Ghostbusters: Afterlife Trivia | 40 facts about the upcoming movie

“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” is a new film in the “Ghostbusters” franchise and it is directed by the son of the director of the first films.

So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the new film

1. Ghostbusters: Afterlife is a 2021 American supernatural comedy film.
2. It was directed by Jason Reitman.
3. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Gil Kenan.
4. In the film stars Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace and Paul Rudd.
5. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver and Annie Potts reprise their roles from the original films.
6. It is the sequel to Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989).
7. Both were directed by Reitman’s father Ivan.
8. Iva Reitman nserves as producer.
9. It’s the fourth film overall in the Ghostbusters franchise.
10. It iset thirty years after the events of the second film.
11. In the 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.
12. A third Ghostbusters film had been in various stages of development since Ghostbusters II released in 1989, stalling as Murray refused to commit to the project.
13. After the death of cast member Harold Ramis in 2014, Sony instead produced a reboot released in 2016.
14. The film fell short of box office expectations, and Reitman began developing a sequel to the original films.
15. The new cast members were announced by July 2019.
16. The original cast signed on two months later. Filming took place from July to October 2019.
17. Ghostbusters: Afterlife was screened unannounced on August 23, 2021 during the 2021 CinemaCon event in Las Vegas.
18. It is scheduled to be released in the United States on November 19, 2021.
19. It was previously delayed four times from an original July 2020 date due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
20. The film has received overall positive reviews from critics, with praise for its performances, Reitman’s direction, musical score, and nostalgic tone.
21. To hold true to the first Ghostbusters film, Reitman and the production crew reviewed the design of the ghosts and other supernatural creatures from the original film to design the ones for Afterlife, observing that nearly every one from the original film had an original and unique design.
22. This in part led to the creature of Muncher, a ghost similar to Slimer, for Afterlife.
23. Reitman said that “Something happened to Slimer over the years that people started thinking of him as the dalmatian of the firehouse. The original Slimer was an angry dude and very scary and we really wanted to get back to that.”
24. Under the working title “Rust City”, principal photography began on July 12, 2019, in Calgary, Alberta and area, and lasted until October.
25. Location shooting in surrounding communities such as Crossfield, Beiseker, and Drumheller took place during July and August 2019.
26. Additional locations around Alberta were also used.
27. On October 18, 2019, Reitman posted a photo on his Instagram account confirming that filming had wrapped after 68 days.
28. Finn Wolfhard did not know he was auditioning for Ghostbusters as the audition sides were purposefully kept to be generic and vague as the movie was being developed under secrecy
29. Paul Rudd announced via social media that he would be joining the cast while standing in front of Hook and Ladder 8 (Ghostbusters HQ) in New York City.
30. Jason Reitman appeared in Ghostbusters 2 (1989) as the kid who tells Ray that according to his dad, the Ghostbusters are “full of crap”.
31. Bill Murray had been reluctant to reprise his role as Peter Venkman for decades (although he did return for Ghostbusters (2009)).
32. He said in an interview that he finally chose to return because, “The script is good. It’s got lots of emotion in it. It’s got lots of family in it, with lines that are really interesting. It’s gonna work.”
33. Developed under the code name ‘Rust City’.
34. Due to the controversy and financial failure of the remake Ghostbusters (2016), any further sequels for that movie were abandoned.
35. This prompted Sony to instead make a sequel to the original two films.
36. The Ecto-1 gunner seat was actually used in the related cartoon series, yet never used in either of the original films.
37. The mine featured in the trailer belongs to the Shandor Mining Co. Ivo Shandor was the architect who designed the building that Dana Barrett lived in on Central Park West.
38. It’s the first Ghostbusters film to take place somewhere besides New York City.
39. The film was originally set for release on July 10, 2020 but due to the COVID-19 pandemic affecting movie theaters, this film and Morbius, another Sony film set for release that month, were moved to release dates in November 2021.
40. This sequel features the return of Gozer, the ancient and powerful entity from Ghostbusters(1984), as well her horned demonic dog-like monsters.