‘Ghostbusters’ – Set Photos for New Movie Preview the Return of Another Original Star! [SPOILERS]

John Squires

Filming kicked off last month on Sony’s untitled Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel, and paparazzi photos from the set have found their way online today (via the UK’s Daily Mail).

We’re running this article with a huge SPOILER WARNING for a reason, so make sure to click away now if you don’t want a previously unannounced bit of casting to be spoiled.

In the set photos shared by Daily Mail today, it’s spoiled that original Ghostbusters star William Atherton is making his return to the franchise in the new installment!

Atherton memorably played antagonist Walter Peck in the 1984 comedy-horror classic, an inspector for the Environmental Protection Agency. Atherton reprised the role for the 2009 Ghostbusters video game, but to date has not appeared in any subsequent movies.

Gil Kenan (Monster House, Poltergeist) is directing the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

The cast includes Patton Oswalt, Kumail Nanjiani, James Acaster, and Emily Alyn Lind, alongside Ernie Hudson, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd and Carrie Coon.

Jason Reitman, who directed Ghostbusters: Afterlife, is producing the upcoming sequel. The film is scheduled to bring the ghosts back to theaters on December 20, 2023.

Last we heard, the upcoming movie will return to New York City and the iconic firehouse made famous in the original Ghostbusters films – thus the working title, Firehouse.

The first teaser for the sequel came in the form of an Afterlife post-credits scene.

“It’s an absolute honor to pick up the proton pack and step behind the camera for the next chapter of the Spengler family saga. I just wish I could go back to 1984 and tell the kid in the sixth row of the Mann Valley West that one day he was going to get to direct a Ghostbusters film,” said Kenan in a recent statement.

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