Aykroyd Confirms GHOSTBUSTERS 3 Is All Go

From ComingSoon.net:

"The Los Angeles Times talked to Dan Aykroyd about Ghostbusters 3 that is in development at Columbia Pictures. Here are several excerpts:

'Aykroyd said Sigourney Weaver is on board now, as are the original squad of ectoplasmic specialists -- Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson.

'We could be in production by winter.'

Aykroyd said he wishes Ivan Reitman would return to direct the third film in the series but that he's 'too busy as a mega-producer' to take it on; his second choice is Ramis, who, of course, co-wrote the first two 'Ghostbusters' films with Aykroyd and has numerous directing credits, most notably 'Groundhog Day' and 'Analyze This'.

The details of story are still in play, but Aykroyd said he's hoping for a five-member 'new generation' team with several female members. 'I'd like it to be a passing-of-the-torch movie. Let's revisit the old characters briefly and happily and have them there as family but let's pass it on to a new generation.'"

It better not be BRIEFLY. I want me some old-school Ghostbusters!