Ghostbusters 5

[Andrew NDB]

It'll be "ditching the nostalgia" and Murray and Aykroyd are not expected to appear?

https://www.darkhorizons.com/next-ghostbusters-ditching-nostalgia/

Why would we even care if Murray and Aykroyd aren't in the next movie? They didn't bother to give them a single character arc or anything to chew on in the last one at all.

[Wildcat]

Some were speculating Dan has a health problem but there’s always room for Ray. Just have him run the bookstore and research. He doesn’t have to suit up and fight or even have as much screen time as FE.

No Peter is obvious. He appeared in all 3 modern day movies.

Ray had a story arc in FE. He wanted to be part of the action but was sidelined with Phoebe and they ended up getting in more trouble. It wasn’t until Garakka was approaching that everyone was needed.

[neatoman]

Wasn't there already a thread for this one?

[Andrew NDB]

Wasn't there already a thread for this one?

I don't think so?

[neatoman]

I don't think so?

Maybe I'm just remembering some speculation in the thread for the last one?

[ZariusTwo]

They all have to move on eventually, and the franchise will have to adjust accordingly, I just don't know if it'll have legs past them

[Andrew NDB]

They all have to move on eventually, and the franchise will have to adjust accordingly, I just don't know if it'll have legs past them

There should still be a tether. Ghostbusters 1 and 2 weren't just about ghostbusting at large... it is about those guys. And all they had to do in Frozen Kingdom was make some kind of link for, say, Peter to the main plot. They refused. Like they didn't even know if he'd come so they just added him on top of the script at the end. Horrible.

[IMJ]

The entire buildup off of "Afterlife" was the build-up to "how will this reintroduce the original guys" and they payoff was the end battle against Gozer.

The promise of "Frozen Empire" was the interweaving of the original guys with the new cast in the most dynamic Ghostbusters story, akin to a "Real Ghostbusters" episode. It paid off somewhat on the "TRG" premise, but spent so much time with the kids-as-Ghostbusters that the original cast weren't really part of the actual story in any way that was crowd-pleasing.

Truth is that not many people are deeply interested with "Spy Kids as Ghostbusters".

[Andrew NDB]

It really should have just been a new crop of modern day comedians as the main guys. Phoebe could have hung around in some supporting role for a movie or two until she is "of age," but nothing really more than that. The rest of the Afterlife cast should have gone bye-bye.

[IMJ]

Right. I mean - although the last two movies were enjoyable enough in their owns ways, storywise now the Ghostbusters are a group of school kids akin to some Saturday morning cartoon where their hijinx are sort of chased and supported by their two goofy parents. It's a weird way to structure the I.P.