Ghostbusters: Afterlife Trailer Teases The Return of the Original Cast
At long last, the latest trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife has succeeded. Before the coronavirus pandemic, the long-awaited third Ghostbusters movie was scheduled to arrive in July 2020. Regardless, it is like many major movies, once scheduled to arrive within the past year, have been postponed multiple times. Currently, Ghostbusters: Afterlife is planned to premiere in November. Directed by Jason Reitman, it will skip over the events of 2016’s Ghostbusters and act as an immediate series to the original movies. Excitingly, this implies it will feature the whole original cast, save for Rick Moranis and the dead Harold Ramis.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife picks up with a single mother (Carrie Coon) and her two kids (Finn Wolfhard and McKenna Grace) after they walk into their dead grandfather’s home. A search of the old house demonstrates a connection to the Ghostbusters of decades before, and when unusual occurrences crop up within their new town, the kids must suit up as the newest era of ghost hunters to save the day. In addition to featuring the forenamed original stars, Ghostbusters: Afterlife also stars Paul Rudd.
On Tuesday morning, Sony broadcasted the second full trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife. This is the first trailer to arrive since the original back in late 2019, and it features a lot of callbacks to the original movies while annoying all the new elements to come.
While most of the Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer focuses on newcomers like Rudd’s Mr Grooberson, fans get a welcome surprise with the return of Janine Melnitz (Annie Potts), the first of the original cast to make a manifestation. Hearing her talk about Coon’s character’s father, who is almost actually Ramis’ Egon Spengler, evokes a deep feeling of nostalgia and excitement. For the Ghostbusters fans who didn’t appreciate the 2016 movie’s endeavours to find a new way for the franchise, Afterlife is so far plummeting back in line with a story huddled in familiar mythology.
Overall, this look at Ghostbusters: Afterlife introduces a decidedly modern tone, as it feels more serious than the original movies. At the same time, the sensation of the mini Stay-Puft Marshmallow Men and the noise of Ray Stanz’s (Dan Aykroyd) voice at the end remind spectators that this is a Ghostbusters movie. It’ll be fascinating to see how the new generation integrates with the old and makes something new for today. The first looks are so far very promising, and with just a few months to go before Ghostbusters: Afterlife is released, it might be sure to get excited all over again.