You can’t keep a determined franchise down. While director Jason Reitman is currently making a Ghostbusters film, which will be a sequel to the first two films, and ignore 2016’s Ghostbusters: Answer the Call, franchise co-creator Dan Aykroyd has more plans up his sleeve.
In an interview with 660 News, Aykroyd revealed that he’s already written a prequel to Ghostbusters, which would feature the film’s three lead characters, which were portrayed by him, Bill Murray, and the late Harold Ramis.
“I’ve written Ghostbusters High where they meet in New Jersey in 1969 and we’re looking to do that as probably a glorified feature or pilot within the next maybe five years,” said Aykroyd. “And it would lead to a television project and I thought of [Jason Reitman] immediately for that. It’s on his desk but that’s years away from the current project. But it’s a neat idea for a prequel. Imagine casting the three characters as teenagers!”
It’s not entirely certain that this 60s-set Ghostbusters prequel will ever come to fruition, but either way, Aykroyd is tirelessly enthusiastic about the franchise’s future.
“We have at least one or two other concepts for the Ghostbusters and then we’ll look at doing the prequel, which will be a perfect button on all we’ve done up to that point.”
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The cast for the currently-untitled new Ghostbusters movie includes Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things, IT), Mckenna Grace (Annabelle Comes Home, Captain Marvel) and Carrie Coon (Fargo, Avengers: Infinity War, Gone Girl).
Reitman will direct the upcoming threequel, taking up the mantle from his father Ivan Reitman who directed the original Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters 2 (1989). In addition to helming the project, Reitman is co-writing the script with Gil Kenan (Monster House, Poltergeist), who is no stranger to ghost stories.
The new Ghostbusters will drop in theaters on July 10, 2020.
30 Teen Actors That Could Be the Next Ghostbusters
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Finn Wolfhard
FAMOUS FOR: Stranger Things, IT Chapter 1 and Chapter 2
ADVANTAGES: supernatural horror experience, looks good in a Ghostbusters uniform
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Odeya Rush
FAMOUS FOR: Lady Bird, Goosebumps, Dumplin'
ADVANTAGES: supernatural horror/comedy experience
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Timothée Chalamet
FAMOUS FOR: Beautiful Boy, Call Me by Your Name, Lady Bird
ADVANTAGES: worked with Jason Reitman on Men, Women & Children
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Katherine Langford
FAMOUS FOR: 13 Reasons Why, Avengers: Endgame, Love, Simon
ADVANTAGES: special effects experience
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Caleb McLaughlin
FAMOUS FOR: Stranger Things, High Flying Bird
ADVANTAGES: supernatural horror experience, looks good in a Ghostbusters uniform
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Angourie Rice
FAMOUS FOR: The Nice Guys, The Beguiled, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Far From Home
ADVANTAGES: comedy experience
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Asher Angel
FAMOUS FOR: Shazam!, Andi Mack
ADVANTAGES: special effects and comedy experience
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Jacob Tremblay
FAMOUS FOR: The Predator, Wonder, Room
ADVANTAGES: critically acclaimed, special effects horror experience
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Jeremy Ray Taylor
FAMOUS FOR: IT Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, Goosebumps 2
ADVANTAGES: supernatural horror/comedy experience
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Elsie Fisher
FAMOUS FOR: Eighth Grade, McFarland, USA
ADVANTAGES: critically acclaimed, comedy experience
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Jack Dylan Grazer
FAMOUS FOR: IT Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, Shazam!
ADVANTAGES: supernatural horror/comedy experience
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Maisie Williams
FAMOUS FOR: Game of Thrones, The New Mutants
ADVANTAGES: special effects experience
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Madison Wolfe
FAMOUS FOR: The Conjuring 2, I Kill Giants, Joy
ADVANTAGES: supernatural horror experience
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Mackenzie Foy
FAMOUS FOR: The Conjuring, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
ADVANTAGES: supernatural horror experience
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Sophia Lillis
FAMOUS FOR: IT Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, Sharp Objects
ADVANTAGES: supernatural horror experience
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Justice Smith
FAMOUS FOR: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Pokémon Detective Pikachu, The Get Down
ADVANTAGES: special effects experience
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Oona Laurence
FAMOUS FOR: Pete's Dragon, Bad Moms, Southpaw
ADVANTAGES: Special effects and comedy experience
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Lucas Hedges
FAMOUS FOR: Moonrise Kingdom, Manchester by the Sea, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
ADVANTAGES: comedy experience, critically acclaimed
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Madison Iseman
FAMOUS FOR: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Goosebumps 2, Annabelle 3
ADVANTAGES: supernatural horror/comedy experience
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Talitha Eliana Bateman
FAMOUS FOR: Love, Simon, Geostorm, Annabelle: Creation
ADVANTAGES: supernatural horror/special effects experience
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Alex Wolff
FAMOUS FOR: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Hereditary, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
ADVANTAGES: supernatural horror/comedy experience
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Mark McKenna
FAMOUS FOR: Wayne, Sing Street, Overlord
ADVANTAGES: supernatural horror/comedy experience
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Owen Vaccaro
FAMOUS FOR: The House With a Clock in its Walls, Daddy's Home, The Ghostbusters: A Web Series
ADVANTAGES: supernatural horror/comedy experience, appeared in a Ghostbusters fan series
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Lulu Wilson
FAMOUS FOR: The Haunting of Hill House, Annabelle: Creation, Ouija: Origin of Evil
ADVANTAGES: supernatural horror experience
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Amandla Stenberg
FAMOUS FOR: The Hate U Give, The Hunger Games, The Darkest Minds
ADVANTAGES: supernatural/special effects experience
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Zendaya
FAMOUS FOR: Spider-Man Homecoming and Far From Home, The Greatest Showman
ADVANTAGES: special effects/comedy experience
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Mckenna Grace
FAMOUS FOR: The Haunting of Hill House, Gifted, Annabelle 3
ADVANTAGES: supernatural horror experience
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Dylan Minnette
FAMOUS FOR: 13 Reasons Why, Don't Breathe, Goosebumps
ADVANTAGES: supernatural horror/comedy experience
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Millie Bobby Brown
FAMOUS FOR: Stranger Things, Godzilla: King of the Monsters
ADVANTAGES: supernatural horror/special effects experience
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Jaeden Lieberher
FAMOUS FOR: Midnight Special, IT Chapter 1, St. Vincent
ADVANTAGES: supernatural horror/special effects experience, Bill Murray experience
