The Ghostbusters are back with an icy new mission.
The first teasertrailerforGhostbusters: Frozen Empiredebuted on Wednesday, seeing the return ofPaul Rudd,Carrie Coon,Mckenna GraceandFinn Wolfhardfrom 2021’sGhostbusters: Afterlife.
Original stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts are also teased as returning in the first glimpse. The cast also includes Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, Celeste O’Connor, Logan Kim.
Per a synopsis, the Spengler family “returns to where it all started — the iconic New York City firehouse — to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level.”
“But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.”
Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon and Mckenna Grace in “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire”.Ghostbusters/YouTube
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The movie will mark the first entry inGhostbustershistory without original directorIvan Reitmanon board in some capacity. His son Jason directedAfterlifewith Ivan, who died in 2022 at 75, credited as a producer and co-screenwriter.
Jason announced in April that the filmwould take place in New York Cityduring an appearance at CinemaCon 2023. Sony previously announcedAfterlifewould receive a sequelin April 2022.
Dan Aykroyd in “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire”.Ghostbusters/YouTube
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Bill Murray in “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire”.Ghostbusters/YouTube
Afterlifewas the first film in theGhostbustersfranchise to take place outside of the Big Apple, opting instead for Oklahoma. In that movie Grace, 17, and Wolfhard, 20, played the grandchildren of the lateHarold Ramis' character Egon Spengler, while Coon, 42, portrays Egon’s daughter Carrie. Rudd, 54, plays the kids' science teacher and Ghostbusters fan Gary Grooberson.
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“It’s an absolute honor to pick up the proton pack and step behind the camera for the next chapter of the Spengler family saga,” Kenan toldDeadlinein a statement back in December 2022. “I just wish I could go back to 1984 and tell the kid in the sixth row of the Mann Valley West that one day he was going to get to direct aGhostbustersfilm.”
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empireis in theaters March 29.
source: people.com
