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Who Is Zuul From ‘Ghostbusters’? [Spoilers]
Director Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot – starring an all-female cast – hits theaters this weekend.
The film features Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones as the main characters, replacing the original ghost-busting group, which included Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson.
[WARNING: Spoilers below from the post credits scene in Ghostbusters.]
In the post credits scene of Sony Pictures release, the four ladies (who just finished saving New York City and those who inhabit it) and are shown hanging around in their new HQ, messing with some gadgets.
While listening to some audiotapes, Jone’s character (Patty Tolan) suddenly looks up and asks, “What is Zuul?” The other three Ghostbusters give a collective shrug, having never heard of the name before.
Zuul (also known as “The Gatekeeper”) – for those who may not know – is the main villain from Ivan Reitman’s original 1984 Ghostbusters movie, who possessed Sigourney Weaver’s character before taking on the form of a Terror Dog.
Zuul is a demigod and minion of Gozer, The Destructor, alongside Vinz Clortho the Keymaster.
So what does it mean?
Tolan’s reference to Zuul could indicate a potential follow-up movie to the 2016 Ghostbusters flick.
Speaking to IGN, Feig explained that, “From the original movie Zuul is the bad guy who controls all the doings that go on. It’s such a great character we thought ‘well it would be fun if you could do a sequel,’ and who knows, to kind of have him in the mix?”
He added, “We wanted to say possibly there’s something you know from the first one can come in. Again it’s not about creating the cinematic universe where suddenly there’s a wormhole and the original Ghostbusters show up, although somebody might do that at some point. But I don’t know, it was kind of a little comfort food, Easter Egg, that gives us an opening if we wanted to do another movie.”
Would you like to see Zuul in any potential sequel?
Ghostbusters opens July 15th nationwide.