‘Ghostbusters’ Revival Gets a New Title and Reveals Plot

Jason Reitman’s “Ghostbusters” sequel and reboot has a brand new title forward of a trailer set to drop on Monday. “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” will open in theaters July, 10, 2020.

Reitman takes over directing duties from his father Ivan Reitman, and the brand new movie stars Carrie Coon, ​​​​​Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace and Paul Rudd.

Vanity Fair had a primary take a look at Rudd, Wolfhard and Grace within the movie, which is ready in modern-day and ties again into the “Manhattan Crossrip of 1984,” or the large cataclysm that the Ghostbusters needed to cease and that spawned a large marshmallow man demolishing New York.

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Now Rudd’s college students, performed by Wolfhard and Grace, appear to suppose the entire thing was a fantasy or a legend, and Rudd, who solely remembers the occasion from being a baby, is discovering it onerous to imagine the Ghostbusters had been ever actual.

Speaking with Vanity Fair, Reitman revealed that the film begins with Wolfhard and Grace’s characters going to an previous farm and discovering the previous Ghostbusters station wagon saved away in a barn, as was proven in an preliminary teaser for the movie earlier this yr.

“As the family arrives at an old farm, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters,” Reitman stated. “Trevor and Phoebe are about to find out who their grandfather was and whether they’re ready to pick up the proton pack themselves.”

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Dan Aykroyd is an government producer on the movie, and he together with Sigourney Weaver, Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson are set to reprise their roles in “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” nevertheless it’s unclear in what capability, and none of teaser supplies have proven them but. Among the opposite authentic stars for the movie, Harold Ramis died in 2014, and Rick Moranis isn’t anticipated to look after largely scaling again his onscreen roles.

It’s additionally value noting that “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” is meant to attach again to the unique pair of movies, whereas Paul Feig’s female-fronted reboot of “Ghostbusters” was its personal story.

Reitman wrote the brand new movie with Gil Kenan. Reitman additionally produced, and Kenan, Aykroyd, Jason Blumenfeld and Michael Beugg are government producers.

The trailer for “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” debuts on Monday. Check out a brand new poster for the film beneath: