I've read there was drama between them and that's part of why GB3 never ending up getting made even though there were several scripts written. What are the details of their feud? It's a true shame if this is a major reason why GB3 never came to life.
shareI've always heard that it happened during the filming of Groundhog Day. I might be wrong on this, but Harold Ramis wanted the movie to be more funny and comical and Bill Murray wanted it to me more philosophical and serious. They had a falling out that supposedly never fully recovered until well into the 2000s. This may be the reason Ghostbusters 3 never happened. However, the ghostbusters video game that came out sometime around 2008 acts as a perfect GB3. It was written by Harold Ramis and Dan ackroyd and starred the original main cast, it took place in 1991. I still count that as the 3rd in the franchise.
shareBill Murray in general from what I've heard, was a huge a$$hole to deal w/ on the set of Groundhog Day. Apparently, Bill's marriage to his first wife was crumbling, and that in term, naturally effected his mind-set.
shareReading on Murray's comments later, he didn't mention Ramis at all in the article I read, but he said at least two of the ideas involved Venkman/Murray being dead and haunting the guys and an alternate hellish Manhattan called Man"hell"tan or something. I don't know what Murray's ideas were but I agree with him on those ideas sounding kind of bad. Or it would've been awesome but maybe as a short part of the 3rd film it would've worked.
shareI believe they reconciled a few years before Harold Ramis died.
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Are you thinking of Bill Murray and Dan Ackroyd's feud?
When Murray refused to do GB3, even after Dan asked him personally, the two didn't talk for years afterwards. Apparently Murray was not very civil in his refusal.
Think his constant refusal to do GB3 should've resulted in doing it without him, but the only reason that didn't happen because people were demanding that the entire OG cast be in it.
shareYes, they fought on Groundhog Day and Murray cut off all contact. Ramis wanted to make up, but said he couldn't get any reply from Murray. Murray didn't make up with Ramis until his brother talked him into doing it very soon before Ramis died. Murray did the voice in the GB game only on the condition he could record his lines individually without the other cast members there. So it's pretty clear he had nothing against Ghostbusters. He just never wanted to see Ramis again. And when he'd act on talk shows like he was reluctant to do a sequel, he wasn't being honest about the real reason.
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