Stone And Hill For Ghostbusters 3?

It looks like that time of year again where the rumours about Ghostbusters 3 do the rounds.

This time, the story - from SchmoesKnows - is that Jonah Hill and Emma Stone are in line to appear as "Jeremy" and "Anna", though there is no word on who those characters may be.

Presumably, these are the two characters that were originally rumoured to be played by Anna Faris and Seth Rogan back when they were the two hot young names, so that shows how long these rumours have been going.

And, again with some wearying predictability, Dan Ackroyd has made his annual claim that Ghostbusters 3 should start filming early next year. He said: "I know that we're expecting half of the screenplay to be completed very soon. It should be into production by the fall and be shooting by the New Year."

By my reckoning that makes us roughly four weeks away from the traditional "Bill Murray has changed his mind and will be in the movie after all" reports.

While any news that suggests that another Ghostbusters movie is actually going ahead is good news, the sheer length of time that this project has been in the "about to start, honest..." stage makes it apparent that, as heartbreaking as it is to say, this film is almost certainly never going to happen.