Merrick here...

The development of new GHOSTBUSTERS material has been somewhat confusing. There's a margin for error in my recap, but the upshot goes something like this:

In no particular order...

** At one point, Dan Ackroyd was said to be developing what was identified as "GHOSTBUSTERS 3" with much of the original cast. This turned out to be a forthcoming video game written by Ackroyd and Harold Ramis, with most of the original cast returning except for the ever enigmatic Rick Moranis.

** There was talk that Ackroyd had written a live-action GHOSTBUSTERS 3 which was ginormous in scale and budgetarrily challenged. This was reconsidered, and downsized to...

** A project featuring the Ghostbusters in an existential interpretation of Hell (i.e. "hell" is actually what we make of our real lives, and would be symbolized on the streets of New York City and what not). It was hoped Ben Stiller might join this iteration (more details HERE). This film was called, simply, GHOSTBUSTERS IN HELL.

** More recently, Ackroyd purportedly indicated he might work out some sort of GHOSTBUSTERS CGI project (HERE). This seemed to be built around his HELL conceit.

And here's where it gets funky:

** Then came word that other writers were working away on a new GHOSTBUSTERS project. Some reports indicated this was intended to reunite the original cast, who would hand off their business to a bevy of fresh players . Most reports identified the writers as Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow - although Rogen squashed the reports as recently as last month (HERE).

Seems Ackroyd has either not heard about the Rogen/Apatow denial, or grander things are actually quietly afoot. A few days ago, Dan spoke with E! (HERE) and had this to say about a potential GHOSTBUSTERS theatrical project:

Told ya it was confusing, and I'm not sure how any of these details reconcile. I'm not even sure this means anything at all, although it certainly seems...odd. The conspiracy theorist in me feels that some level of talks may be afoot regarding the Rogen/Apatow gang ("denial" at early stages of such talks is not uncommon), but that nothing about the project is either clearly defined or set in stone.

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