During yesterday’s annual Ghostbusters Day, director Jason Reitman and Sony Pictures have confirmed new details about the future of the horror comedy franchise following the success of last year’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
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Reitman along with producer and co-writer Gil Kenan revealed that the previously announced Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel will officially be heading back to New York City, the franchise’s original setting. It is also expected to take place in the Firehouse headquarters that has been prominently featured in the first two Ghostbusters films as well as in Paul Feig’s reboot.
“The last time we saw Ecto-1, it was driving back into Manhattan: the home of Ghostbusters. That’s where our story begins. The code name is FIREHOUSE.” –@JasonReitman, @GilKenan #GhostbustersDay pic.twitter.com/P3QRild2Vs
— Ghostbusters (@Ghostbusters) June 9, 2022
Described as “the next chapter in the Spengler family story,” the upcoming sequel will once again be directed by Jason Reitman from a screenplay he is co-writing with Kenan. It’s still unclear if all of the Afterlife cast and the legacy characters would be returning or not.
The 2021 film earned a worldwide gross of more than $200 million at the box office. starred Carrie Coon, Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, and Paul Rudd. It also featured the return of franchise stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, and Annie Potts.
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In addition, they’ve also announced the development of an upcoming animated film adaptation of Ghostbusters which will be produced by Sony Pictures Animation. This project seems to be different from the recently announced Ghostbusters animated series for Netflix which will also involve Reitman and Kenan.
“This was a passion project of my father’s and it’s easy to understand why,” Reitman said. “The world of the unknown can only be properly explored through the limitless reach of animation.”
The untitled animated film will be directed by Chris Prynoski (Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe) Jennifer Kluska (Hotel Transylvania: Transformania) from a screenplay written by Brenda Hsueh. The project is being developed by Reitman and Gil Kenan through their Ghost Corps, Inc. banner.