Ghostbusters 4 – aka Ghostbusters: Afterlife 2 – was set to come to cinemas this December, but it's now been shifted back until 2024.
The move was a result of Sony shuffling their upcoming schedule, with the new Ghostbusters movie taking the place of Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, which now doesn't have a release date (currently).
We don't know too much about Ghostbusters 4, other than it will continue the story of Ghostbusters: Afterlife rather than be another soft reboot of the series.
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So while we settle in for the extended wait for the new movie, here's everything you need to know about Ghostbusters 4.
Ghostbusters 4 release date: When will Ghostbusters Afterlife 2 be released?
As mentioned above, Ghostbusters 4 was meant to arrive on December 20, 2023, but has now been pushed back to March 29, 2024.
The new movie filmed from March-June 2023 with the working title of Firehouse and on Ghostbusters Day (June 8, if you didn't know), the first official logo for the new movie was revealed.
Its chilly look was potentially more fitting for its original release date of December 2023, but it suggests that the new movie will be set during the winter all the same.
Ghostbusters 4 cast: Who will return for Ghostbusters Afterlife 2?
Ghostbusters 4 will bring back Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace as Egon's grandchildren Trevor and Phoebe, as well as Carrie Coon as Egon's daughter Callie and Paul Rudd as Callie's love interest Gary Grooberson.
Logan Kim and Celeste O'Connor are also returning as Podcast and Lucky Domingo, while the OG Ghostbusters are all back too, so that's Bill Murray's Peter Venkman, Ernie Hudson's Winston Zeddemore and Dan Aykroyd's Raymond Stantz.
Annie Potts is also reprising her role as Janine Melnitz and the new movie is bringing back William Atherton's Walter Peck too.
There are some newcomers to the Ghostbusters world in the form of Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, James Acaster, Miko Hughes and Emily Alyn Lind. We don't know any details about who they're playing yet though.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife featured a posthumous appearance from Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler, but given the way it ended – with him going to the 'afterlife' – it's highly unlikely they'd repeat the manipulative gimmick.
Sigourney Weaver appeared again as Dana Barrett in the mid-credits scene for Ghostbusters: Afterlife and could feature in a sequel, but that has yet to be confirmed.
Behind the scenes, Gil Kenan has taken over from Jason Reitman as director for the new movie, but Reitman has stayed onboard as a writer and producer, with Kenan also writing the movie with Reitman.
Ghostbusters 4 plot: What will Ghostbusters Afterlife 2 be about?
We haven't got an official synopsis for the next movie, but director Jason Reitman said before Afterlife's release that it "opened the universe to all kinds of stories".
That means, for now, all we can do is look at the ending of the threequel to see what clues we can spot.
Afterlife's ending sees Trevor, Phoebe, along with friends Podcast, Lucky manage to defeat Gozer (yes, as in Gozer from the 1984 original) and all is right with the world.
Cassie makes peace with the ghost of her dead father Egon (yep) and she and Gary are likely going to live happily, if a bit weirdly, ever after. The family presumably stays in Summerville, Oklahoma in Egon's old house and everything is right with the world.
Of course, there are post-credit scenes. It is the second one that sort of hints at a potential sequel, though how still remains unclear.
In the end, Winston is speaking to the Ghostbusters' old receptionist Janine about his achievements, but most of all how finding a home with the Ghostbusters helped him flourish.
He narrates as the scene moves to him returning to the old fire station where the Ghostbusters were headquartered, having rescued the car from Oklahoma. Meanwhile, weird noises reverberate inside the firehouse.
Whether or not he plans to resurrect the OG Ghostbusters is the cliffhanger, we presume, director Jason Reitman wanted us to leave with.
One thing we do know for sure is that the new movie will return to New York City and that iconic firehouse.
Ghostbusters 4 trailer: Any Ghostbusters Afterlife 2 footage yet?
Even though filming has wrapped, we still don't have any trailer to show you for Ghostbusters 4.
With the delay in release date, we might have to wait until late 2023 to see anything, unfortunately.
Ghostbusters 4 is released in cinemas on March 29, 2024.
..Gabriella Geisinger is a freelance film critic and journalist, with a focus on J-drama & film, and the Japanese production industry. She was previously Locations Editor at Screen International and Deputy Movies Editor at Digital Spy. Her writing can also befound in Curzon, 1883, and more. A born and raised New Yorker, she loves coffee and the colour black, obviously.
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