Confirmed! Meet Your Ghostbusters Reboot Big Bad!
Steve Barton
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A few days ago we brought you the first images from Mattel’s new line of Ghostbusters action figures that are based upon Paul Feig’s upcoming reboot. We speculated then that one of the figures bore a striking resemblance to the lovable spooker in the much beloved logo and maybe… just maybe… he could even be the film’s big bad! Well, guess what?
We were right! Thanks to Nomad we can confirm the following. During the Mattel Blogger preview, the Ghostbusters movie reps were on hand once again.
This time the menacing demon we showed you a few days ago (see below pics) was in packaging labeled “Mayhem.”
On the back was a production image of the Mayhem action figure flanked by the four new Ghostbusters in mini figure form, which could be suggesting Mayhem is MASSIVE… or this could be just be a fun toy shot (see video below)! Nomad then inquired about Mayhem’s place in the movie and was told by the film reps emphatically that “The bad guy is the logo looking Ghost.” This statement lead to a semi-comical back and forth between press and movie reps.
Press: That guy?
Rep: “Yes.”
Press: The dude that looks like the “We now return to the Real Ghostbusters” ghost?
Rep: *laughs* “Yes. His name is Rowan.”
Press: Really??!!
Rep: “Yes, that’s what I’m told.”
Press: Huh. Amazing.
With Mayhem on the back of the package and looking very much like a major villain (though a completely obvious one), it could be a potentially amazing bait and switch (if we didn’t live in the future where we just learned who the main villain actually is). There would be more info to squeeze from the show floor at Javits…
So the pleasant little white ghost that looks like he could be bunk mates with Casper is our Big Bad. He’s downright 1950’s cartoon show host worthy. After running the floor and assembling little bits of info here and there, we have gathered that the little ghost is, indeed, Rowan, who starts out seemingly benign and, as the story progresses, grows into a real threat… or is perhaps revealed to be the actual evil pulling the strings on the film’s fiendish events? Whatever the case, the wordage used was, “He starts out small and gets bigger…like Stay Puft big.” We also see Rowan looking both happy and trapped and Slimer, who, if it wasn’t confirmed officially before, we now know is absolutely in the movie and even has a female counterpart! We don’t have a picture of Lady Slimer yet, but we’ll be on the lookout.
Check out the images and a video below courtesy of Nomad, and for complete Toy Fair 2016 coverage, visit Idle Hands!
Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones are our new paranormal investigators along with their loyal secretary Chris Hemsworth. Neil Casey, Andy Garcia, Michael K. Williams, Matt Walsh, Pat Kiernan, Cecily Strong, and Charles Dance also star. Cameos will include the original film’s stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, and Annie Potts. Plus Ozzy Osbourne.
Synopsis:
Dead criminals from all eras of New York’s underbelly past have returned to roost among the living. Pilgrims, old-timey sailors, Revolutionary War spirits, and even a couple of zoot-suited gangsters are ready to take on four formidable female busters looking to rid the city of its phantasmic filth.
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