Comingsoon.net recently talked to Harold Ramis over the phone about his new film, Year One. Unsurprisingly, the interview briefly turned to Ghostbusters:

“I wrote the story for the new movie with them, and Dan and I’ve been consulting. We’re just waiting to see a first draft and where we are,” Ramis told us, although he’s very optimistic it will happen with Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson returning as well. “Everyone says they’ll do it, they’ve all said they’ll do it. No one has signed anything yet–we haven’t signed anything either–but there’s the spirit of willingness in the air.”

Last week, Ivan Reitman was asked by MTV about his involvement in the project, but Ramis isn’t so sure Reitman would want to direct it, even though it’s obviously too early to tell. “I don’t think he wants to; I’m not sure I want to (direct). It’s just a lot of open questions. Until we see a script, I don’t think anyone really knows how they feel about it. Everyone’s open to doing it, that’s the main thing, that’s what got it moving forward.”

He did confirm that there will be a younger cast donning the backpacks and outfits with the original cast acting more as mentors to them. “Oh, yeah. There will be new Ghostbusters. It’s not about us running around. We’ll be introducing new people.”