By Brian Truitt | Gannett News Service
Bustin’ still makes Bill Murray feel good.
After shooting down possibilitiesover the yearsof ever putting on a proton pack again, the mercurialstar of the original “Ghostbusters”movies from the 1980s will be appearing in director Paul Feig’s female-centric reboot of the franchise, according to reports from the Hollywood Reporter and Variety.
Details are still sketchy on whetherMurray, 64, will be reprising his role as cocky yet lovableparanormal expert Dr. Peter Venkman from 1984’s original “Ghostbusters” and 1989’s “Ghostbusters II,” or if Feig hasa new character for him to play. Murray’s co-star Dan Aykroyd confirmed his own cameo in the movie last month.
In 2009, Murray joined Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and the late Harold Ramis to voice their iconic charactersfor a “Ghostbusters” video game, but he long dismissed the idea of being in a third “Ghostbusters” — during an appearance on “Late Show with David Letterman” in 2011, the actor from Wilmettecalled the thought of him returning “crazy talk.”
He has, however, been openly approving of Feig’s direction with the upcomingmovie, telling MTV News in July that, with the cast of Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones,“they got, like, a murderers’ row there.”
The new “Ghostbusters”movie, which currently is filming in Boston, is slated to hit theaters July 15, 2016.
