Showbiz | Celebrity News

Bill Murray confirmed for role in new Ghostbusters film

Ghostbuster Bill Murray is returning to the Paul Feig film
Original trio: Bill Murray with Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis
Columbia
Emma Powell10 August 2015
The Weekender

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for exclusive competitions, offers and theatre ticket deals

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.

Bill Murray will star in the brand new Ghostbusters film, it has been confirmed.

Murray, 64 – who played Dr. Peter Venkman in the original 1984 film – will play an as of yet unspecified role in the Paul Feig film.

Deadline reported that the actor “snuck” into Boston to film a scene for the upcoming film which stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones.

New look: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones
Paul Feig

News of Murray’s involvement comes less than a month after fellow Ghostbuster Dan Aykroyd was confirmed to appear.

In a tweet, which he later deleted, the 63-year-old actor, posted: “On GB set shooting my scene with funny beautiful Kristin Wiig. Lady GBs are adorable, hilarious and badass. Exhilarating! #ghostbusters."

Also slated to return is apparition Slimer, while Thor actor Chris Hemsworth will star as a receptionist - a role which was played by Annie Potts in the original film.

The film is slated for release on July 22, 2016.

Read More

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in

MORE ABOUT

Bill Murray
Ghostbusters
Dan Aykroyd
Paul Feig
Twitter
Chris Hemsworth
Melissa McCarthy
Kristen Wiig
Kate McKinnon
Leslie Jones