The Ghostbusters franchise is returning later this yr with Spengler’s grandchildren carrying on the legacy, this time on the house of the Ghostbusters in Manhattan, New York. Together with filming starting this week, the upcoming 2023 new film launch has additionally added quite a few forged members, together with Kumail Nanjiani and Patton Oswalt, the previous of whom had candy issues to say about being a part of a sequel to the ‘80s supernatural comedy basic.
Kumail Nanjiani has been on a roll as of late by way of being a part of recognizable IPs, together with just lately starring within the Obi-Wan Kenobi sequence with Ewan McGregor together with changing into a Marvel superhero in 2021’s Eternals. Following information of his casting in the nonetheless untitled Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel, the actor wrote this on Twitter:
Ghostbusters was my first favourite film. I keep in mind precisely how I felt the primary time I watched it. Horror and comedy in a single film? This film was made for me, and I watched it time and again. The script is unbelievably good. I can’t consider I get to be part of this world.
Untitled Ghostbusters Afterlife Sequel
Launch Date: December 20, 2023
Directed By: Gil Kenan
Written By: Gil Kenan and Jason Reitman
Starring: Carrie Coon, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, Celeste O’Connor, James Acaster, Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, Emily Alyn Lind
It feels like Nanjiani is a large fan of Ghostbusters and is pinching himself that he will get to be a part of the nostalgic property that started with legends like Invoice Murray fronting it. The actor wrote the message as Deadline reported that Nanjiani together with Patton Oswalt, James Acaster and Emily Alyn Lind, are becoming a member of the upcoming Ghostbusters film.
Patton Oswalt was technically a costar to Nanjiani in Eternals, displaying up within the end-credits scene with Harry Types with their characters of Pip the Troll and Eros. Whereas we don’t know if an Eternals sequel is going on for the second, it’ll be nice to see Nanjiani and Oswalt collectively for this Ghostbusters sequel. Oswalt is a comic who can also be well-known for his voice work, most just lately as a part of the hit Netflix sequence The Sandman as Matthew the Raven.
Regarding the different forged members becoming a member of the Ghostbusters film, James Acaster is an English comic and Emily Alyn Lind is an actress who has discovered latest roles in Physician Sleep and the Gossip Lady revival. The particular roles for all the brand new additions haven’t been detailed, however they are going to reportedly be becoming a member of Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, McKenna Grace and Celeste O’Connor, who had been all main gamers in 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
The late Ivan Reitman’s son Jason Reitman will as soon as once more be closely concerned on this period of Ghostbusters, this time as a author and producer. His Afterlife co-writer Gil Kenan shall be directing this time round, with 2006’s Monster Home and Netflix’s A Boy Known as Christmas being among the many earlier films he’s helmed. These additions add some pleasure to the film forward of its theatrical launch date on December 20 of this yr.
