If something strange comes near you, who are you going to call? We will, Ghostbusters: Afterlife‘s Logan Kim apparently because he has a great idea for the recently announced Ghostbusters 4while encouraging the filmmakers to move to a 2009 Ghostbusters adventure for inspiration…
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) is the third entry in the Ghostbusters film series, following on from Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989), while also serving as a “legacy sequel”.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife follows Phoebe as her family moves to Summerville, Oklahoma, where she quickly discovers that something strange is going on and that she is the descendant of Ghostbuster Egon Spengler.
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The film stars McKenna Grace (Phoebe Spengler), Finn Wolfhard (Trevor Spengler), Celeste O’Conner (Lucky), Carrie Coon (Callie Spengler), Paul Rudd (Gary Grooberson), and Logan Kim (Podcast).
In a recent interview with franchise group Ghostbusters IrelandLogan Kim discussed his love for those original movies as well as: Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2009), which remains a beloved item in the series.
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Ghostbusters: The Video Game acts as a sequel to the first two films and saw the return of Harold Ramis (Egon Spengler), Dan Aykroyd (Ray Stantz), Bill Murray (Peter Spengler), and Ernie Hudson (Winston Zeddemore).
That said, until the release of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Ghostbusters: The Video Game was widely regarded as canon by fans. Even Dan Aykroyd himself confirmed this in an interview many years ago.
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But while the 2021 sequel doesn’t seem to directly contradict the events of that game, it doesn’t try to acknowledge it in the same way it did with the original 1984 film.
And although it does not acknowledge Ghostbusters II so much either, the fact is that the movie is from 1989 Absolute canon is beyond dispute. The video game, on the other hand, has a big question mark.
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This is largely due to the villains Gozer the Gozerian and Ivo Shandor, who are both played in the film by Olivia Wilde and JK Simmons. Shandor also appears in the game, but he is actually a ghost, meaning he is dead.
In the film, however, he is shown to be still alive, in some sort of age-long sleep as he waits for Guy to re-enter our world. And this is where things get tricky in terms of canonicity.
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It would be easy enough for Ghostbusters 4 to acknowledge the game though – after all it’s not like that Ghostbusters: Afterlife has made it impossible that the game is not canon (this is not the 2016.) Ghostbusters reboot we are talking about).
In the interview with Ghostbusters IrelandLogan Kim talked extensively about his love for the original Ghostbusters movies, as well as his experience on the set of Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
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when discussing Ghostbusters: The Video Gamethis is what the actor said:
“I Played It” [Ghostbusters: The Video Game]and then they remastered it, and I played it again on my PS4. Oh, I love that game. That game is so good!”
He then suggested that Ghostbusters 4 – due out in 2023 – takes inspiration from the game and says:
“I think if we did it with the Proton Packs because, you know, in the game it has different modes, right? Like the proton regular, and then you have the slime mode and all the others. If we could doing it would be pretty cool.”
While no cast members have been confirmed for Ghostbusters 4Kim more or less confirmed his involvement, adding:
“I’m waiting for the Ghostbusters script. When that comes in, I’ll be really excited.”
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Ghostbusters 4 is now in the works, and as recently confirmed by Sony Pictures, it will be released on December 20, 2023. While little is known about the plot, it has been confirmed that it will “continue the story of the Spengler family”.
Whether or not the cast is from Ghostbusters: Afterlifeor even the original Ghostbusters will return for Ghostbusters 4 remains to be seen. But it’s safe to assume the film will follow sometime shortly after the 2021 sequel.
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A Ghostbusters animated movie is also in the works, as well as an untitled one Ghostbusters animation series. And if that wasn’t enough, there are two Ghostbusters video games and a new comic book series is also on the horizon.
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