Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Chills Expectations with Familiar First Trailer
Show of hands: How many among us had forgotten that Jason Reitman’s 2021 Ghostbusters reboot, Ghostbusters: Afterlife had ever taken place, only two years later? That’s a testament to the absolute lack of vitality present in so many of these franchise retreads these days, of which Afterlife was a particularly fitting example. The film came and went quickly, made a relatively small profit–a lower gross than the 2016 Ghostbusters, even–and then left the public consciousness. But that hasn’t stopped Sony from soldiering onward with another entry following the same characters in the form of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, which debuted its immediately familiar first trailer today. You can watch below, but don’t be surprised if you feel like you’ve already seen the trailer after viewing it. That’s a normal reaction at this point. The film is currently scheduled for a March 29, 2024 release.
Frozen Empire is directed by Gil Kenan of Monster House and 2015’s likewise immediately forgotten Poltergeist remake, stepping in for Reitman after co-writing on the previous film. The action here moves back to New York City, which will likely be welcomed by series fans, given that fact that most of said fans really seem to only want to see the same things they’ve seen before. Oh, and as the name implies, there’s a bit of a chilly theme this time around. As the official synopsis puts it: