Less than three years after the fluke "Ghostbusters" reboot from Sony that horribly bombed at the box office for forcing a feminist agenda on top of an unimpressive script, the property is coming back quickly and sparked conversations among fans about nostalgia, toxic fandom and legacy.
Jason Reitman, son of original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman, will helm a continuation of the series that ignores Paul Feig's female-led reboot, which starred Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon. The new film, sources say, will focus on four teens — two boys and two girls — and continue the story of 1984's Ghostbusters and the 1989 sequel.
The trailer, which featured the soon-to-be iconic line, uttered by the character of Paul Rudd, which says, "There hasn’t been a ghost sighting in 30 years" is one of the most anticipated dialogue that fans wanted to hear to keep the 2016 all-female team back in the shelves of afterlife for good.
The 1984 "Ghostbusters" is widely considered a classic, and while the 1989 follow-up was less well-received, it does have its fans. Decades later, Paul Feig's all-female 2016 "Ghostbusters" reboot received a fresh 74 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. It may be higher than the 2nd movie, but the comparison is absurd because this is a different age now with audience taste influenced by social media platforms.
Compared to the previous version, the 2016 movie was not at all entertaining by any standards and doesn't cater to the large population of audience. And this is what Director Jason Reitman hopes to accomplish as he takes the helm to deliver a sequel to his fathers (Ivan Reitman, Director of the first two movies) work.
The plot, which revolves around the grandchildren of Egon Spengler, portrayed by the late Harold Ramis in the original films, picks up 30 years after the last reported ghost sighting. When supernatural occurrences start shaking the foundation of small-town Oklahoma a new generation of Ghostbusters is formed.
The scope and scale of this film looks to course correct where the 2016 film went off the rails and deliver the sequel that fans of the franchise have waited 30 years for.
It is clear from the opening moments of the trailer that "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" isn't attempting to ape, in terms of either scale or comedy, what came before, something "Ghostbusters II" and the all-female reboot both struggled with. Instead there’s a kind of naturalism that seems to be employed here with a struggling family consisting of a single mother, Callie (Carrie Coon), and her two children, Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and Phoebe (McKenna Grace), who have no other choice but to move into an old farm house that has been left to them
While the small-town dealings with supernatural and the presence of Wolfhard will surely invite "Stranger Things" comparisons, the movie is not set in the '80s, although it is dealing with an '80s property. While there will undoubtedly be a fair bit of nostalgia that comes with the film, especially when concerning the original "Ghostbusters" who are said to play some role in the film, "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" feels modern and surprisingly low-key. So low-key that not even Ray Parker Jr.’s earworm of a song is used. In fact, the most surprising aspect of the trailer may be just how much this looks and feels like a Jason Reitman film rather than a summer blockbuster.
Lastly, Dan Aykroyd involvement in this new film means success for the franchise in many fans' opinion.
Jason Reitman, son of original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman, will helm a continuation of the series that ignores Paul Feig's female-led reboot, which starred Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon. The new film, sources say, will focus on four teens — two boys and two girls — and continue the story of 1984's Ghostbusters and the 1989 sequel.
The trailer, which featured the soon-to-be iconic line, uttered by the character of Paul Rudd, which says, "There hasn’t been a ghost sighting in 30 years" is one of the most anticipated dialogue that fans wanted to hear to keep the 2016 all-female team back in the shelves of afterlife for good.
The 1984 "Ghostbusters" is widely considered a classic, and while the 1989 follow-up was less well-received, it does have its fans. Decades later, Paul Feig's all-female 2016 "Ghostbusters" reboot received a fresh 74 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. It may be higher than the 2nd movie, but the comparison is absurd because this is a different age now with audience taste influenced by social media platforms.
Compared to the previous version, the 2016 movie was not at all entertaining by any standards and doesn't cater to the large population of audience. And this is what Director Jason Reitman hopes to accomplish as he takes the helm to deliver a sequel to his fathers (Ivan Reitman, Director of the first two movies) work.
The plot, which revolves around the grandchildren of Egon Spengler, portrayed by the late Harold Ramis in the original films, picks up 30 years after the last reported ghost sighting. When supernatural occurrences start shaking the foundation of small-town Oklahoma a new generation of Ghostbusters is formed.
The scope and scale of this film looks to course correct where the 2016 film went off the rails and deliver the sequel that fans of the franchise have waited 30 years for.
It is clear from the opening moments of the trailer that "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" isn't attempting to ape, in terms of either scale or comedy, what came before, something "Ghostbusters II" and the all-female reboot both struggled with. Instead there’s a kind of naturalism that seems to be employed here with a struggling family consisting of a single mother, Callie (Carrie Coon), and her two children, Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and Phoebe (McKenna Grace), who have no other choice but to move into an old farm house that has been left to them
While the small-town dealings with supernatural and the presence of Wolfhard will surely invite "Stranger Things" comparisons, the movie is not set in the '80s, although it is dealing with an '80s property. While there will undoubtedly be a fair bit of nostalgia that comes with the film, especially when concerning the original "Ghostbusters" who are said to play some role in the film, "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" feels modern and surprisingly low-key. So low-key that not even Ray Parker Jr.’s earworm of a song is used. In fact, the most surprising aspect of the trailer may be just how much this looks and feels like a Jason Reitman film rather than a summer blockbuster.
Lastly, Dan Aykroyd involvement in this new film means success for the franchise in many fans' opinion.
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