With “The Lion King 3D“ making an estimated $62 million during its current two week re-release, you’d expect for other studios besides Disney to hop on the profits bandwagon. Well our buddies at Sony Pictures Entertainment are prepared to do just that with one of the most beloved fanboy movies of the 80’s, “Ghostbusters“.

Sony Pictures Entertainment announced Thursday that you can catch the “quintessential modern classic” in theaters for the first time in over 25 years during a limited run next month. On October 13, 20 and 27, “Ghostbusters” will play on about 500 big screens nationwide.

“We’re delighted to be bringing “Ghostbusters” back to the big screen! This is a special celebration of the movie, giving the fans a chance to see it [in theaters] in perfect digital presentation,” Sony Pictures’ Rory Bruer said in a statement. “As we head towards Halloween, we ain’t afraid of no ghosts, but just the same, we’re glad that everyone’s favorite paranormal eliminators are on the case.”

This announcement really comes to no surprise at the News Burner, with a ton of “Ghostbusters 3” rumors flying nearly every week, you’d certainly expect the studios producing it to ‘fan the flames’ of interest with a remastered re-release of the film that started it all.

So far the rumors for the planned third installment have all been centered on whether or not Bill Murray will be a willing participant. A few weeks ago, on Dennis Miller Radio, series creator Dan Aykroyd cleared a fun thing up.

– “Yes, we will be doing the movie and hopefully with Mr. Murray,” he says, “That is our hope. We have an excellent script. What we have to remember is that ‘Ghostbusters’ is bigger than any one component, although Billy was absolutely the lead and contributed to it in a massive way, as was the director and Harold [Ramis], myself and Sigourney [Weaver]. The concept is much larger than any individual role and the promise of ‘Ghostbusters 3’ is that we get to hand the equipment and the franchise down to new blood.” –

Ouch! Mr. Murray? Damn… I think that these two need to sit down and break some bread before anything is shot.

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