", It turns out the apartment was actually created in a Toronto sound stage, and the ghost was just a cutout prop from the movie (of Danson's character wearing a tuxedo and top hat), which was left on the set.

© 2020 New York Public Radio. The Three Men And A Baby ghost urban legend refuses to completely vanish, however, and it reappears from time to time. Gothamist is a website about New York City news, arts and events, and food, brought to you by New York Public Radio. Even wilder versions have the mother spotting her dead son, dressed in his burial clothes, in the film. Others believe that the filmmakers created a life-sized replica of Jack’s character to use in scenes as a stand-in. Padraig has been writing about film online since 2012, when a friend asked if he’d like to contribute the occasional review or feature to their site.

Tom Selleck famously found himself at a career crossroads in 1980, where he was up for the role of Indiana Jones in Raiders Of The Lost Ark but was forced to pass due to his commitment to a new series called Magnum P.I.

View our online Press Pack. Some of the most bizarre can turn out to be true, such as Walt Disney's final two words - which he wrote down on his death bed before passing away in 1966 - being "Kurt Russell. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. Tom Selleck himself thoroughly cleared this up during an interview on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon.

Mum begs for help with son’s maths homework & PROFESSOR can’t do it - can you? He's super modern too, so his favorite movies include Jaws, Die Hard, The Thing, Ghostbusters and Batman. Danson is later shown with the cutout (pictured)... but it looks a little different, no? Speculation that it was merely a cardboard cut-out that had somehow made its way onto the set by mistake.

Of course, the appeal of movie myths is undeniable, which is why some tend to endure even when they're debunked, such as the rumor a body can be seen hanging deep in the background of a scene in The Wizard Of Oz - which is actually a pelican wandering around. The Three Men And A Baby ghost urban legend refuses to completely vanish, however, and it reappears from time to time. Even the NY Times had to address the spreading rumor: "Urban legend aficionados please note: That cardboard cutout of Ted Danson briefly glimpsed in one scene of Three Men and a Baby is not the ghost of a little boy who died in the bachelors' apartment before filming started.". A one-stop shop for all things video games.

One urban legend goes as far to claim that the haunting figure is actually a ghost. The story goes that a young boy died in the same apartment where Three Men And A Baby was filmed, and he can be briefly seen behind the curtains in one shot. He has written words for Den of Geek, Collider, The Irish Times and Screen Rant over the years, and can discuss anything from the MCU - where Hawkeye is clearly the best character - to the most obscure cult b-movie gem, and his hot takes often require heat resistant gloves to handle. Sign up for our newsletter! Sylvester Stallone Re-edits Rocky 4’s Director’s Cut in New Video, Every Actor To Appear In Both DC & Marvel Movies, Why The Knights Of Ren Didn't Have Lightsabers In Rise Of Skywalker, Star Wars: Why Palpatine Really Saved Darth Vader On Mustafar, Alien: Covenant Star Wants Her Character To Return In New Movie, Spiral Director Hints At Connection to Original Saw Franchise, Every Disney Reference In The Secret Society of Second-Born Royals, Spider-Verse Characters Look Even Cooler In Realistic CGI, Batman: Death in the Family Opening Title Sequence Sets Up Dark Knight Vs Joker, Why Sherlock Movie & TV Is So Obsessed With The Suffragettes As Villains, The Batman: How Robert Pattinson's Batsuit Compares To The Dark Knight, Star Wars: Keira Knightley Thought She Played Padme in Phantom Menace, What Mulan's Box Office Means For Movies Releasing On Disney+. (via News from the Spiritual World), According to Snopes, things kind of spiraled from there—"More detailed versions of the rumor have the boy's mother suing the film studio after they refuse her request to remove the image from the film, and making the rounds of various TV talk and news magazine programs (e.g., Oprah, Geraldo, 60 Minutes) to repeat her strange tale of woe. Now that’s out of the way, a brief introduction.

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During the above scene, a human figure can be seen in the background, partially covered by a window curtain.

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One Selleck movie that definitely didn't underperform was Three Men And A Baby, which became one of 1987's biggest hits. The film, which beat Fatal Attraction to win the title of the biggest box office hit of 1987, is remembered by many because of the bizarre incident.

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As the characters move around one of the rooms, a shadowy outline appears in the background. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO).

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Despite all of the speculation that’s followed over the years, the producers of Three Men and a Baby have never revealed exactly what the spooky apparition is. In the window frame of the house, peeking through the curtains, it looks like a little boy is watching the action. Remember the urban legend that immediately spread upon the 1987 release of Three Men and a Baby? Support for Gothamist is provided by Craig Newmark Philanthropies. So let's keep this urban legend alive for future generations. It persisted for years, and still has a little life in it today. Thus, when people saw the unidentified apparition in Three Men and a Baby, they had lots of historical legends to draw on in concluding that it must have been a ghost. Remember the urban legend that immediately spread upon the 1987 release of Three Men and a Baby?It persisted for years, and still has a little life in it today. It was immediately explained as a ghost. Selleck spoke back in 2010 about plans for a possible third movie called Three Men And A Bride, though the threequel has yet to appear. Comment below or Send us a Tip. From there, it spread as other urban legends do, getting changed a little bit in each telling. Three Men And A Baby was a surprise box-office smash and later led to 1990 sequel Three Men And A Little Lady. Tom Selleck tried to launch a movie career alongside the series, though the likes of Michael Crichton's Runaway or High Road To China mostly underwhelmed financially. Catherine Phillips Wednesday 15 Mar 2017 4:56 pm. IT’S been almost three decades since Three Men and a Baby was released… but a creepy unsolved mystery still looms over the popular blockbuster. I've had so many complaints my t*ts have their own committee, says Amanda Holden, Asda has launched its range of family Christmas pyjamas for 2020, Ant McPartlin shuts £20m company after divorce to Lisa Armstrong, Inside Helen Flanagan's incredible home as she prepares to welcome third baby. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Incase you never thought to look into this again (there was no internet then, after all, to gather information and conspiracy theories from), here's what happened as time passed and the mystery of the ghost was allegedly solved. This Leonard Nimoy directed movie paired Selleck with Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson as three swinging bachelors who are forced to become responsible parents to a baby girl, who is the daughter of Danson's vain actor.

Share your email address to get our top stories each day. A rumor that Three Men And A Baby features a ghost in the background of a scene has been long-debunked, but it refuses to go away. A scene with Ted Danson and the baby shows what appears to be a "ghost" of a boy and a gun pointed into the ground in the background. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. The "ghost" is actually a cardboard cutout of Danson's Jack from another acting gig and the movie was shot on a soundstage, not a real apartment.

While the rumor no doubt helped the rental figures for the VHS release, it has been long debunked.



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