Possible Major Plot SPOILERS for GHOSTBUSTERS Reboot Leak
Someone from Reddit who claims to have worked on the production of Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot says he’s seen an early cut of the film, and he offers lots of SPOILERS on how the story plays out. It doesn’t surprise me that someone has seen an early version of the movie already, so these details could be legit. (Feig recently tweeted that he was getting ready to screen test a version.) He gets very detailed in his descriptions, but there’s always a chance this person made up all this crap. Until we see the movie, we will treat this information as rumor.
Here are a few things points of interest that we learn from the information... SPOILERS!
- Ernie Hudson plays Leslie Jones' uncle. He’s a funeral director that supplies the team with their car that we see in the trailer.
- Rowen, the film's villain, starts out in the story as a human. He’s been bullied is whole life and he builds a machine that can focus supernatural energy. It breaks the barrier between the living and the dead. He wants to release as many ghost as he can to torment the living and he eventually becomes a ghost himself about halfway through the film. Apparently these pestering ghosts are tearing apart people's flesh.
- Chris Hemsworth’s character gets possessed and helps Rowen release all of the ghost into the world from his machine. Apparently there’s a scene that pays homage to Rick Moraines when he was possessed in the first Ghostbusters film when he turns around and snarls with glowing eyes. Only instead of Moraines, it’s Hemsworth.
- Hemsworth ends up controling the city with his ghost powers and at one point makes an army of ghosts dance with him to "You should be Dancing", by the Bee Gees.
As far as the other cameos from the original cast go:
Bill Murray = a Skeptic. His lines arent good and he's kinda stiff "WHY ARE YOU PRETENDING TO CATCH GHOSTS??!! THATA GIRL!!!" he gets killed when pushed out a window by the rock concert dragon ghost. He convinced the GGB's to let it out as proof in their tiny chinese restaurant HQ. (Did I mention everyone is stupid in this movie?)
Dan Aykroyd = Cab driver who refuses to drive them when NYC is in havoc "I aint 'fraid of no ghosts" he says in a hard NY accent. This scene was alright.
Annie Potts = Now a hotel lobby clerk answering the phone WHATTAYA WANT??
Sigourney Weaver = A mentor of McKinnon who is disappointed but approves of McKinnon's work at the end of the movie
Then the film supposedly ends with a Zuul tease that will set up the future of the franchise.
There’s a lot more details, and you can read the full thing here if you want. Let us know what you all think about the direction the film seems to be taking the franchise.
I’m going to see this movie with an open mind. I’m not going to judge it before I see it. It looks like it will be a fun and entertaining flick. Feig always seems to deliver solid comedy in his movies, so hopefully he does that with this. We’ll just have to wait and see when it’s released on July 22nd, 2016.