Sony has introduced at present that Ghostbusters: Afterlife is getting a sequel. The sequel is predicted to carry again the principle solid launched by Ghostbuster: Afterlife, together with Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, and Carrie Coon, as they discover “the following chapter within the Spengler household story.” The code title revealed by director Jason Reitman is “FIREHOUSE,” alluding to the long-lasting Ghostbusters headquarters from the unique movie. The brand new film is about to happen again the place all of it started because the Spengler household returns to Manhattan in New York Metropolis.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife follows a mom (Coon) and her two children (Wolfhard and Grace) shifting to Oklahoma, the place the youngsters uncover their grandfather labored with the unique Ghostbusters crew. Whereas exploring their household’s previous, the youngsters develop into a part of a brand new technology of Ghostbusters that finally ends up preventing a world-threatening supernatural menace. Because the film is deeply linked to the primary movie, Ghostbusters: Afterlife options many returning faces, together with Invoice Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, and Annie Potts. The movie additionally honored the late Harold Ramis’ Egon Spengler, the one member of the unique Ghostbuster crew who couldn’t be a part of the revival.
Whereas followers have been thrilled to see the heroes from the previous returning for the final showdown, Ghostbusters: Afterlife‘s major mission was to cross the torch on to a brand new technology. Meaning the not too long ago introduced sequel ought to concentrate on the brand new crew and their subsequent adventures as a substitute of simply nodding on the previous. That’s an thrilling perspective, because the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife may lastly enable the beloved franchise to develop in the direction of new instructions. After all, all of us love a nostalgic story on occasion, but it surely’s good to know Sony intends to do one thing recent with the Ghostbusters.
As a direct sequel to 1984’s Ghostbusters and 1989’s Ghostbusters II, Ghostbusters: Afterlife honors the unique movies each in entrance of the cameras and behind the scenes. That’s as a result of the revival’s director Jason Reitman’s father, Ivan Reitman, helmed the 2 unique movies and got here again as a producer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Apart from directing, Reitman (son) additionally co-wrote the script of Ghostbusters: Afterlife along with Gil Kenan. Sadly Reitman (father) handed away earlier this 12 months and gained’t be seeing the universe he helped created being expanded by his son. Nevertheless, with the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife introduced, the Reitman legacy will stay alive for a few years to return.
Whereas Ghostbusters: Afterlife‘s $176 million field workplace might sound modest, the revival was launched when film theaters have been nonetheless feeling the worst results of the pandemics. So, Sony rightfully weighted within the delicate context and determined that the revival was a industrial success. Whereas Sony had beforehand introduced its intentions to maneuver ahead with the franchise, thus far we didn’t know their plans. Now {that a} sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife is in growth, in addition to a brand new animated function, and animated collection we are able to look ahead to many ghost-busting adventures on the horizon.
Try the announcement tweets from the Ghostbusters Twitter account down beneath.
