Dan Aykroyd discusses how the Ghostbusters films may be expanded to a much larger Ghostbusters universe!

There have been a lot of rumors circulating recently about the pending Ghostbusters 3 film but now it seems that things may be getting even bigger than we thought.

Ghostbusters star Dan Aykroyd spoke about some ideas that have been bouncing around at Sony. According to the actor Sony is possibly looking to much more than just a sequel to the 1980's classic film. While discussing these plans, Aykroyd compared them to the Marvel Universe and the scope of how those films are being run. This is apparently where Sony wants to take the Ghostbusters brand.

"It’s beyond just another sequel, a prequel, another TV show. I'm thinking what does the whole brand mean to Sony?" he said. "What does Pixar and Star Wars mean to Disney? What does Marvel mean to Fox?" 

He added that the focus must 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 Ghostbusters car Ecto as an analogy, Aykroyd said that the entire concept was now sitting in the garage without paint, wheels, a motor or a transmission. "It’s up on blocks, it needs new electronics, new everything," he said. "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."

If Sony is truly looking to expand the Ghostbusters universe to the size of Marvel or Star Wars then that is a very ambitious goal. Especially when you stop to think how long it has taken them to get to a third film. Then again, maybe this is the best time to re-brand the franchise? I just wouldn't want to see them over saturate the franchise and have it flop. As a lifelong fan I would ask them to be very careful when approaching this goal and to take their time to do it right.

Would you want to see the Ghostbusters franchise expand to be something comparable to Marvel or Star Wars?

Source: The Hollywood Reporter