With production for Ghostbusters 3 starting soon, anticipation for the film is building to feverish levels. It seems that while everyone knows the film may not be able to deliver on 22 years of hype, we want it anyway…

So, as you may know… the latest news circulating the blogosphere about Murray’s involvement in the sequel came from actress Sigourney Weaver. In an interview she told the world that Murray would return to the franchise as a ghost. As you can imagine, this caused quite a bit of confusion and buzz. However, in a more recent interview with Martyn Palmer of Mail Online, Bill Murray decided to pour gasoline on the fire by saying:

“I’ll come back in Ghostbusters III only if I get to be a ghost. I said to them, ‘I’ll do it if you kill me off in the first reel.’ So now they are going to have me as a ghost in the film.”

Apparently, Murray alluded to wanting to die in the first scene of the new Ghostbusters flick and accompany the team on their adventures in humorous ghost form. I personally think Bill Murray has been watching too much of Bill Cosby’s 1990 comedy classic Ghost Dad. Does every comedian named Bill have to be a funny ghost?

At first I also had a gag reaction to the rumors. However, after watching some Ghost Dad I realized that it can actually be a good/fun plot device. It would be great if the team was trying to bring Murray back from half-death. I think this can potentially (and positively) separate Ghostbusters 3 from the other two films in the series in a way other then everyone being really old…

So before you go bashing this whole ghost thing, go rent Ghost Dad and maybe you’ll dig the idea. Here’s a scene in which Bill Cosby meets a suicidal satanist (before they drive over a bridge):

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