"Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" First Look Unveiled

Sony Pictures has unveiled the teaser trailer for “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire”, the sequel to 2021’s “Ghostbusters: Afterlife”.

“Afterlife” took the ghostbusting to rural Oklahoma, but the franchise’s upcoming fifth film returns to its roots in New York City. 

In the trailer for “Frozen Empire,” an idyllic NYC summer turns icy when a mysterious “death chill” takes over the city. Paul Rudd leads a ragtag group of Ghostbusters to fight the frozen foe.

“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” follows a single mom who took her two children to a small town in Oklahoma, where they discovered their grandfather’s secret legacy and connection to the Ghostbusters.

It starred Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace, who were all new to the franchise. Original stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts and Sigourney Weaver also made their “Ghostbusters” return in “Afterlife.” 

The movie was directed by Jason Reitman, son of Ivan Reitman, the original “Ghostbusters” director. Jason Reitman penned the “Afterlife” reboot alongside Gil Kenan and Aykroyd, with Ivan Reitman producing.

Kenan directs the upcoming movie. Reitman teased the sequel’s production in an Instagram post at the iconic “Ghostbusters” firehouse standing alongside Kenan in February, with “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” cinematographer Eric Steelberg snapping the pic.

“It’s an absolute honor to pick up the proton pack and step behind the camera for the next chapter of the Spengler family saga,” said Kenan in a statement when he was announced as director. “I just wish I could go back to 1984 and tell the kid in the sixth row of the Mann Valley West that one day he was going to get to direct a ‘Ghostbusters’ film.”

As the fifth movie in the franchise, the most recent edition comes after “Ghostbusters” in 1984, “Ghostbusters II” in 1989, female-led “Ghostbusters” in 2016, and “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” in 2021.

“Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” is set to debut on March 29, 2024.