Reitman, who helmed the first two movies 25 and 20 years ago, tells MTV News he may direct the third one as well. Dan Aykroyd has already been hinting around at a premise, which would see the original team (or at least Aykroyd, Bill Murray, and Harold Ramis) joined by a younger generation of recruits, including a woman or two. A script is already in the works, by The Office's Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg, and should be completed within a month.

We loved the first Ghostbusters (out on Blu-Ray next week in time for its 25th anniversary, y'all!), the second not so much, and Reitman's recent directing efforts are pretty hacktacular (Evolution may have a few closet supporters, but is there anyone out there who'll defend My Super Ex-Girlfriend? Anyone?) So we're dreading Ghostbusters III, especially if it falls into Reitman's hands again. At least one hint of good news may keep our well of hostility-loving pink goo from boiling over: Reitman may just be too darn busy to direct, forcing him to hand his nuclear backpack over to Ramis (Groundhog Day), who is Aykroyd's first choice anyway. Cross your fingers — but remember, don't cross the streams.

UPDATE: Ramis just gave an interview to ComingSoon, in which he says he doubts that Reitman wants to direct. (Though he'll undoubtedly nab a producing credit.) Ramis adds that he himself may not want to direct, but that all four of the OGs (original Ghostbusters), including Ernie Hudson, are on board, and that everyone's just waiting for the script. Also, he confirms that the story idea, on which he collaborated with Stupnitsky and Eisenberg (who also wrote Ramis' soon-to-be-released prehistoric spoof Year One), will involve a younger team of ghoul grabbers. "It's not about us running around," he says. "We'll be introducing new people."

Writing to the Chicago Tribune despite the apparent loss of his Caps Lock key, Ramis revealed that at least a couple of the original cast are definitely onboard for the third movie:

yes, columbia is developing a script for GB3 with my year one writing partners, gene stupnitsky and lee eisenberg. judd apatow is co-producing year one and has made several other films for sony, so of course the studio is hoping to tap into some of the same acting talent. aykroyd, ivan reitman and i are consulting at this point, and according to dan, bill murray is willing to be involved on some level. he did record his dialogue for the new ghostbusters video game, as did danny and i, and ernie hudson. the concept is that the old ghostbusters would appear in the film in some mentor capacity. not much else to say at this point. everyone is confident a decent script can be written and i guess we'll take it from there.

The same acting talent as Apatow's other movies? So that would mean Paul Rudd, Jason Siegel and the by-now ubiquitous Seth Rogen for the main roles, I guess... but who will be the new Annie Potts?

Harold Ramis confirms 'Ghostbusters III' [Chicago Tribune]

Keaton ends up making two copies of himself: a hard-assed construction worker version to handle work, and a prissy neat freak version to handle his domestic chores. The only rule, as he explains here, is that neither version can sleep with his wife. Of course, they both end up doing her. And so does the genetically damaged clone of a clone whom they create later. The only funny sequence in the movie is when the wife, played by Andi MacDowell, pours out her heart to the mentally challenged clone of the clone.

Sadly, Multiplicity isn't even the best comedy about cloning featuring Eugene Levy in a supporting role, which ought to be a fairly easy category to rise to the top of. That honor belongs to Repli-Kate, a far superior movie.