K.T Simpson
So a teaser trailer is said to hit this coming Tuesday, but until then – feast your eyes upon the brand new poster for “Ghostbusters: Afterlife”!
From director Jason Reitman and producer Ivan Reitman, comes the next chapter in the original “Ghostbusters” universe. In “Ghostbusters: Afterlife”, when a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind. The film is written by Jason Reitman & Gil Kenan.
The key cast is named as Carrie Coon, McKenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard and Paul Rudd, but we all know that Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd, Ernie Hudson and Signourney Weaver are returning: but to what capacity? I’d hedge a guess at a mere cameo at this stage, but keen to be proven incorrect.
Check out the cool new poster below, and the teaser trailer on Tuesday.
Vanity Fair got an exclusive glimpse of the new characters at the heart of the story, with Coon starring as mom Callie, Grace as her science-obsessed daughter Phoebe, and Wolfhard as gearhead son Trevor. They have left everything they know and moved to a small town in Oklahoma after inheriting property from the father she didn’t know.
In the collapsing barn of their farmhouse, they find an old car, bloomed with rust, hidden beneath a tarp—the retro-ambulance turned ghost-hunting mobile. In this shot, Trevor lays eyes on his new ride for the first time.
Elsewhere in the house, which is packed with a mountain of books and lots of bizarre technology, Phoebe will find a device that reads psychokinetic energy.
While her brother tinkers with the car, Phoebe finds herself transfixed by the mystery of their new town—not just by the peculiar subjects in their dilapidated home, but strange rumblings from a nearby mine. In this shot, she and her schoolmate (played by Logan Kim) ignore warning signs to venture closer to the abandoned and dangerous place.
Trevor and Phoebe may actually know less about the Ghostbusters than anyone. What happened in 1984 is mysterious to them.
Fortunately, they have a summer school teacher named Mr. Grooberson (played by Rudd) who was a kid when the Manhattan Crossrip occurred. Although later generations may think of it as a myth, or not think of it at all, he remembers it obsessively and is excited to pass on what he knows.
Have a look at the awesome new images below:
The film is in cinemas July 2, 2020.
