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by: Paul Tassi Dec. 11, 2009

Read no further if you don’t want Sigourney Weaver to possibly ruin a big surprise in the next GHOSTBUSTERS movie. Unfortunately, it’s my job to read spoilers so let me just say DAMN IT SIGOURNEY! Ah well, I still love you.

In an interview with the UK’s Channel 4 (via AICN), Sigourney let this little nugget slip about Bill Murray’s character, Peter Vankman’s appearance in the new film.

"I might be in it; I see nothing wrong with being in it, although I don’t think I will have a big part. I think Bill Murray has a little more to do with it - (whispering) he’s a ghost."

Oops!

Ah whatever, I’m sure this is something we find out pretty early in the movie, and if it is true, I think it’s actually a pretty cool way to bring the character back. What about the rest of the team? Could they all have died in some stream-crossing accident and now return as ghosts to mentor the new class of Busters? Not a bad idea if you ask me.

Source: Channel 4 , AICN

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Extra Tidbit: I'm hoping for an Apatow-less cast for the new film.

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dude its ashley
10:14PM on 12/13/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
what?
woah didnt see that one coming
woah didnt see that one coming
 
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v4villian83
3:20PM on 12/13/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Bill
Could be could, i loved his cameo on zombieland......any [link]
Could be could, i loved his cameo on zombieland......any [link]
 
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VitamanMan8
2:50PM on 12/13/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Depends
It could be a good idea, depending on how they play it. If he's just a ghost, but otherwise exactly the same, it's rather pointless. But if he's just trying to fuck with everybody and they have to "bust" him, that could play out very interestingly, because who would want to stuff their friend in a canister? DRAMA!
It could be a good idea, depending on how they play it. If he's just a ghost, but otherwise exactly the same, it's rather pointless. But if he's just trying to fuck with everybody and they have to "bust" him, that could play out very interestingly, because who would want to stuff their friend in a canister? DRAMA!
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Grand_Marquis
10:16PM on 12/13/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
More importantly, how would you fight a ghost who knows all your tricks? Yeah...I kinda like that take
More importantly, how would you fight a ghost who knows all your tricks? Yeah...I kinda like that take
 
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Dead as History
11:34PM on 12/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Could be bullshit? Maybe? Eh? As long as the center the movie around Murray, or just have him in most of it, I'm ok with that.
Could be bullshit? Maybe? Eh? As long as the center the movie around Murray, or just have him in most of it, I'm ok with that.
 
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TarantinoDork
6:25PM on 12/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
What the motherfuck. I've been a fan since I was a kid Sigourney but what the hell?



Somebody get the Delorean. We're going back to 1991 and we're going to ruin the end of Alien 3 for everybody. Maybe it will drive the box office down enough that we'll all be spared 'Resurrection' and the AVP movies.
What the motherfuck. I've been a fan since I was a kid Sigourney but what the hell?



Somebody get the Delorean. We're going back to 1991 and we're going to ruin the end of Alien 3 for everybody. Maybe it will drive the box office down enough that we'll all be spared 'Resurrection' and the AVP movies.
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Tweek
4:54PM on 12/14/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I'm down!
I'm down!
 
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SpoonAZ
5:40PM on 12/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
No surprise
This shouldn't shock anybody. The script Ackroyd and Ramis wrote for Ghostbusters Go To Hell had Venkman as a ghost. Pretty common fanboy knowledge.
This shouldn't shock anybody. The script Ackroyd and Ramis wrote for Ghostbusters Go To Hell had Venkman as a ghost. Pretty common fanboy knowledge.
 
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YoshioKun13
3:13PM on 12/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
No thanks
I don't wanna see ANY of the original GBs as a ghost, especially Bill Murray's character.



Venkman becoming a ghost would be like turning Sigourney's Ripley into an alien, such a ridiculous notion that it could never hap..........oh, wait...
I don't wanna see ANY of the original GBs as a ghost, especially Bill Murray's character.



Venkman becoming a ghost would be like turning Sigourney's Ripley into an alien, such a ridiculous notion that it could never hap..........oh, wait...
 
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Master Vulcano
3:06PM on 12/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
nice
I think this could be interesting. On another note, I love it when someone tries to insult another persons intelligence but can't spell for crap. (See AmazSpiderman1 below)
I think this could be interesting. On another note, I love it when someone tries to insult another persons intelligence but can't spell for crap. (See AmazSpiderman1 below)
 
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skywalker25
9:01AM on 12/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I actually remember reading a looooong time ago (just a few years after Ghostbusters 2 came out) that this was the only way Murray would be willing to return to the series. I guess only time will tell how it plays out.
I actually remember reading a looooong time ago (just a few years after Ghostbusters 2 came out) that this was the only way Murray would be willing to return to the series. I guess only time will tell how it plays out.
 
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bamboozled03
4:41AM on 12/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Another thing.....
Thinking a bit more on this whole Venkmen being a ghost idea. I wonder if he and the team figured out a way to temporarily be dead/play dead and interact with ghosts. The movie Flatliners comes to mind. Anyway, perhaps Sweaver meant to slip that "secret" to get people thinking Venkmen is a ghost throughout, to raise some eye brows, build buzz, see fan reaction. Whatever. I believe it was a...
Thinking a bit more on this whole Venkmen being a ghost idea. I wonder if he and the team figured out a way to temporarily be dead/play dead and interact with ghosts. The movie Flatliners comes to mind. Anyway, perhaps Sweaver meant to slip that "secret" to get people thinking Venkmen is a ghost throughout, to raise some eye brows, build buzz, see fan reaction. Whatever. I believe it was a ploy. The movie could start off with an opening scene where he is a ghost, perhaps baiting other ghosts to be trapped. And then his team brings him back to life at the end of that scene.

Ideas run crazily through my head all the time, especially with this movie coming eventually.
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Hip-Hop Legend
8:27AM on 12/14/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
that's actually a cool idea!
that's actually a cool idea!
 
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bamboozled03
4:24AM on 12/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
CG Murray Ghost
This is one of those scenarios where they'll bring us a younger version of Mr. Murray, whom we all recognize and love from the Ghostbuster series, at least a 90's version of Murray. [Of course, as I noted above via computer generated images.] No offense to the beauty of aging. It'll still be Murray acting and it'll be a surprise to many to see younger Murray on screen. Eerie, but that's the...
This is one of those scenarios where they'll bring us a younger version of Mr. Murray, whom we all recognize and love from the Ghostbuster series, at least a 90's version of Murray. [Of course, as I noted above via computer generated images.] No offense to the beauty of aging. It'll still be Murray acting and it'll be a surprise to many to see younger Murray on screen. Eerie, but that's the point because he's a ghost. And I'm all for Murray creating more chaos at the station than helping out. I also think his ghost is a great way to somehow link our world with the hellish dimension we all want this movie to enter.

Lastly, I agree with the Paul Rudd comment. Good eye. Him or Jeremy Piven.
 
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Dr_Fruitness
2:19AM on 12/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I would almost agree with the Apatow-less notion if not for the fact that I really think Paul Rudd would be the best possible person to play a Venkman type character for the new team.
I would almost agree with the Apatow-less notion if not for the fact that I really think Paul Rudd would be the best possible person to play a Venkman type character for the new team.
 
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AmazSpiderman1
1:00AM on 12/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
In regard to "I think it’s actually a pretty cool way to bring the character back"....your officially an idiot. If that's the route they are going, this movie will be terrible.
In regard to "I think it’s actually a pretty cool way to bring the character back"....your officially an idiot. If that's the route they are going, this movie will be terrible.
 
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sneekyfox
12:51AM on 12/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
i think its likely bill murray as a ghost would make fun of the situation and pester the team just for kicks! i like dr_fruitness' idea about the whole cross dimentional thing,and venkman being flesh and blood in another dimention using the videogame story as a bit of a stepping stone. i am really looking forword to this!
i think its likely bill murray as a ghost would make fun of the situation and pester the team just for kicks! i like dr_fruitness' idea about the whole cross dimentional thing,and venkman being flesh and blood in another dimention using the videogame story as a bit of a stepping stone. i am really looking forword to this!
 
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Dr_Fruitness
11:38PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Interesting idea. Maybe they'll touch upon the whole moral issue they have with traping inocent ghosts in the containment machine for all eternity and they're are forced to rethink things when Venkman becomes a ghost. I think that would be interesting. It's also possible that if they go with the whole parallel New York idea then perhaps Venkman would be a ghost in the real world and when they...
Interesting idea. Maybe they'll touch upon the whole moral issue they have with traping inocent ghosts in the containment machine for all eternity and they're are forced to rethink things when Venkman becomes a ghost. I think that would be interesting. It's also possible that if they go with the whole parallel New York idea then perhaps Venkman would be a ghost in the real world and when they cross over to the other side, he's flesh and blood. There's lots of whys they could go with this but I like the idea of using ghost Peter as a tool to explore the origins of the ghosts.
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sneekyfox
12:54AM on 12/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
it'd be fun if venkman haunted his own proton pack so he can bug whoever 'fills his shoes' now, and if they went cross dimentional, he could take the proton pack back and use it for old times sake. i wonder if slimer and him will have a go at eachother... can a ghost slime another ghost? lol
it'd be fun if venkman haunted his own proton pack so he can bug whoever 'fills his shoes' now, and if they went cross dimentional, he could take the proton pack back and use it for old times sake. i wonder if slimer and him will have a go at eachother... can a ghost slime another ghost? lol
 
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Sulaco
11:31PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
And it's "Venkman". I do not know of this VANKMAN you speak of in the article.
And it's "Venkman". I do not know of this VANKMAN you speak of in the article.
 
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Sulaco
10:42PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Interesting.
Interesting.
 
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Huttjos
10:02PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
way to f&^k this up too, hollywood......
way to f&^k this up too, hollywood......
 
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Hip-Hop Legend
7:53PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
this reminds me of the Michael J Fox movie The Frighteners where he was helped by ghosts. This could be a cool idea, but it would probably be the last Ghostbusters movie then. As far as it being written by the guys who did year one I haven't seen that movie but haven't heard good things. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
this reminds me of the Michael J Fox movie The Frighteners where he was helped by ghosts. This could be a cool idea, but it would probably be the last Ghostbusters movie then. As far as it being written by the guys who did year one I haven't seen that movie but haven't heard good things. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
 
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consween
7:17PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
"maybe the movie starts with Peters funeral and he comes back as a ghost to help Egon with a case. i don't know."





Help Egon with a case? When did Egon become a private detective?
"maybe the movie starts with Peters funeral and he comes back as a ghost to help Egon with a case. i don't know."





Help Egon with a case? When did Egon become a private detective?
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Sulaco
10:40PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
He became a private detective when he got fat.
He became a private detective when he got fat.
 
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Short Round
5:27PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I'm with JohnLocke. They should scrap the idea and let the Ghostbusters be. In addition to the reasons JohnLocke gave, the script is being written by the writers of Year One. No thank you!
I'm with JohnLocke. They should scrap the idea and let the Ghostbusters be. In addition to the reasons JohnLocke gave, the script is being written by the writers of Year One. No thank you!
 
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SchottGun
4:09PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
@No_Fun: I'm sure you are referring to this: [link] This was back in October, in which the script was just getting finished, so it's true he may have not seen it yet at that time, plus there are many drafts that a script goes through and I'm sure they will take Mr....
@No_Fun: I'm sure you are referring to this: [link] This was back in October, in which the script was just getting finished, so it's true he may have not seen it yet at that time, plus there are many drafts that a script goes through and I'm sure they will take Mr. Murray serious when he says that it will have to be great, so hopefully that will encourage them to get a great script ready to send to him.
 
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NO_FUN
3:50PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Listen, you smell something..
..I do, bullshit. Wasn't it just a few weeks ago that Bill Murray said there wasn't even a script? And that unless he got a really good script he wasn't doing it.
..I do, bullshit. Wasn't it just a few weeks ago that Bill Murray said there wasn't even a script? And that unless he got a really good script he wasn't doing it.
 
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NO_FUN
3:48PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Listen, you smell something..
..I do, bullshit. Wasn't it just a few weeks ago that Bill Murray said there wasn't even a script? And that unless he got a really good script he wasn't doing it.
..I do, bullshit. Wasn't it just a few weeks ago that Bill Murray said there wasn't even a script? And that unless he got a really good script he wasn't doing it.
 
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SchottGun
3:26PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I'm just not sure
..but if anyone could pull it off, it would be him. The rumor has been around for a while that Venkman was going to be a ghost, so this sort of confirms that. Still you never know, it could be Sigourney reporting what she has heard like the rest of us. She keeps going back and forth weather she's going to be in it or not, just like she did with the video game until she decided she wanted in...
..but if anyone could pull it off, it would be him. The rumor has been around for a while that Venkman was going to be a ghost, so this sort of confirms that. Still you never know, it could be Sigourney reporting what she has heard like the rest of us. She keeps going back and forth weather she's going to be in it or not, just like she did with the video game until she decided she wanted in and it was too late. @SuperSTUD: Yes there is a script that is being passed around. It was written by two of the writers of the American version of The Office. There still is no green light on a new movie, but yes there is a script. But it's Ghostbusters, and I'm for it :D
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Short Round
5:20PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Those same writers also wrote the atrocious Year One. Yet another reason why they should not do this.
Those same writers also wrote the atrocious Year One. Yet another reason why they should not do this.
 
NO_FUN
3:49PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Might want to check your facts as when promoting Fantastic mr fox, Bill Murray said there wasn't a script.
Might want to check your facts as when promoting Fantastic mr fox, Bill Murray said there wasn't a script.
 
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JohnLocke2342
3:25PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
a GB3 is a bad idea.... period. They're too old and they're not gonna wanna come back. A new "crop" of Ghosbusters sounds terrible since it's the chemistry from the original group that made them so great for me.
a GB3 is a bad idea.... period. They're too old and they're not gonna wanna come back. A new "crop" of Ghosbusters sounds terrible since it's the chemistry from the original group that made them so great for me.
 
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BojacRedleif
2:44PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
OLD RUMOR IS OLD
This rumor had been around for like a decade and was from the rough GB3 script that Dan Aykroyd wrote because Bill Murray didn't want to do GB3 at the time. I think they've realized by now that this is terrible idea.
This rumor had been around for like a decade and was from the rough GB3 script that Dan Aykroyd wrote because Bill Murray didn't want to do GB3 at the time. I think they've realized by now that this is terrible idea.
 
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SuperSTUD
2:41PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Not true.
Is there even a real script yet?
Is there even a real script yet?
 
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Ocelot_Snake
2:23PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
against this
against this
 
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lastmass
2:22PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
i can't see this as being true.
With all the BS, time and I'm sure boat loads of money, its taken to even get Murray to talk about coming back, can anyone really see him coming back to the story as a ghost? That makes no sense to me. I think its all a smoke screen to keep people talking about the movie.
With all the BS, time and I'm sure boat loads of money, its taken to even get Murray to talk about coming back, can anyone really see him coming back to the story as a ghost? That makes no sense to me. I think its all a smoke screen to keep people talking about the movie.
 
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Sulaco
2:04PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Kinda old news
This was one of the contractual obligations for Murray's return. This is merely confirming it in a way. But it's been known for sometime Murray was to play a ghost Venkman.
This was one of the contractual obligations for Murray's return. This is merely confirming it in a way. But it's been known for sometime Murray was to play a ghost Venkman.
 
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thedrizzle
1:14PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
lol
siked either way. NEW ghostbusters movie. how could you not be?
siked either way. NEW ghostbusters movie. how could you not be?
 
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soboyle
12:59PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
maybe the movie starts with Peters funeral and he comes back as a ghost to help Egon with a case. i don't know.
maybe the movie starts with Peters funeral and he comes back as a ghost to help Egon with a case. i don't know.
 
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ttop33
12:28PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
This is a bad idea
I cannot believe you are for Bill Murray being a ghost. It sounds worse then passing the torch. The only way it would work is if they did it like Bill Cosby in Ghost Dad. Which would have Venkman still alive, but it ruins the first two films to have him die in the third.
I cannot believe you are for Bill Murray being a ghost. It sounds worse then passing the torch. The only way it would work is if they did it like Bill Cosby in Ghost Dad. Which would have Venkman still alive, but it ruins the first two films to have him die in the third.
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Paul Tassi
12:40PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I guess I don't understand all the hate for this. I don't think GB3 should exist at all, but if it has to, I think this could be a cool way to bring some of the original cast back. Not sure why everyone thinks it's such a travesty.
I guess I don't understand all the hate for this. I don't think GB3 should exist at all, but if it has to, I think this could be a cool way to bring some of the original cast back. Not sure why everyone thinks it's such a travesty.
 
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Brer B8a
12:15PM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Maybe Peter is just dressed like a ghost so the real ghosts leave him alone. Then he decides to play a joke and try scaring a new recruit and the recruit shoots him with the proton pack thus actually killing Peter. As Peter is dieing he says he maybe regrets being a part of Ghostbusters 2.
Maybe Peter is just dressed like a ghost so the real ghosts leave him alone. Then he decides to play a joke and try scaring a new recruit and the recruit shoots him with the proton pack thus actually killing Peter. As Peter is dieing he says he maybe regrets being a part of Ghostbusters 2.
 
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Wakkidus
11:57AM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I'm pretty damn sure she's kidding... at least I sure as hell hope she is
I'm pretty damn sure she's kidding... at least I sure as hell hope she is
 
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Smiert Spionam
11:40AM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
The fuck?
1. Weaver could've been being sarcastic.

2. If not, that's an awful idea...
1. Weaver could've been being sarcastic.

2. If not, that's an awful idea...
 
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FrogSimmons2
11:34AM on 12/11/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
the idea of GB3 is a travesty. 2 sucked. it's been too long. the idea of them being ghosts and coming back to mentor anybody is absurd.
the idea of GB3 is a travesty. 2 sucked. it's been too long. the idea of them being ghosts and coming back to mentor anybody is absurd.
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