Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Jason Reitman’sGhostbusters2020 has induce an official title -Ghostbusters : Afterlife- and its first images , onwards of its trailer ’s premiere on Monday . TheJunoandUp in the Airfilmmaker is picking up the torch from his father , Ghostbusters ( 1984)andGhostbusters IIdirector Ivan Reitman , by directing a third film set up in the originalGhostbustersuniverse . As this implies , the upcoming sequel will bedisconnected from Paul Feig ’s 2016 rebootof the paranormal horror - comedy enfranchisement .
save by Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan ( Monster House , City of Ember),the latestGhostbustersmovie starsFinn Wolfhard ( Stranger Things ) , Mckenna Grace ( Annabelle add up Home ) , Carrie Coon ( The Leftovers ) , andAnt - Man himself , Paul Rudd , as stigma - Modern characters who have the potential to comport the property forward from here . And speaking of blowlamp - passing : several actors from the 1984Ghostbustersare slat to appear in this raw sequel , including Bill Murray , Dan Aykroyd , Sigourney Weaver , and Ernie Hudson in their celebrated purpose . Now , fans can get their first right coup d’oeil at the existent moving-picture show .
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Althoughthe title leak onlinelast calendar week , Vanity Fairhas now confirmedGhostbusters2020 ( as it was originally called ) will be formally known asGhostbusters : Afterlife . The outlet has further herald the first trailer will arrive on Monday , December 6 , and bring out the very first photos from the movie ahead of then . you could check up on them out below , along with the movie ’s puzzler poster .
As part of its reporting , Vanity Fairalso spend some concrete plot and character details forAfterlife . TheGhostbusterssequel star Coon as Callie and Wolfhard and Grace as her youngster - gearhead Trevor and skill - love Phoebe - and follows the three as they move to small townsfolk Oklahoma , after inherit some property from the father Callie never knew . There , the family discoversthe Ghostbusters ' iconic fomite , the Ecto-1 , beneath a tarpaulin in their farmhouse ’s b , along with other Hellenic Ghostbusters technical school and books on topics associate to the paranormal . Also onboard for the ride is Rudd as Mr. Grooberson , a local summer school instructor who experience all about the Manhattan Crossrip ( aka . Gozer ’s plan of attack on NYC in the 1984Ghostbusters ) , and helps Phoebe when she anda schoolmate ( Logan Kim)discover something mysterious is happening in a nearby mine .
While the trailer could paint a unlike picture , Ghostbusters : Afterlifelooks and sound more dramatic and grounded than the previousGhostbustersmovies so far . That ’s not surprising though;Jason Reitman ’s work in the pasthas often meld comedy and drama , and it stands to reason he would take a similar approach to this franchise . Obviously , there will be playful scare and laughs aplenty ( this is still aGhostbustersfilm , after all ) , but it seemsAfterlifewill make out with themes of family , loss , regret , and the figurative touch of the past with its cardinal storyline . Of course , for now , the magnanimous question is : which of the original Ghostbustersare Callie , Trevor , and Phoebe link to , anyway ? Tune in for the trailer next Monday to ( perhaps ) find out !
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root : Vanity Fair
