{"id":6005,"date":"2021-07-29T15:41:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T14:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/?p=6005"},"modified":"2021-07-30T09:42:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T08:42:06","slug":"ghostbusters-afterlife-reveals-return-for-classic-character-in-new-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/ghostbusters-afterlife-reveals-return-for-classic-character-in-new-trailer\/tv-and-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghostbusters: Afterlife reveals return for classic character in new trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/xaG_5ZZ2PyM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Who ya gonna call?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/ghostbusters-afterlife-2021\/tv-and-films\/\">Ghostbusters: Afterlife<\/a> has received a charming new trailer introducing us to the new cast of characters and giving us a look into some of the plot themes of legacy and family. Carrie Coon will play Callie, the daughter of late Dr. Egon Spengler and Mckenna Grace and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/finn-wolfhard\/tv-and-films\/biographies\/\">Finn Wolfhard<\/a> will play Callies kids.<\/p>\n<p>Its no secret that the film will be picking up where Ghostbusters II left off, but the trailer has left us with a few questions..<\/p>\n<h2>Ghostbusters: Afterlife &#8211; is it Ghostbusters III?<\/h2>\n<p>\nAn official Ghostbusters III has been in talks for years and with the first film hitting cinemas nearly 4 decades ago, it does beg the question &#8211; is it too late for Ghostbusters III?\n<\/p>\n<h3>Ghostbusters: Hellbent<\/h3>\n<p>\nIts no secret that many attempts had been made to get a second sequel off the ground all throughout the 1990s, but unfortunately all we were left with was a brief cameo from Dan Akyroyd in 1995s <em>Casper <\/em>to keep the spark alive. One of the more public pitches at a third film would&#8217;ve followed the original gang in a parallel hell scape version of Manhattan (the creatively titled Manhellton) and saw its first draft completed in 1999. Titled <em>Ghostbusters: Hellbent<\/em>, the script saw many revisions until 2007 when it was ultimately dropped.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>You can see a fantastic discussion on the cancelled sequel over on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nnLzz_hxzxo\">Cinemassacres Youtube channel<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Ghostbusters: The Video Game<\/h3>\n<p>\nIts believed a version of this script was modified for the 2009 <em>Ghostbusters: The Video Game<\/em>, with the threat of the of the ghost world merging with the mortal realm paralleling the dropped Manhellton plot from Hellbent. The game has been since lorded as an underappreciated gem, serving as a what could have been scenario if a third film had surfaced, though never confirmed as canon.\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width:75%;max-height:75%;background-color:#f5f5f5;margin:0px auto 20px auto;padding:0;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0;\" >\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/ghostbustersthevideogame.jpg\" alt=\"Ghostbusters The Video Game\" width=\"1387\" height=\"589\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6034\"  style=\"margin-bottom:0;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/ghostbustersthevideogame.jpg 1387w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/ghostbustersthevideogame-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/ghostbustersthevideogame-1024x435.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/ghostbustersthevideogame-768x326.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1387px) 100vw, 1387px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0px 0px 10px 15px;\"><em>Property of Terminal Reality, Sony Computer Entertainment<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Ghostbusters: Answer the Call<\/h3>\n<p>\nThe last time we saw live action Ghostbusting was during 2016s <em>Ghostbusters<\/em> (later rebranded as <em>Ghostbusters: Answer the Call<\/em> for home release) to incredibly mixed reviews. The film saw an all new cast of female scientists-turned-Ghostbusters and loosely follows a similar narrative to the 1984 classic. Following the death of original Ghostbuster co-writer and star Harold Ramis, the film aimed to serve a reimagining of the Ghostbusters lore taking place in an alternate universe. As much as it seemed to leave a bad taste in the mouths of fans, the film never aimed to be Ghostbusters III, reinforced by many of the original cast returning but <strong>not<\/strong> as their original characters.\n<\/p>\n<h3>Ghostbusters: Afterlife<\/h3>\n<p>\nJanuary 2019 however gave Ghostbusters fans the announcement they&#8217;d been anticipating for 35 years &#8211; a new film continuing from the original two films, co-written and directed by none other than the son of the original films director, Jason Reitman. The film titled <em>Ghostbusters: Afterlife<\/em> will be the second sequel to the first Ghostbusters classic and looks to serve the concepts of legacy and family while moving away from a Ney York backdrop.\n<\/p>\n<h2>Ray&#8217;s Occult Books returns<\/h2>\n<p>\nThe new trailer closes with a brief scene framing an arm and red telephone:\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width:75%;max-height:75%;background-color:#f5f5f5;margin:0px auto 20px auto;padding:0;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0;\" >\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/ghostbustersafterlife.jpg\" alt=\"Ghostbusters: Afterlife\" width=\"1387\" height=\"589\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6049\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/ghostbustersafterlife.jpg 1387w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/ghostbustersafterlife-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/ghostbustersafterlife-1024x435.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/ghostbustersafterlife-768x326.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1387px) 100vw, 1387px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0px 0px 10px 15px;\"><em>Property of Sony Pictures<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The eagle eyed will recognise this as the interior of none other than Ray&#8217;s Occult Books, the store Ray runs during the events of Ghostbusters II.<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width:75%;max-height:75%;background-color:#f5f5f5;margin:0px auto 20px auto;padding:0;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0;\" >\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/gb2_raysoccultbooks.png\" alt=\"Rays Occult Books\" width=\"1387\" height=\"589\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6048\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/gb2_raysoccultbooks.png 1387w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/gb2_raysoccultbooks-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/gb2_raysoccultbooks-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/gb2_raysoccultbooks-768x326.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1387px) 100vw, 1387px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0px 0px 10px 15px;\"><em>Property of Columbia Pictures<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nDan Akyroyd has always spoken highly and positively about the attempts to get a faithful third film in development and it feels incredibly fitting to have Ray briefly return for the last few seconds of the trailer.\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Ghostbusters: Afterlife<\/em> will hit cinemas 12 November 2021 in the UK and will see the torch passed on to a younger generation helmed by the grandkids of the late Harold Ramis&#8217; character Dr. Egon Spengler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who ya gonna call? 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