Ghostbusters

Last fall’s successful debut of Ghostbusters: Afterlife resurrected a cinematic classic into a new, modern franchise. Director Jason Reitman’s legacy-quel was so well received that another Ghostbusters sequel was confirmed at this year’s CinemaCon. That upcoming movie has found itself in the news again, as Afterlife’s sequel now has a release date that’s pretty close in the grand scheme of things. Per an announcement issued by Sony Pictures Entertainment, the follow-up to Ghostbusters: Afterlife will hit theaters on…

Pandemic delays caused a wider-than-expected gap between our first peek at Ghostbusters: Afterlife and when it actually came to theaters, but Sony is setting up a tighter schedule for the follow-up. After director Jason Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan confirmed the sequel earlier this month, Sony has added it to the schedule with a planned theatrical release date of December 20th, 2023. When Ghostbusters: Afterlife eventually reached theaters in December 2021, it eventually grossed $200 million worldwide, so a sequel…

Screengrab via Sony There is a new Ghostbusters film in the work and the writing team has now officially shared its codename. The next Ghostbusters film is being called code name Firehouse and its story will take place in Manhatten, the home of the Ghostbusters. This news was shared on the official Ghostbusters Twitter account in celebration of Ghostbusters day and comes from writers Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan who are currently in the writing process for the movie. Codename Firehouse will continue on from the…

The spirit of the original Ghostbusters returned (figuratively and literally) this past fall when Ghostbusters: Afterlife hit theaters and became both well-received critically and a surprise box office hit. Following that success, writer/director Jason Reitman plans to keep telling stories about the Spengler family with an officially announced Afterlife sequel is in the works, a script is in development and another key detail about what's to come.CinemaBlend was present during Ecto-Fest, which took place on the Sony Lot…

The resurgence of Ghostbusters is set to continue with a new animated series that's coming to Netflix. Ghostbusters: Afterlife co-writer and director Jason Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan are heading up the show as executive producers. Sony Pictures Animation is involved as well. Other details remain a mystery for now, including the title, the basics of the plot or and when it will be released. It seems to be early days for the new project, which will be the third animated Ghostbusters series after The Real Ghostbusters…

The Ghostbusters cinematic universe is expanding once again — this time with an animated series. Netflix announced today that it’s partnering with Sony for a new animated show based on the long-running spectral franchise. There aren’t any real details yet, but there’s reason to be excited: the project will be led by two of the key minds behind 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Both Jason Reitman (director and writer on Afterlife) and Gil Kenan (writer on Afterlife) will serve as executive producers on the animated…

Image: Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentIf all you knew about Ray Parker Jr. was a) he wrote and sang the outrageously catchy, Oscar-nominated theme to Ghostbusters, and b) Key & Peele poked fun at him via this sketch that really captures the show’s signature blend of hilarity and pathos, that’s about to change with a new documentary, titled (of course) Who You Gonna Call?Made with Parker’s full cooperation, the documentary was directed by Fran Strine (whose previous credits include Hired Gun, a doc about professional…

Ivan Reitman was a director and producer with a golden touch for Hollywood comedy and feelgood entertainment – the heir, perhaps, of Ernst Lubitsch or Gregory La Cava from the golden age, but with a multiplex talent for the 80s and 90s – able to detonate serious box-office explosions. His great heyday, importantly, coincided with the great heyday of video rental and home entertainment – an era of couples and families browsing the VHS racks at video rental stores on a Friday and Saturday night and deciding that comedies…

Ghostbusters: Afterlife — out Friday in cinemas — is a movie rooted in the past and created in the image of its contemporaries. There's a huge Stranger Things spectre hanging over Ghostbusters: Afterlife. After all, the Netflix series is the current pop culture gold standard for kids fighting evil supernatural creatures. Ghostbusters: Afterlife not only abandons the adults-teaming-up formula which the Ghostbusters film series has used so far, director Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) has even plucked a Stranger Things actor…

The second annual Meta Quest Gaming Showcase aired today and shared tons of new titles coming to the virtual reality headset’s marketplace. The show featured multiple titles set to release within the next year including Among Us VR, a VR Ghostbusters game, Moss: Book 2, and a new Mercenaries expansion coming to Resident Evil 4 – VR. The Meta Quest 2 is a virtual reality headset with its own ecosystem from Meta (formally known as Facebook). Its yearly showcase acts as a direct for the console, previewing what’s to…