--- title: Bill Murray Wants Kristen Wiig, Emma Stone for Ghostbusters III description: The movie is rumored to have an all-female ensemble canonical: https://time.com/3309086/bill-murray-ghostbusters-iii-emma-stone-kristen-wiig/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-09T14:12:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:45:25.192Z og:title: Here Are the Women Bill Murray Thinks Should Star in 'Ghostbusters III' og:description: The movie is rumored to have an all-female ensemble og:url: https://time.com/3309086/bill-murray-ghostbusters-iii-emma-stone-kristen-wiig/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec54b26c57146d38/6986a27306f2c1a60f330a02/454295722.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2002 og:image:height: 1126 og:image:alt: Opening Ceremony And 'Birdman' - Premiere - 71st Venice Film Festival og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here Are the Women Bill Murray Thinks Should Star in 'Ghostbusters III' twitter:description: The movie is rumored to have an all-female ensemble twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec54b26c57146d38/6986a27306f2c1a60f330a02/454295722.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here Are the Women Bill Murray Thinks Should Star in _Ghostbusters III_ > Sponsored content. 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Emma Stone attends the Opening Ceremony and 'Birdman' premiere during the 71st Venice Film Festival on August 27, 2014 in Venice, Italy. Ian Gavan—Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Sep 9, 2014 2:12 PM UTC _Ghostbusters III_ will reportedly star a female ensemble, and _Ghostbusters_ veteran Bill Murray has some ideas on who those leading ladies should be. Though Murray won’t star in the movie himself, he suggested a few candidates in an [interview with the Toronto _Star._](http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/tiff/2014/09/07/tiff%5Fbill%5Fmurray%5Fscares%5Fup%5Ffemale%5Fghostbusters%5Fcast%5Fsuggestions.html) “Melissa \[McCarthy\] would be a spectacular Ghostbuster. And Kristen Wiig is so funny — God, she’s funny!” he said. “I like this girl Linda Cardellini a lot. And Emma Stone is funny. There are some funny girls out there.” That cast would bring a lot of comedic talent to the movie: McCarthy and Wiig worked together in _Bridesmaids;_ Cardellini, of _Freaks and Geeks_ fame, recently guest starred on _New Girl_ and _Mad Men_; and though she has taken on more dramatic roles of late, Stone got her start as a comedienne in _Easy A_ and _Superbad_. _Bridesmaids_ director Paul Feig is reportedly in negotiations to direct the sequel. \[[_Toronto Star_](http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/tiff/2014/09/07/tiff%5Fbill%5Fmurray%5Fscares%5Fup%5Ffemale%5Fghostbusters%5Fcast%5Fsuggestions.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3309086/bill-murray-ghostbusters-iii-emma-stone-kristen-wiig/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3309086/bill-murray-ghostbusters-iii-emma-stone-kristen-wiig/"},"headline":"Here Are the Women Bill Murray Thinks Should Star in Ghostbusters III","datePublished":"2014-09-09T14:12:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:45:25.192Z","description":"He'd like to see Emma Stone and Kristen Wiig in the cast","url":"https://time.com/3309086/bill-murray-ghostbusters-iii-emma-stone-kristen-wiig/","keywords":["Living","Bill Murray","Kristen Wiig","melissa mccarthy","Emma Stone","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec54b26c57146d38/6986a27306f2c1a60f330a02/454295722.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec54b26c57146d38/6986a27306f2c1a60f330a02/454295722.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Opening Ceremony And 'Birdman' - Premiere - 71st Venice Film Festival","caption":"Opening Ceremony And 'Birdman' - Premiere - 71st Venice Film Festival","creditText":"Ian Gavan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3309086/bill-murray-ghostbusters-iii-emma-stone-kristen-wiig/","name":"Here Are the Women Bill Murray Thinks Should Star in Ghostbusters III"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Best 'Ghostbusters' Moments in 2 Minutes","description":"A look back at the best quotes from the 1984 film 'Ghostbusters'","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/SZgiTGHM/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-06-06T16:10:25.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/SZgiTGHM.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3309086/bill-murray-ghostbusters-iii-emma-stone-kristen-wiig/","duration":"PT1M50S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3309086/bill-murray-ghostbusters-iii-emma-stone-kristen-wiig/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```