Set Photos From New 'GHOSTBUSTERS' Flick Reveal The Return Of Another Original Cast Member

Filming kicked off for the Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel and the paparazzi hounds were on the set to nab a few photos of the cast as well as a familiar face from the original 1984 Ghostbusters flick. The photos are (via the UK’s Daily Mail).

Spoilers below people.

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.

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.

FIREHOUSE pix have dropped! Peck is BACK! Grooberson obviously wearing a flight suit! pic.twitter.com/LNws5LuoMu

— Michigan Ghostbusters (@MI_Ghostbusters) April 21, 2023

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