Charles Ramsey, the Cleveland man who rescued three imprisoned girls trapped for over 10 years in a basement hell next door to him, has been hired by director Ivan Reitman to free “Ghostbusters 3” from development hell, the project that has has been trapped for over two decades. According to Reitman, sometimes in Hollywood it takes someone not afraid to kick down a few doors in order to get a project off the ground, and who better to kick down a door than the heroic Charles Ramsey?

“Like most people in show business, when I saw that inspirational story in Cleveland on the news, I asked myself how I can make this all about me,” Reitman told Hollywood & Swine. “Lots of people have said ‘Ghostbusters 3’ will never be made, but then again lots of people said those girls would never be found alive. If they got to see the light of days after 10 years, maybe ‘Ghostbusters 3’ will get to see the light of day after 24 years.”

Many in Hollywood are questioning Reitman’s move to hire Ramsey, who will be given an executive producer credit on “Ghostbusters 3” and a generous McDonald’s gift card if he’s successful freeing the troubled project from development hell.

“If all it took to rescue ‘Ghostbusters 3’ from development hell was breaking down a door, I would have freed it years ago,” said Dan Aykroyd, one of the original film’s stars and co-writers. “Unfortunately, it takes breaking down Bill Murray enough to get him to finally sign on.”

In related news, Charles Ramsey has booked a guest starring role on the TV Land sitcom, “Hot In Cleveland.” Ramsey will play a good Samaritan who helps Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White after their characters accidentally get locked in their basement. Producers of “Hot In Cleveland” deny criticism that they’re using a real life tragedy to boost ratings, claiming the episode was written weeks ago and characters trapped in enclosed space is a classic sitcom plot device.