Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver and Dan Aykroyd are “reuniting for the next Ghostbusters movie”
Who are you going to call? Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver and Dan Aykroyd are “reuniting for the next Ghostbusters movie” set in London
Original Ghostbusters stars Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver and Dan Aykroyd will reprise their iconic roles in the next film in the storied franchise.
The stars of the 1984 classic are reportedly set to appear in the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife and the filmmakers plan to move the action from New York to London.
said a source The Bizarre column of The Sun newspaper: ‘Studio heads are taking a classic franchise, putting it in a new location but keeping the magic of the original. It’s going to be brilliant.
Back for More: Original Ghostbusters stars Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver and Dan Aykroyd will reprise their iconic roles in the next film in the storied franchise. Seen in 1989
Flashback photo with friends: Murray, Aykroyd and Weaver seen in the 1980s
Ghostbusters has always been synonymous with New York, but to mix things up this time around, the team was thinking of other big cities with a haunted history, it was added.
London is perfect. It gives so much license to look back at classic landmarks and British history, but still in an urban setting,” she shared.
“The plans look great, and getting the original stars interested wasn’t hard. Everyone loves movies and watches them very fondly.
The news comes a month after Gil Kenan was announced to direct the sequel, with the Ghostbusters Afterlife filmmaker moving into a writer-producing role.
Weaver: She is seen in the film, left and right, at the AFI Awards luncheon at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles in Beverly Hills on January 13.
Lost in Translation: Bill Murray will return as Dr. Peter Venkman, a role he also played in 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife; right at the Rome Film Fest 2019
Gil said: “It is an absolute honor to pick up the proton pack and get behind the camera for the next chapter in the Spengler family saga.
“I wish I could go back to 1984 and tell the guy in the sixth row at Mann Valley West that one day he was going to direct a Ghostbusters movie.”
Jason, the son of the late Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman, said: “A few years ago my father handed me the keys to Ecto-1 and together we did Ghostbusters: Beyond.”
Ghostbusters: Afterlife cast members Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, and Carrie Coon will return for the next installment in the franchise.
“Studio heads are taking a classic franchise, putting it in a new location but keeping the magic of the original,” the source told The Sun. It’s going to be brilliant.
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In June, Sony announced that the new Ghostbusters movie will hit theaters on December 20, 2023, it reported. Deadline.
The 2021 film was a sequel to the original Ghostbusters (1984).
There was also a poorly received Ghostbusters II released in 1989.
2016’s Ghostbusters, which starred Kristin Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, and Kate McKinnon, was a reboot of the original film.
The upcoming film is expected to pay homage to the 1984 film and continue the story of the series.