Ivan Reitman: ‘I don’t need to direct Ghostbusters 3’

Ghostbusters 3 producer Ivan Reitman has opened up about why he spurned the opportunity to direct the film.

Reitman, who helmed the first two instalments, said that the series will benefit from the perspective of a new filmmaker.

“I am very involved,” he told Coming Soon. “I’m a producer of the film. I wasn’t giving it all up. I suddenly felt that Ghostbusters didn’t necessarily need me as a director, at least I didn’t need to direct Ghostbusters, let me put it that way.

“Having done the other two and with the passing of Harold [Ramis] and with Bill Murray seeming disinterested [in] being in it, I thought it was better for me just to produce it and to make sure we’re going to have the quality and style of what is appropriate for another version of that film.

“But the franchise could benefit from somebody else’s point of view. I’ve done it twice before and it will be great to get somebody else to lend a hand as well.”

The latest reports suggest that Bridesmaids director Paul Feig is being courted to helm a female-led Ghostbusters 3.