The news that the newGhostbusters Afterlife sequelhas wrapped filming has given many fans hope of the film hitting its release date of December 2023. While discussing the upcoming return of the iconic busting group, starErnie Hudsonexplained toScreenRantthat he is happy to be back again with the old gang, but the direction of the movie is not exactly what he would have done with the characters. During his conversation, Hudson also revealed that Annie Potts will be back as Janine, joining Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd as the returning original movie’s stars.
“As we introduce new stories, and new characters, that’s what moves the whole thing forward, but we’re still a part of it, so it was great to see Bill Murray, and Danny Aykroyd, Annie Potts, it’s great to see them there, and really just enjoying it and enthusiastic about being there. It’s different, it’s not necessarily the direction I would go in, but I just love being part of it, and I think the fans will like this new direction, but we’ll see.”
Even with the film having wrapped, there are very few details known about the plot of the new addition to the Ghostbusters franchise, other that it will return the action to the old New York firehouse and will once again involve the new crew ofGhostbusters: AfterlifeincludingMcKenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Paul Rudd and Carrie Coon. While it seems that this time around the original Ghostbusters will have more of a presence than inAfterlife, Hudson suggested that they will still not be the central characters in the story. He noted:
“He’s the guy who has the money to keep this thing going. So that was good, it wasn’t so much more, because we do have these new characters, we’re introducing new stories, but he has a place and purpose for being there.”
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Although there have been no specific details revealed about the new Ghostbusters plot, on Ghostbusters Day earlier this year anew image of the iconic Ghostbusters logowas released, with the no-ghost symbol covered in ice. There has been plenty of speculation over what this could mean for the story ofGhostbusters 4.
With the final scenes ofGhostbusters: Afterlifeshowing Ernie Hudson’s Winston returning Ecto1 to the New York firehouse, where the old containment unit was issuing an ominous red flashing light as a warning that things were not all well, exactly what befalls the team in the new movie is yet to be seen. Some have hoped that the film could incorporate parts of the originalGhostbusters 3plot, which would have seen the ‘busters finding themselves consigned to hell and having to break out. With a new team on the scene, then it could certainly be a twist on Afterlife if the old team had to be saved by the young Spenglers.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife2 is still slated to head into theaters in December 2023.
