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Ghostbusters post-credits scene explained: Sequel villain seemingly revealed

'It was kind of a little comfort food that gives us an opening if we wanted to do another movie'

Jack Shepherd
Wednesday 20 July 2016 09:26 BST
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Following in the footsteps of Marvel, the newly rebooted Ghostbusters featured a post-credits scene, whetting appetites for the presumed sequel.

Yes, after the huge Chris Hemsworth dance-along, a quick-fire scene shoots up on screen, revealing who will presumably be the big-bad of Ghostbusters 2: Trolls Can Suck It.

The scene sees the new Ghostbusters hanging out in the lab together, Holtzman showing off her oversized nut crusher while Patty turns on a machine that, somehow, can hear Ghosts.

Instead of another fart joke, however, Leslie Jones’s character actually hear’s something other-worldly, asking her co-workers, "What is Zuul?”

Now, if you’re unfamiliar with the original, childhood-forming film, you likely have no idea who Zuul is. However, if you have seen the 1984 classic, you’ll recognise Zuul as being the Gatekeeper of Gozer, the evil being who appears in Sigourney Weaver’s character's fridge and then possesses the character.

In the film, Zuul manages to free Gozer, who ends up taking the form of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man to destroy New York.

So, what does this mean for Ghostbusters 2? "We wanted to say possibly there's something you know from the first one [that] can come in," director Paul Feig said in a recent interview.

"But it's not about creating the cinematic universe where suddenly there's a worm-hole and the original Ghostbusters show up, although somebody might do that at some point...It was kind of a little comfort food, Easter egg, that gives us an opening if we wanted to do another movie.”

With the reboot’s plot being very similar to the original’s, just with different characters, reintroducing Zuul would likely mean a completely different story to the first film. Of course, this wouldn’t be the first time a Ghostbusters sequel has just reused the same plot as the first…

Meanwhile, Feig recently confirmed that Kate McKinnon’s character is gay in the film, but the studio didn’t want him talking about it.

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