Goldberg appears in Goldwyn's new movie "Ezra" alongside Bobby Cannavale, Rose Byrne, and Robert De Niro. Whoopi Goldberg knew she wasn't in danger (girl) when she accepted an offer from Ghost ...

getting his friend and former Ghost costar Whoopi Goldberg to star in his new movie Ezra was as easy as sending an email.

Todd also recalled that Whoopi Goldberg's company was simultaneously vying for the rights—"but I really wanted it,” she said. It was Woolverton who first imagined the film as a musical.