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Ghostbusters III` script to be changed after Ramis` death

The third `Ghostbusters` film`s script is likely to undergo a change following the death of actor Harold Ramis

Los Angeles: The third `Ghostbusters` film`s script is likely to undergo a change following the death of actor Harold Ramis.Sony is now scrambling to keep `Ghostbusters III` on track since Ramis, who died at age 69 due to complications from autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, was to have made a cameo appearance in the film.
The sequel`s director, Ivan Reitman, is scheduled to meet with Sony bosses to discuss the issue, said a leading daily quoting sources. Ramis, Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd, who starred together in the 1984 original and its 1989 sequel, were poised to appear briefly in the third outing to set up a baton-passing to a trio of newcomers. The script, written by `The Office` writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, will now be revamped. A studio source downplayed the impact on the project, however, insisting that Ramis was involved in `Ghostbusters III only minimally`. Ramis co-wrote the first two films. Murray, who collaborated on Ramis in comedy classics like `Meatballs`, `Caddyshack` and `Groundhog Day`, paid tribute to his old friend, saying, "He earned his keep on this planet. God bless him."