“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” Composer Rob Simonsen on Expanding the Supernatural Sonic Palette
The Ghostbusters are back, but they’ve gotten a lot younger. In Jason Reitman’s follow-up, Ghostbusters: Afterlife (in theaters now), to his father Ivan’s generation-defining classic, Egon Spengler’s (the late Harold Ramis) grandkids, Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and Phoebe (McKenna Grace) get into the family trade after moving to the dirt farm, a dilapidated Oklahoma property where we learn that Spengler rode out his final years alone, warding off an unusually problematic ghost based in a nearby abandoned mine.
Early Reactions to “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” Call Jason Reitman’s Film Nostalgia Done Right
Sony Pictures screened Ghostbusters: Afterlife for critics as part of their CinemaCon event, giving us a very early taste of what to expect for a film that doesn’t premiere until November 11 (after repeated delays due to the pandemic). Obviously, full reviews will be embargoed for quite some time, but these early reactions are an indication of how writer/director Jason Reitman approached this sequel to his dad’s two iconic 1980s films.
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Stirring New “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” Trailer Brings The Ghouls & The Feels
If you grew up in the 1980s, the release of Ivan Reitman’s Ghostbusters in 1984 was likely a major, major moment in your childhood. Now, this Thanksgiving, the late, great Ivan Reitman’s son Jason Reitman is delivering a new installment in the franchise from his own original script. A brand new trailer from Sony Pictures ties the legacy of his father’s films to his own and manages to portion out nostalgia and fresh wonders.
First Ghostbusters: Afterlife Trailer Reveals Jason Reitman’s new Generation of Ghostbusters
A new generation of Ghostbusters are upon us, and they’re coming at you from…Oklahoma? Yup. Behold the first trailer for Jason Reitman‘s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, with Reitman taking on the franchise his father Ivan began in 1984. Reitman co-wrote the script with Gil Kenan (City of Ember), which builds on the events of both the original Ghostbusters and its sequel (both directed by his dad) that starred Dan Aykroyd,
