4 November 2011 3:37 PM, PDT | FusedFilm | 

A third Ghostbusters may never happen and unfortunately Ghostbusters fans will have to realize that. So why we wait for confirmation that Ghostbusters III will never happen, Columbia pictures is putting another paranormal police force into place. According to Heat Vision, Columbia Pictures is putting together a project called Spectral from writer Ian Fried.

The premise of the project is centered on a modern-day, militaristic and gritty approach to fighting the supernatural. Sources say the pitch, which sold for six figures, has been described as a darker and more serious take on a Ghostbusters-like story, with a plot that revolves around a special ops group formed to bring down evil ghosts that have taken over Manhattan. Locations and details might change over the course of the writing, however.

The idea is sound, but this in no way should be a replacement or a movie to make us forget about the »

- Mike Lee