Ghostbusters: Afterlife Sequel to Release December 2023

Sony has lastly set a theatrical launch date for the upcoming “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” sequel. On June 28, Deadline reported that the movie will hit theaters in December 2023, roughly two years after its predecessor.

The outlet additionally famous that Sony beforehand teased the sequel in a sizzle reel at CinemaCon in April. It would be the fifth “Ghostbusters” film within the general 38-year-old franchise. Per the postcredits sequence from “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” the forthcoming movie will return to the franchise’s authentic New York City and firehouse settings.

In an October 2021 interview with Entertainment Weekly forward of “Ghostbusters: Afterlife”‘s Nov. 19 premiere, director Jason Reitman expressed his pleasure for the way forward for the “Ghostbusters” sequence. “We needed to make a film that opened the universe to all types of tales,” he mentioned. “I need to see ‘Ghostbusters’ motion pictures from all of my favourite administrators, and we hope that this film units the desk for that.”

“Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” a direct sequel to “Ghostbusters” and “Ghostbusters II,” mixed the unique solid from the ’80s classics with new faces of the movie sequence, going down 30 years later when a single mom and her kids transfer to Oklahoma. There, they uncover their connection to the unique Ghostbusters and their grandfather’s legacy.

“Ghostbusters” veteran Ernie Hudson, who performs Winston Zeddemore, shared in an interview with Good Day Chicago that he’d be down to return for an “Afterlife” sequel. “If they threw [a sequel] at me, I’d be honored to do it,” he mentioned earlier than the brand new installment’s affirmation.

The solid of the “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” sequel has but to be introduced, however followers may see the return of Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, Carrie Coon, and Mckenna Grace, together with the unique solid, before later. More particulars on the sequel to come.