There's been some speculation over who would be sitting in the director's chair for the third instalment in the Ghostbusters franchise, given that the director of the first two films, Ivan Reitman, was showing little interest. And now the search for a director for the film is over. The man who will be calling the shots? Mr Ivan Reitman.

Reitman was asked outright at the MTV Movies Blog whether he'd be directing Ghostbusters 3, and simply said "Yes". The same story reveals that the screenplay to the film, penned by Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg (who penned, er, Year One), has now been completed too.

The film is due in 2011, and Reitman is planning - as you might expect - to get shooting this year. He also avoided commenting on the story hints that Sigourney Weaver dropped last month noting that "there's some very cool things in the new draft".

Add Ghostbusters 3, then, to the already-crammed summer schedules for 2011. And a note to all concerned: watch Crystal Skull if you get a chance. If you're going to review a franchise two decades on, there are important lessons to be learnt within that film...

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