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‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ Director Explains How “The Real Ghostbusters” Inspired New Movie!
One of the biggest new releases headed our way here in the first quarter of 2024 is of course Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, which will release in theaters on March 22, 2024.
The film’s trailers have revealed that Frozen Empire will bring a new threat and new mythology into the mix, as opposed to Afterlife‘s adherence to the iconic specters of the past.
The new movie is inspired not by the original, but rather an ’80s animated series!
Speaking with Empire Magazine this week, director Gil Kenan (Monster House) has revealed that the beloved animated series “The Real Ghostbusters” inspired his fresh vision!
“We wanted to bring that show’s looseness and fearlessness to this movie,” Kenan explains to Empire. “I think it’s going to surprise people just how big this film is.”
Kenan also notes that “The Real Ghostbusters” featured “wild, original and weird-as-fuck villains” – indeed it did! – so we can expect to see some inspiration there as well.
“The Real Ghostbusters”: ‘Victor the Happy Ghost’
In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, 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.
The cast includes Patton Oswalt, Kumail Nanjiani, James Acaster, and Emily Alyn Lind, alongside Bill Murray, Finn Wolfhard, Ernie Hudson, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Celeste O’Connor, Logan Kim, Annie Potts, Dan Aykroyd and Carrie Coon.
Jason Reitman, who directed Ghostbusters: Afterlife, is back to produce Frozen Empire.
Sony returns to their own Marvel universe with the upcoming Kraven the Hunter, which has been bumped all over the release schedule. This week, it’s been bumped once more.
There was a time when Sony was going to unleash Kraven in theaters in October 2023, but the film was then bumped to August 2024. It’ll now release on December 13, 2024.
Kraven the Hunter will be the very first Marvel movie from Sony to be released into theaters with an “R” rating, with lots of bloody violence being promised.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the title character, Marvel’s ultimate predator.
“Kraven the Hunter is the visceral story about how and why one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be. Set before his notorious vendetta with Spider-Man, Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the titular character in the R-rated film.”
Ariana DeBose will play Calypso in the upcoming Kraven the Hunter movie.
Christopher Abbott (Possessor) is playing The Foreigner, with Levi Miller (Better Watch Out) also on board. Alessandro Nivola (The Many Saints of Newark) will play another villain, but character details are under wraps. Russell Crowe and Fred Hechinger also star.
J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year) is directing Kraven the Hunter.
The screenplay was written by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Richard Wenk.
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