As many commenters have identified over time, Walter Peck would possibly lack the charisma of our heroes (and likewise genitals, in keeping with what Venkman heard), however he has some extent. The Environmental Safety Company exists exactly to forestall companies, such because the Ghostbusters, from harming the surroundings whereas earning profits. The containment unit does pose a possible menace to the Earth, and Venkman’s snarky solutions don’t assist something.
We thought we’d seen the final of Walter Peck when the stays of the Keep-Puft Marshmallow Man fell on him on the finish of Ghostbusters. However Peck has made some appearances in non-canon Ghostbuster tales, which could give us a sign of his position in Frozen Empire. In Ghostbusters: The Video Sport, as soon as thought-about the true sequel to Ghostbusters II, Peck serves as head of the Paranormal Contracts Oversight Fee, a division within the Mayor’s Workplace that regulates the Ghostbusters’ actions. He has the identical position within the Ghostbusters comics from IDW, the place he continues to conflict with the staff, though he does rent Janine as a member of the PCOC.
Given Kenan’s curiosity in drawing from The Actual Ghostbusters animated sequence, the Ghostbusters video games and comics is perhaps large influences this time round. We already know the pronounced position that Janine could have within the subsequent film, and she or he could present a brand new hyperlink between Peck and the Ghostbusters, too. That stated, Afterlife handled the occasions of the primary two Ghostbusters films as forgotten historical past, which suggests the New York mayor would haven’t any want for a particular fee dedicated to paranormal exercise.
No matter Peck’s position in Frozen Empire, he’s not the one returning baddie to hang-out the staff. The newest trailer additionally affords a glimpse of each Slimer, to not be confused with the very distinct and completely totally different Muncher from Afterlife, and of the library ghost from the opening scene of Ghostbusters. And given the offended look on her face, somebody was making an excessive amount of noise once more. Perhaps about Walter Peck.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire involves film theaters on March 22.