at ease. Read more.

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When questioned about directing Ghostbusters 3, Reitman shortly answered, "Yes."

Now that he officially confirmed his involvement what did he have to say? Pretty much little to nothing actually. Ivan Reitman told MTV the the second draft of the screenplay is being written as we speak. “They have delivered a draft,” he said. “We are working our way through another draft… good work is being done and all of us have our fingers crossed.”

Seems he wouldn't talk about any of the rumors that have been flying around lately including Sigourney Weaver's statement about Peter Venkman being a ghost. “I’m not going to comment on what’s in the script and on what Sigourney may or may not have said.” Ivan did say there are “some very cool things” in the script now.

This could leave us to believe the rumors about a younger generation of Ghostbusters being involved (see here). Some of us fans are crossing our fingers one of these newbies is Weaver's characters son, Oscar.

Source: MTV