Efforts to produce a canonical threequel to 1984’s “Ghostbusters” have been surprisingly fraught. The arduous journey stretches back to at least 2005, when cast member Harold Ramis tried to entice studios with a new story that would add Ben Stiller to the mix.
However, attempts to rekindle the old magic repeatedly lost momentum, and by 2014 plans for a third film were scrapped in favor of a full-scale reboot.
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