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Over the past few months, there have been all sorts of rumors about a possible third Ghostbusters movie. Everything from the fact that a new script is in the works to a rumor about the cast of The 40-Year Old Virgin signing on for a franchise reboot, the latter of which was quickly refuted. Since then, everyone from Sigourney Weaver to Bill Murray have chimed in saying that they don’t think it’s going to happen. Every time the rumors start to ramp up, someone swoops in quickly to set them down.

Then something like this happens: E! Online recently caught up with Ghostbusters star and co-writer Dan Aykroyd at a promotional event in Toronto where he had the following to say about it:

“Two sharp young writers in Hollywood are reported to be writing the sequel, the third movie now. If I could interest Seth [Rogen] and Judd [Apatow] to be part of it, that would certainly be a dream.”

Who's Sony going to call to pen its reboot of "Ghostbusters"?

Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg.

The studio has recruited "The Office" writer-producers to work on a new installment of the 1980s franchise that starred Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Harold Ramis as bumbling ghost-hunting scientists.

The original filmmakers, including director Ivan Reitman, and cast are aware of the project and involved in its development. Some original cast members might be involved, but the focus will be on a new cast of Ghostbusters.

WMA-repped Stupnitsky and Eisenberg, who are nominated for an Emmy for "The Office," already have the support of one Ghostbuster in Ramis. The duo penned with Ramis Sony's upcoming biblical comedy "Year One," which is produced by Judd Apatow and directed by Ramis.

The writing duo recently sold a spec to Sony titled "Bad Teacher," about a seventh-grade teacher who is dumped by her sugar-daddy boyfriend and turns her attention toward a colleague. Jimmy Miller is producing.

"Ghostbusters" was Sony's top-grossing film ever until "Men in Black" and then all three "Spider-Man" films beat it out. The 1984 film grossed $292 million worldwide, and its 1989 sequel brought in another $215 million globally.

Borys Kit reported from Toronto; Leslie Simmons reported from Los Angeles.