In 2021, Ghostbusters: Afterlife got here onto the scene as the primary new entry for the reason that combined 2016 reboot, and because the official Ghostbusters 3 the franchise had been making an attempt to delivery for many years. An honest reception and strong field workplace success ensured it wouldn’t be a one-and-done, and right here that sequel is with Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
Initially meant to come back out final Christmas earlier than getting punted to 2024 due to the Hollywood strikes, Frozen Empire picks up a few years after Afterlife. The Spengler household—Callie (Carrie Coon), Phoebe (McKennna Grace), and Trevor (Finn Wolfhard)—and Paul Rudd’s Grooberson at the moment are doing the Ghostbusters factor in New York once more as an official outfit tasked with saving town from a ghost god trying to construct a military and freeze the planet. Just like the final film, Empire’s getting combined critiques throughout the board: some like the way it channels the vibes of the outdated Actual Ghostbusters cartoon and the nostalgia feels it’s bringing, whereas others assume the sequence has already managed to burn by way of its new lease on life and will in all probability be put down (once more) earlier than Sony has the possibility to make any more of them.
Ghostbusters is a franchise people have an extended nostalgia for, and their ardour (or dispassion) for it actually rears its head within the lead-up to a brand new one. Should you noticed Frozen Empire, tell us what you considered it—or what you wish to see subsequent from this franchise—down within the feedback under
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