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Updates From Outlander, Goosebumps, and More

One-fifth of humanity is supposed to volunteer to die in a new trailer for Caitlin Cronenberg’s Humane. Elisabeth Moss is a British super-spy in FX’s The Veil. And we’ve got new pics from Outlander season 7 part 2. Spoiler time!Ernie Hudson on Winston’s Evolution and the Future of Ghostbusters Crumb CatcherFollowing its recent premiere at Fantastic Fest, Deadline reports Doppelgänger Releasing has acquired the U.S. rights to Crumb Catcher, the feature debut of writer/director Chris Skotchdopole. Starring Rigo Garay, Ella…

Frozen Empire’s Director Talks Franchise Evolution, Missing Family Members, and More

Fans of Ghostbusters will find a lot to love about the latest film, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. It continues the story of Ghostbusters: Afterlife in a way that makes both films better in tandem. It also, in a series first, depicts characters discussing the great implications of ghosts existing. It shows us where Ghostbusting could go in the future, and even features a friendship between human and ghost. This, along with the story of New York City facing its greatest supernatural threat yet, is very much in the mold of…

Frozen Empire May Be Messy, But It Made Us Feel Good

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire feels like the first real Ghostbusters sequel since 1989's Ghostbusters II, even though it isn’t. In between, we had 2016's Answer the Call, a controversial, largely unrelated entry. There was also 2021's Afterlife, a valiant, well-intentioned effort that had to simultaneously lay the groundwork for a new generation of Ghostbusters while also appealing to classic fans. Now though, with all those pieces in place, Frozen Empire hits the ground running, delivering on the promises of all its…

Frozen Empire Has a 2-Year Time Jump

When Ghostbusters: Afterlife ends, it really ends. Ghostbusters new and old defeat Gozer, we see the Ecto-1 driving to New York City, and that’s pretty much it. What exactly was next for the Spengler family we’d been following for an entire film? How did they feel having encountered the ghost version of Egon? We never find out.How Important Was it for Jason Reitman to be a Part of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire?The sequel, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, hits theaters this week and answers some of those questions, but not all…

Watch The New Ghostbusters Geek Out About the Old Ghostbusters

A new Ghostbusters movie comes out in three weeks. Isn’t that wild? It feels like just yesterday we were watching and debating Ghostbusters: Afterlife—and now Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, which brings the franchise back to its hometown of New York, is almost here.Will We See More of Uhura's Relationship with Spock? | io9 InterviewThe new film, directed by Gil Kenan, teams up the original Ghostbusters (Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson) with not just Afterlife’s new family of Ghostbusters (Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, Finn…

OG Ghostbusters Aren’t Just Fan Service in Frozen Empire, Says Director

Image: Sony/Columbia PicturesOnce Star Wars: The Force Awakens brought back Luke, Han, and Leia to massive box office success, legacy sequels really started working overtime to keep the original (and available) franchise stars around when possible. Ghostbusters: Afterlife brought back the still-living Ghostbusters from the original two movies, and they’re back again alongside an also-returning Annie Potts for March’s Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Are Fans Tired of Marvel and DC? Superhero Fatigue at NYCC 2023Talking to SFX

The Last of Us Showrunner Rules Out a Return to Bill and Frank

Mark Ruffalo hypes up his nasty character in Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey 17. Alex Wolff says the Quiet Place prequel is less horror, more drama. Ghostbusters: The Frozen Empire talks villain inspirations. Plus, Jenna Ortega teases Wednesday’s action-packed season 2. Spoilers, away!Would Peter Capaldi Return to Doctor Who?Creature CommandosIn response to a fan on Threads, James Gunn confirmed The Witcher’s Anya Chalotra will lend her voice to Circe in Creature Commandos. Inside OutVariety also reports June Squibb will lend her…

Annie Potts Is Finally a Full-Fledged Ghostbuster in New Frozen Empire Images

Though we had mixed feelings about Ghostbusters: Afterlife, we suddenly have a new reason to be excited about sequel Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Along with a return to the New York City setting of the original films, it looks like one of the most-beloved original characters, Annie Potts’ Janine Melnitz, is finally going to be busting some ghosts.Are Fans Tired of Marvel and DC? Superhero Fatigue at NYCC 2023This supposition comes from these new Empire Magazine covers; while we knew Potts was part of Frozen Empire’s cast,…

Ghostbusters’ Next Sequel Adds Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt

Like a marshmallow roasted by a God, the plot thickens for the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Actors Kumail Nanjiani and Patton Oswalt have joined the cast of what’s being referred to as Ghostbusters: Firehouse, along with Gossip Girl’s Emily Alyn Lind and comedian James Acaster. Deadline broke the news and though there’s no official word on who these new additions are playing, you can’t help but dream that they’ll be playing Ghostbusters. What little we know of the film—that it picks up after the events of

Ghostbusters Franchise Finds New Director in Gil Kenan

Screenshot: SonyThere are big things on the way for the Ghostbusters franchise: an animated film as well as a live-action sequel for Ghostbusters: Afterlife. And there’s news on the latter. Deadline reports that Afterlife director Jason Reitman, son of original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman, will be handing over directing duties to his Afterlife co-writer Gil Kenan for the follow-up to the 2021 film. Reitman will serve as the sequel’s producer and co-writer.The trade also notes that “insiders add that the