![]() ![]() Egon Spengler is the catalyst for the events of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Possibly the most important character in the film, Dr. Aykroyd also served as an executive producer on Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Actors Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis were the original creators of Ghostbusters and wrote the first two films in the series. Ray mentions that Egon tried to reach out about ten years back to convince him about an apocalyptic event, but he ignored Egon’s warnings, telling her that “Egon Spengler can burn in Hell.”īy the end of the film, Ray has a change of heart and returns with Venkman and Winston Zeddemore ( Ernie Hudson) to defeat Gozer for good, this time answering “yes” to her question of whether or not he’s a god. Here we learn that, after Egon stole their ghost-busting equipment, the team quickly fell apart. In Afterlife, Phoebe uses her one phone call in jail to call the Ghostbusters hotline, which re-directs to Ray’s Occult Books (which Ray ran back in Ghostbusters II). Ray Stanz, he was busting ghosts in Ghostbusters II, but after his brief cameo in the 1995 film Casper, it seems like he’s given up on the ghost-busting dream. In the mid-credits scene, Dana uses the same ESP cards and shock machine on Venkman that he once used on college girls in the 1984 film. In Afterlife, it’s mentioned that Venkman, now married to Dana, is currently a “Professor of Advertising,” having returned to teaching after Egon Spengler stole the Ectomobile and the majority of their ghost-busting equipment to run off to Summerville.īill Murray, who famously refused to commit to a sequel for years, returns as Peter Venkman for two scenes in the film, once during the climax to help defeat Gozer, and again mid-credits when he returns home to New York City with Dana. ![]() The last time we saw Venkman was 30 years prior in Ghostbusters II when he and his fellow Ghostbusters had defeated the demonic Vigo the Carpathian ( Wilhelm von Homburg) after he attempted to possess Dana Barrett’s ( Sigourney Weaver) infant son, Oscar. Peter Venkman returns in Ghostbusters: Afterlife to help the Spengler's defeat Gozer. Egon Spengler to honor the late Harold Ramis. On Afterlife, he also served as one of the body doubles for original Ghostbuster Dr. After those plans died out and Sony decided to go a different direction, he ended up settling as a co-producer (and had a cameo) on the 2016 reboot.Īfter working on the announced-but-unrealized animated series, Ghostbusters: Ecto Force, and an unmade animated Ghostbusters feature film, Reitman returned as the sole producer for the official third installment of the classic series. Reitman didn’t completely excuse himself from the Ghostbusters franchise though as he was originally set to direct a third Ghostbusters outing back in the day. His final directorial feature, Draft Day, was released in 2014. After directing the first two features (with small voice cameo roles), he directed comedy films such as Twins, Kindergarten Cop, Evolution, and My Super Ex-Girlfriend. Original Ghostbusters director and producer Ivan Reitman has been with the series since its beginning. ![]()
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