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The nextGhostbustersfilm will return to the Big Apple.
During Sony’s presentation Monday at CinemaCon 2023 in Las Vegas, Jason Reitman — son of lateGhostbustersdirectorIvan Reitman— said the sequel to 2021’sGhostbusters: Afterlifewill take place in New York City, according toDeadline.
The 2016all-female reboot of the franchisealso followed suit, but 2021’sAfterlifetook the series toOklahoma as it continued the story established with the franchise’s first two movies, which starredBill Murray,Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Harold Ramis.
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Paul Rudd,Carrie Coon,Mckenna GraceandFinn Wolfhardare expected to reprise their roles fromAfterlifein the new movie. Grace, 16, and Wolfhard, 20, play the grandchildren of the late Ramis' character Egon Spengler, while Coon, 42, portrays Egon’s daughter Carrie. Rudd, 54, plays the kids' science teacher and Ghostbusters fan Gary Grooberson.
It’s unclear whether Murray, Aykroyd or Hudson will appear in the next movie after reprising their roles inAfterlife.
Logan Kim will return for the sequel as Podcast, and Celeste O’Connor, Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, James Acaster and Emily Alyn Lind will also star in the sequel, per Deadline
“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, when he was announced as director on the next film. “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.”
Afterlifetakes place about 40 years after the originalGhostbustersand returns to the series in a future where ghosts have returned to haunt humanity, with the younger cast members helping the original Ghostbusters stymie the ghosts' return.
CinemaCon 2023 continues through Thursday with presentations from Hollywood’s major studios about their upcoming slate of movies.
The upcomingGhostbusterssequel, which remains untitled, is due in theaters Dec. 20.
source: people.com
