Ghostbusters Animated Series (Netflix)

[ZariusTwo]

Netflix is developing a new Ghostbusters animated series, Variety reports. Jason Reitman and Gil Kenen are executives producing the series for Ghost Corp Inc., working with Sony Pictures Animation. Reitman and Kenan co-wrote the most recent Ghostbusters movie, Ghostbuster: Afterlife, which Reitman also directed. Netflix is still keeping plot details confidential for now, and the show does not have a writer attached yet. Netflix a Ghost Corps Inc., based out of Columbia Pictures, will work together on the show's production. The news comes on the annual Ghosbutsers Day celebration, marking the latest anniversary of the original Ghostbusters movie.

https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/ghostbusters-series-netflix/

[oldmanwinters]

"The Un-Real Ghostbusters?" :tlol:

[Coola Yagami]

Why is Netflix getting all this stuff? Why not Hulu, the service that doesn't support and double down on Cuties?

[superstaff]

Not sure how they can top The Real Ghostbusters or Extreme Ghostbusters.

[mrmaczaps]

Why is Netflix getting all this stuff? Why not Hulu, the service that doesn't support and double down on Cuties?

Hulu supports pedo bs too.

[Andrew NDB]

And Hulu just = Disney, who thinks you're evil and should be cancelled if you don't believe small children should learn about drag queens, transexuals and homosexuality from teachers.

Is there even a neutral streamer out there? Not Amazon Prime either, lol.

[mrmaczaps]

And Hulu just = Disney, who thinks you're evil and should be cancelled if you don't believe small children should learn about drag queens, transexuals and homosexuality from teachers.

Is there even a neutral streamer out there? Not Amazon Prime either, lol.

All Media is leftist biased, hard. Its all propaganda.

[Allio]

"The Un-Real Ghostbusters?" :tlol:

“Amazing Ghost Busters”
“Superior Ghost Busters”
“Sensational Ghost Busters”
“Ultimate Ghost Busters”
“Ghost Busters vs Go-Busters”

With marvel you can use any title

[frank_one]

I think I could be interested in something that could work both as a sequel to the original animated series and a prequel to Afterlife.

[Sumac]

Real Extreme Ghostbusters?

[ZariusTwo]

Show officially greenlit

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/ghostbusters-netflix-animated-series-elliott-kalan-showrunner-1236103988/

[Wildcat]

I assume it was greenit back when it was announced...ya know publicly by Jason Reitman. There’s even artwork done according to Gil Kenan. I hope they’re further along than just starting.

I’m gonna guess they mean officially put into full production.

[Andrew NDB]

https://ghostbustersnews.com/2026/06/24/ghostbusters-night-shift-reveals-new-story-details-terror-puppy-and-walter-peck-connection/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSo9CpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETIza3Qy ZkcxUVhlUFFqNU9Ic3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMD g5MgABHg9Sm3LbjrNPlpRkdUBTynLQf1vozuMRYs7lPKh9uLNK H0qwhwoSEK6aRKBk_aem_z_rZCvmWH1eXq9qsImAiyg

So it's kids again, a black chick, the same visual aesthetic as Stranger Things: Tales from '85 and probably a small Ray and/or Winston cameo.

Pretty dumb. You bring Ghostbusters into animation in 2026 set in 1994 and the sky is the limit about what they can do and they DON'T make it a big O.G. Ghostbusters reunion in their prime.

[Wildcat]

There’s confirmation of Ray’s bookstore (also someone mentioned they’ve seen him in artwork). Winston is most likely too. I’m sure it’d be more than cameos.

Egon and Peter are questionable. We don’t know when exactly they separated or when they closed.

Depending if the time allows for it...it’d be great if the Series Finale was about their disagreement and Ray discovering Egon left with everything. That’d be a cool lead into Afterlife.

I like the plot with this team operating unofficially but still so little information. I’m interested in Terror Puppy’s backstory because of its ties to Gozer...obviously it gets sent away or trapped by the end.

Edit: https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/ghostbusters-night-shift-everything-we-learned-at-the-netflix-showcase/

So my Finale idea won’t work since the original team is already disbanded. Hopefully they elaborate on their separation through flashbacks.

[ToTheNines]

https://ghostbustersnews.com/2026/06/24/ghostbusters-night-shift-reveals-new-story-details-terror-puppy-and-walter-peck-connection/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSo9CpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETIza3Qy ZkcxUVhlUFFqNU9Ic3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMD g5MgABHg9Sm3LbjrNPlpRkdUBTynLQf1vozuMRYs7lPKh9uLNK H0qwhwoSEK6aRKBk_aem_z_rZCvmWH1eXq9qsImAiyg

So it's kids again, a black chick, the same visual aesthetic as Stranger Things: Tales from '85 and probably a small Ray and/or Winston cameo.

Pretty dumb. You bring Ghostbusters into animation in 2026 set in 1994 and the sky is the limit about what they can do and they DON'T make it a big O.G. Ghostbusters reunion in their prime.

Yeah that’s insane… setting it in the 90’s but snubbing the guys? You don’t even need the original actors.

Whatever, **** this. TVG and the IDW comics will always be canon to me, so I don’t care anyway.

[Andrew NDB]

Yeah that’s insane… setting it in the 90’s but snubbing the guys? You don’t even need the original actors.

Exactly. No Murray? No Ramis? No problem!

Why, oh why do they keep trying to make this be about kids? When I was a kid dreaming of Ghostbusters 3 or SOME kind of Ghostbusters 3 if the original cast wouldn't come back, my first thought was, "Oh, then at least we'll get to see some modern 30 year-oldish comedians from the current crop instead." Never for a damned moment did I ever think or want a bunch of kids in there.

It was fine in Afterlife for what the story was but it was stupid in Frozen Empire. But so much was stupid in Frozen Empire. Watching that movie felt in the theater felt like taking a franchise-ending gut punch, like maybe I hadn't felt since TMNT III.

[Wildcat]

I too thought the original team would still be working in this cartoon. I thought it’d be set around the time they started loosing business and Egon was less involved with new characters coming in for some reason...interns? recruitment?

Still, if you read all the available info, it’s actually a pretty neat idea. After the original team closes a new group gets ahold of their prototype equipment and basically become “Underground Ghostbusters” (my term, not mentioned). This could have been the plot of a GB3 back then.

Real life reason they did not use the original team? Probably because Harold Ramis passed away and they already paid tribute to him in Afterlife and didn’t want to reuse Egon and make him talk.

How is Frozen Empire a gut-punch? I understand if people think there’s too much going on. I would have done it a little differently but that aside it’s a solid movie imo.

[Andrew NDB]

Still, if you read all the available info, it’s actually a pretty neat idea. After the original team closes a new group gets ahold of their prototype equipment and basically become “Underground Ghostbusters” (my term, not mentioned). This could have been the plot of a GB3 back then.

Until you get to "the kids." It should never be about "the kids."

Real life reason they did not use the original team? Probably because Harold Ramis passed away and they already paid tribute to him in Afterlife and didn’t want to reuse Egon and make him talk.

A STUPID reason. The same kind of leftist thing with wanting to IMMEDIATELY kill off any characters played by an actor or actress who has just died, throwing the characters into the casket with them. Imagine if Ramis died during season 2 of "The Real Ghostbusters" cartoon and they immediately killed off or removed the character of Egon -- he's gone, retired, dead or otherwise out of the picture, even if Ramis wasn't doing the voice of him.

How is Frozen Empire a gut-punch? I understand if people think there’s too much going on. I would have done it a little differently but that aside it’s a solid movie imo.

There's too much going on and too much not being good. Kids zipping down the street in the Ecto-1 busting giant ghosts with drones? The painfully unfunny "Magic Fire Indian" who adds precisely nothing to anything? Zero character arcs for any of the O.G. Ghostbusters (and completely wasting Murray)? I wanted to love it and it made me feel absolutely nothing. I can't fathom old fans digging it or it making any new ones either, and it didn't.

[Wildcat]

Until you get to "the kids." It should never be about "the kids."

Well they’re not part of the future...that being Afterlife and Frozen Empire. So it does not matter in the end. Even if these characters reappeared they’d be in their 40s-50s.

A STUPID reason. The same kind of leftist thing with wanting to IMMEDIATELY kill off any characters played by an actor or actress who has just died, throwing the characters into the casket with them. Imagine if Ramis died during season 2 of "The Real Ghostbusters" cartoon and they immediately killed off or removed the character of Egon -- he's gone, retired, dead or otherwise out of the picture, even if Ramis wasn't doing the voice of him.

The Real Ghostbusters existed as a separate thing, mostly. I know it made some connections to the movies and the episode Citizen Ghost.

They already quite literally brought Egon back in Afterlife which is way more than I think anyone expected. It’s best to just leave the character alone now. I mean he does not need to keep showing up.

There's too much going on and too much not being good. Kids zipping down the street in the Ecto-1 busting giant ghosts with drones? The painfully unfunny "Magic Fire Indian" who adds precisely nothing to anything? Zero character arcs for any of the O.G. Ghostbusters (and completely wasting Murray)? I wanted to love it and it made me feel absolutely nothing. I can't fathom old fans digging it or it making any new ones either, and it didn't.

Except none of them are kids. Phoebe is underage which plays into the story and again won’t matter in the next one because she’s older. I’m sure you’d be fine with a Drone Trap if it was the original ghostbusters using it.

Ya it would have been nice if Ray, Winston and Peter had more of a presence. At least on par with Ray. I’m glad Dan Aykroyd got a decent role.

There’s definitely older fans that liked it and there’s definitely ones that did not because I’ve seen similar criticisms everywhere.

[CyberCubed]

I don't even get why they keep trying to make the Ghostbusters franchise a thing. The first movie was great, but after that it only worked due to the original actors. Ghostbusters 2 was pretty lackluster and that was in 1989 when they were still in their prime. I did enjoy Afterlife, but it should of stopped there.

[Sage Ninja]

I never even cared for the junior ghostbusters from the original series. Yes, even though they only appeared in like two episodes

[cammy85]

I never even cared for the junior ghostbusters from the original series. Yes, even though they only appeared in like two episodes

And only because they were already appearing in the Slimer shorts. Professor Dewweeb and the Sleaze would eventually make their way to the Real Ghostbusters episodes.

[Wildcat]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ghostbusters-animated-series-eyes-its-own-clone-wars-moment-1236634464/

That period also defines the protagonists. “Our characters are in their early 20s,” Kalan says. “They’re at that stage in their life where they’re figuring out what is my life going to be? New York is the kind of city that it chews you up and spits you out, but sometimes it spits you out as a Ghostbuster.”

So they're NOT going to be kids or even teens. Not the ones doing the ghostbusting anyway. I'm sure anyone who's against it will still complain though.