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With Fantastic Mr. Fox making the press rounds at the London International Film Festival, it was only a matter of time before someone bugged Bill Murray (who voices Badger in the stop-motion film) about his participation in Ghostbusters 3. Last time we heard anything on the Ghostbusters front, it was being reported that Ghost Busters and Ghostbusters II helmer Ivan Reitman was indeed attached to direct (though he hadn't actually decided whether or not to go through with it), and most of the original cast (Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson and Sigourney Weaver) was set to return alongside some "new recruits".

So, sure, it's all great to hear when you see this sort of stuff splashed across the internet, but it's always best to go right to the source to see just what's going on right this second. When asked about the third installment in London, Murray waved it off and basically said that his participation depends solely on a script he hasn't seen nor read yet. The actor also spoke a little about sequels in general, saying (in so many words) that Ghostbusters II was definitely not as good as the first one, which is one reason why he's so hesitant to give it another go.

Says Murray: "I'll believe it when I see it. I saw a guy talking about the end of the world a couple years ago, and I still haven't seen that either -- so I'm not going to believe the Ghostbusters story until I see it."

Watch the Bill Murray/Ghostbusters 3 interview after the jump

There hasn't been much to report on the Ghostbusters 3 front ever since the project was first announced earlier this past summer, with the original cast returning to meet a new crop of up-and-coming Ghostbusters in a sort of ghost training storyline. There were rumors that Judd Apatow and his crew would be involved -- that we might see folks like Jonah Hill or Michael Cera as the new Ghostbusters, though nothing has or will be confirmed until the script -- from Office and Year One scribes Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg -- is at that stage where it's ready to go. Sources claim they've turned in a draft, though there's no word on whether it still needs some additional work.

That being said, Bloody Disgusting is reporting that Ivan Reitman -- long rumored to be possibly directing the third installment after helming the first two -- is indeed attached to step behind the camera one more time, though he's not sure if he wants to do it yet. They also claim that the story begins when the men re-open their ghost removal facility after it's been closed for several years.

So what do you think? Will this still work all these years later?