A scene from ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ | photo credit: columbia pictures
Filmmaker Gil Cannon will take over the director’s chair for the sequel Ghostbusters: Afterlife,
According to hollywood reporterThe main cast of the 2021 film directed by Jason Reitman – Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace – will return for the sequel.
the code name of the movie is fire houseA nod to the setting of the 1980s films that will be included in the new installment.
Canon also worked Ghostbusters: Afterlife As he co-wrote and executive produced the film together with Reitman. The two also co-wrote the sequel.
“It’s an absolute honor to pick up a proton pack and step behind the camera for the next chapter of the Spengler family saga. I wish I could go back to 1984 and tell the kid in the sixth row of Mann Wally West that one day he’ll be on Ghostbusters was going to direct the film,” Cannon said in a statement.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Was a direct sequel to Bill Murray’s iconic supernatural comedy films Ghost Busters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989).
It followed the story of a single mother and her two children who arrive in a small town and begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy left behind by their grandfather.
Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver and Annie Potts reprized their roles from the original films.