Sony is currently in the process of trying to expand their The Amazing Spider-Man franchise into a cinematic universe. Projects for Sinister Six, Venom and a female lead Spidey superhero are in the works. But the studio may have another property they can build a universe around - the Ghostbusters. That's if Dan Akroyd has his way.
Rumors have been circulating around the long-awaited Ghostbusters 3 for years, from Bill Murray's involvement (or lack thereof) to the recent "all-female" reboot idea. While promoting his brand of Crystal Head vodka in London, Akroyd revealed he's been looking towards some of the bigger franchise models for guidance.
"It’s beyond just another sequel, a prequel, another TV show. I'm thinking what does the whole brand mean to Sony?" he says. "What does Pixar and Star Wars mean to Disney? What does Marvel mean to Fox?"
Akroyd adds that the entire Ghostbusters team — “the executives, the creatives, Ivan Reitman and myself” — were now looking at the next 10 years.
He says their focus has to be "not just another movie or another TV show, but what’s the totality of it? The whole mythology from the beginning of their lives, the end of their lives. Ghostbusters at nine years old, Ghostbusters in high school."
Using the famed car "Ecto" as an analogy, Aykroyd said that the entire concept was now sitting in the garage without paint, wheels, a motor or transmission.
"It’s up on blocks, it needs new electronics, new everything," he explains. "That’s what we have to do. The whole vehicle of Ghostbusters has to be rebuilt. That’s the ambitious thinking that’s going on now. Taking on the model of Marvel where we take all of the elements that are in this movie and we put them out there as different ideas."
As for the chance of a female Ghostbusting team, it's possible in a third or fourth film. "We need to write it,".
So, what do you think? Would you be onboard with a Ghostbusters cinematic and television universe? Sound off below.