A new generation ain’t afraid of no ghosts in Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer, Ars Technica

fan, when I was a 6-year-old visiting the set, ”Reitman (toldEW) back in January. “This is the next chapter in the original franchise. It is not a reboot. What happened in the ‘ s happened in the ‘ s, and this is set in the present day. ”

Vanity Fairoffered a first lookat the latest film last week, featuring several stills — including one showing the original Ghostbusterstricked- out ambulance. Per the official synopsis, “A single mother and her two children move to Summerville, Oklahoma, after inheriting property from a previously unknown relative. They discover their family’s legacy to the original Ghostbusters, who have become something of a myth, as many have long since forgotten the events of the ‘Manhattan Crossrip of 1984 ” – ie, the events of the original film. Carrie Coon (The Leftovers) Plays mom Callie, while Mckenna Grace (The Haunting of Hill House) Plays her science-loving daughter Phoebe. Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things) plays Son Trevor.

movie when it opens. We see Trevor hanging with some new pals, one of whom asks what the family is doing in Summerville. “Honestly, my mom won’t say it, but we’re completely broke,” he replies, as we see a flashback of Callie wearily pulling an eviction notice off the door of their old home. “And the only thing that’s left in our name is this creepy old farmhouse our grandfather left us in the middle of nowhere.” Then there’s a loud noise from the bottom of the mine shaft they’re sitting above, and a fluorescent green ghostie shoots out into the air.