Filming is now underway on the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel, which will bring legacy actor Ernie Hudson back as Winston Zeddemore. One character from the original films who will not be appearing in the next sequel? Dana Barrett, played by Sigourney Weaver.
Weaver tells Collider, “I wasn’t asked to be in this Ghostbusters.”
“And I think, you know, a little of us goes a long way,” Weaver adds.
Sigourney Weaver’s role in the Ghostbusters franchise has become increasingly limited with these two most recent movies, first appearing as a new character in a post-credits scene for Ghostbusters: Answer the Call. She more recently reprised the role of Dana Barrett in Ghostbusters: Afterlife, a cameo that was also relegated to a post-credits scene.
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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