Reitman to Pass on Directing Torch of Ghostbusters Reboot

After the unfortunate death of original Ghostbuster Harold Ramis, Ivan Reitman has decided to step down as director of Sony Pictures’ long awaited Ghostbusters reboot.

In an interview with Deadline, Reitman revealed: “A lot of things happened in the last few months, the most significant of which was the passing of Harold, who was a very good friend who was extraordinarily influential in my career. We did five movies together including both Ghostbusters…. When I came back from Harold’s funeral, it was really moving and it made me think about a lot of things.”

Reitman discussed his thoughts with Sony’s Amy Pascal, saying; “I just finally met with Amy and Doug Belgrad when I got back. I said I’d been thinking about it for weeks, that I’d rather just produce this Ghostbusters. I told them I thought I could help but let’s find a really good director and make it with him. So that’s what we’ve agreed will happen. I didn’t want all kinds of speculation about what happened with me, that is the real story.”

Reitman says that they have a short list of directors in mind but didn’t want to comment on any potential cast just yet. The new Ghostbusters film is expected to begin filming in Early 2015.

- By Guest Contributor Michael Graff

Source: Deadline