First things first, director Jason Reitman has confirmed that Ghostbusters II is canon. The 1989 movie ties into the newly released Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which might be getting a sequel.
In a bizarre yet insightful interview with Uproxx’s Mike Ryan, Reitman revealed that he has already thought about potential storylines.
One of the stories that a probable Ghostbusters: Afterlife 2 might focus on is the repainting of the classic Ghostbusters logo on Ecto-1 vehicle– a detail only ardent fans would have noticed.
Mike Ryan asked about the director’s decision to go from a two-finger up ghost to the original one-finger up. Reitman then replied the answers to that might be revealed in the potential sequel.
I wish I could talk to you about that. Well, I’m just saying that’s a plot that is not in this film and we have ideas moving forward.
Reitman even talked about the better-forgotten Ghostbusters II. While many try to imagine the world without it, he shares that it does connect to the new movie, which opened to $44 million on the weekend (something Ghostbusters II could never) and is definitely canon.
There are references to Ghostbusters II in Afterlife. We meet Ray working at Ray’s Occult. The toaster from Ghostbusters II is in the kitchen in the farmhouse. There’s actually lots of lots of Ghostbusters II details but nobody knows Ghostbusters II outside of Vigo the Carpathian and the Ghostbusters II logo. So there’s this assumption that it is not canon but it is definitely canon. (sic)
Ghostbusters became an essential landmark in global pop culture after its release in 1984. The story of scientists catching ghosts is novel even today, considering the two worlds are a stark contrast of each other. But Ghostbusters made it memorable and believable.
While there is no official news of a Ghostbusters: Afterlife 2, the strong box office numbers suggest that there might eventually be one.
About Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Ghostbusters: Afterlife is a 2021 American supernatural comedy film directed by Jason Reitman, who co-wrote the screenplay with Gil Kenan.
The film stars Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace and Paul Rudd, while Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver and Annie Potts reprise their roles from the original films.
It is the sequel to Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989) and the fourth film overall in the Ghostbusters franchise. Set thirty years after the events of the second film, a single mother and her two children move to a small town in Oklahoma, where they discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and their grandfather’s secret legacy.
Source: Uproxx
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