"Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Afterlife Sequel)" News & Discussion (Spoilers)

[19MagiswordLane]

Dark Horse will release a new comic set between Afterlife and Frozen Empire coming March 27.

GHOSTBUSTERS: BACK IN TOWN To Give Fans New Story Ahead of Frozen Empire Sequel (Exclusive)

New Ghostbusters series ties into new movie.

screenrant.com

 

[Yojimbo]

Comments from Dan Aykroyd

"When we marry the old lore and some of the traditions with these four spectacular new performances, you get a blend-in service of a really neat New York story that gives us faith in carrying on with the Ghostbusters concept," he told Newsweek.

It's a concept that will be tested again when Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire releases in March of next year. "We've never done this to Manhattan before," Aykroyd teases of the project. He promises the film's opening will be especially exciting to viewers.

"There's a historical base to it that's quite beautiful," he said. "We took full advantage of CGI technology but we also, where we could, kept old-school effects alive." He said the new film confronts themes like loss, betrayal, and forgiveness even deeper and "more emotionally" than the other Ghostbusters movies we've seen. "All that, along with some great scares and effects," he said. "It's really going to work."

 

[the greenman]

Akroyd could pretty much write something weird if you pick his mind. Very knowledgeable in the supernatural, more so than your regular screenwriter for hire.

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[Yojimbo]

Akroyd could pretty much write something weird if you pick his mind. Very knowledgeable in the supernatural, more so than your regular screenwriter for hire.

He's got a new show on the History Channel that premiered tonight, The Unbelievable. Something along the lines of his 90s show Psi-Factor.

 

[the greenman]

What I really find kinda sad, is that people are comparing this a Real Ghostbusters episode (without even seeing it yet). I think the wait has been so long, there really isn't anything to compare with other than that since it was a proper follow up even being a cartoon.

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[Yojimbo]

What I really find kinda sad, is that people are comparing this a Real Ghostbusters episode (without even seeing it yet). I think the wait has been so long, there really isn't anything to compare with other than that since it was a proper follow up even being a cartoon.

12/2: Kumail Nanjiani did comment the movie takes inspiration from The Real Ghostbusters so that could what you're seeing?

12/4: Additional filming has started in Atlanta.

12/6: Towards the end of today's Tested video, a new tier was revealed for Hasbro's Haslab crowdfunding for a P.K.E. Meter and Trap set which is a patch based on a new division introduced in this movie: the Ghostbusters Engineer Corps. I'd guess probably the division James Acaster's character is in and explains the gear logo on his jacket in the past trailer.

12/11: New standee confirms Slimer will return and reveals a new ghost.

12/15: Details on Issue #2 of the tie-comic. Comes out April 24.

 

[RoyalRubble]

Empire article with a new image from Frozen Empire.

 

[19MagiswordLane]

A new poster had been dropped:

 

[Yojimbo]

A new poster had been dropped

12/19: Three posters actually. Nice callback to Afterlife with their backs to us. I'd love to see one more poster with the new cast homaging the Ghostbusters II poster.

12/21: Empire #432, on sale today, has a 2 page feature on the movie. Aside what was already revealed by Empire on Monday, Kenan is also quote, "We see them step up to the challenge of ghostbusting as a family a completely new context and on a much larger canvas. In ways big and small, the new setting drives the story and our characters" and explains how the Death Chill "is the way our villain is able to devastate the world. It's a power that is harnessed by the thermodynamic property of the fear we all feel when confronted by the unknown and the terrifying... but amped-up and channelled into a weapon in away we haven't seem in Ghostbusters before." The article also mentions the movie takes place "a year or two after the events of Afterlife" and has a still of Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Mckenna Grace, and Finn Wolfhard in flightsuits in poses in a room about to film a scene

Toy lines have started showing up on shelves prematurely. It does spoil at least one new ghost that appears in the movie and a new piece of equipment for Ecto-1. Here's a breakdown:

12/26: Next line of Hasbro toys launch January 14, 9 pm Eastern. "When there’s a new toy launch coming, who are ya gonna call? Nobody, we’ll call you! Sign up for a reminder, and we’ll email you so you can see the latest and greatest from an exciting sequel."

12/28: Austin Ghostbusters fan group at Dragon's Lair saw what looks like a new wave of Hasbro Fright Features figures for Gary, Callie, Phoebe, and Trevor each with a ghost and a Slimer.

Pics here, here, here, here, and here

1/1: Target has listings for more kid's line toys: Track and Trap Ecto-1 and Zap and Blast Proton Blaster.
New Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Ecto-1 and Proton Blaster toys get revealed - Ghostbusters News

Ghostbusters Track and Trap Ecto-1 Toy Vehicle with Slimer Figure

Ghostbusters Zap and Blast Proton Toy Blaster

1/4: Kenner Fright Features re-ssiues have shown up on shelves at a Target in Union, New Jersey.

The Fright Features Phoebe, Trevor, Callie, and Zap and Blast Proton blaster are on Amazon for $10 and 29

Funko first looks spoil name of the big bad, a new ghost, and a Macguffin.

 

[19MagiswordLane]

Sony has pushed up the release date by one week; now coming out March 22nd.

‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’s Release Date Pushed Forward By Sony

Columbia Pictures’ Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire has pushed up its release date by one week, from March 29 to March 22, 2024, Sony announced on Tuesday. Set to screen in IMAX and premium large …

deadline.com

 

[Yojimbo]

1/12: Empire Magazine may take part in releasing a new trailer today 12 pm Eastern/9 am Western/5 pm GMT.

EDIT: Just cover reveals for EMPIRE March issue and a still of Winston and Peter and some quotes offering new tidbits. First look at Janine in a flightsuit, drone trap, Ray is being sidelined to an advisor role, Indus valley.

1/13: Another still released in USA Today's movie previews article, it's a shot of the basement.

1/15: Another still and quotes released by EMPIRE (the March issue releases on Thursday)

A second article and still released. Patton Oswalt's character is named Dr. Hubert Wartzki, Kumail Nanjiani's is Nadeem Razmaadi and James Acaster plays Lars Pinfield, "a man responsible for some of the fresh tech being funded by Ernie Hudson’s Winston" and "really falls in line with the Egon Spengler ‘type’". Ray and Podcast are buddies, Ray’s a mentor to him, and he’s renting Ray’s basement to shoot an Instagram series called ‘Repossessed’, where people bring in objects they think are haunted. Phoebe’s in her element...She’s now ghostbusting on a totally different scale to what she was doing in Oklahoma.”

1/16: Yet another Empire article, the flying serpent entity is named Sewer Dragon, some more quotes about taking influence from The Real Ghostbusters plus a bit of John Hughes and Wes Anderson, confirms the new team lives in the Firehouse, and basically confirms 3 years pass between Afterlife and Frozen Empire.

1/18: The rest of the stills from Empire. (one is a first look at Slimer)

1/25: Back in Town #3 prequel comic set for May 29.

1/28: Preview of tomorrow's trailer.

New trailer releases tomorrow, Monday, at 9 am Eastern / 6 am Pacific.

 

[Antiyonder]

So the movie could very well be good, but if we don't get a cameo from Christopher Lloyd declaring "I was frozen today!", then 0/10.

 

[Yojimbo]

The trailer has been posted.

 

[wonderfly]

From the front page of AnimeSuperhero.com:

"Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Unthaws Some Leftovers"​

"Sony has released another trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. This time around, everyone is back: Venkman, Zeddmore, Janine, Slimer, Librarian Ghost, Walter Peck, everyone. In fact, though we’re sure Egon’s relatives get some screentime, they get a lot less attention in THIS marketing campaign. There’s probably a reason.

I finally got around to seeing Ghostbusters Afterlife, the movie this is a sequel to, and….I was not impressed. The new characters did not work for me, and weren’t nearly as fun to follow. I like Ghostbusters, and I like The Goonies, but maybe they don’t blend together quite as easily as Sony hoped they would. The only time I enjoyed myself was when the Original Guys appeared and started quipping just like they used to. This new movie seems to have taken that into account….and then some!"

Read the full article here.

Anyone up here pumped up for a villain that's not Gozer the Gozerian?!?

 

[Yojimbo]

2/1/24: So far ICEE and Cheetos have changed their social media to FE's Death Chill icicles and/or reshared the trailer so we look at some promo tie-in offerings from them.

"New Ghost" featurette posted.

2/22: One month to go.

4 more posters released.

Fandango lists the run time as 1 hour and 49 minutes.

Back in Town #4 prequel comic set for June 26.

Back in Town TPB comes out on October 29.

2/23: 4 new TV spots with plenty of new footage and a few reveals.






2/27: Ticket sales start on Thursday.

Total Film will have a feature on the movie. The issue goes on sale Friday.

2/28: A lot of TV spots from Sony's international Youtubes have new footage so depending on how spoiler adverse you are they're there like Sony Canada's playlist for Frozen Empire. I think it's about that point where I won't post anymore because they do show stuff that I think should be saved for actually when you watch the movie.

2/29: On second thought, Legends featurette posted.

 

[19MagiswordLane]

Final trailer:

 

[Yojimbo]

3/5: Adam Savage's Tested began releasing its set visit videos. Today, he meets with SFX technicians Doug McCarthy and Brett Ellis about four kinds of ectoplasm they made as well as the practical slime rig worn by Finn Wolfhard.


3/6: Clip #1 released.

 

[BigFatHairyDeal]

Saw the trailer in the theater last weekend. LOL'd when I saw William Atherton.

One fan speculated that Ghostbusters 2 is being ignored, which would make sense if Peck is still making claims that nobody's ever witnessed a real ghost busting. As someone with a soft spot for the second film, I'd be disappointed that it's getting the 2016 GB treatment...

 

[Pooky]

They did reference Ray's occult shop from II in Afterlife, but otherwise it didn't seem to match up.

The "no witnesses" thing didn't make sense in II, it didn't make sense in the Extreme cartoon, and it doesn't make sense in this new films. Not sure why they keep going back to it.

 

[19MagiswordLane]

There's a post on Reddit that's basically wondering the same thing too.