Franchise Ghostbusters intends to further expand into the animation segment with the help of Netflix and Sony. Both companies are starting work on new movie in this format, according to reports deadline exclusively.
Details of the project are still very scarce. According to the above-mentioned media, the animated film Ghostbusters It’s still in a very early stage, but it’s already defined. Kris Pearn as director. In the history of the above-mentioned, his work as co-director Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (Cloudy with a Chance of Burgers 2 in Latin America) and as responsible for Willoughby Brothers.
At the moment there are no details about what the plot of this production will be. Ghostbustershow it will relate to other franchise offerings, both live-action and animated, or who the actors will be.
The report indicates that Netflix and Sony presumably want this project to help expand the original saga similar to what happened in the Miles Morales films (Spider-Man: New Universe And Spider-Man: Crossing the Multiverse) in the Spider-Man universe. We’ll have to see if he succeeds.
Netflix is working on new animated films Ghostbusters
This new film is not the only animated project based on Ghostbusters which Netflix and Sony are developing together. Last August, it became known that the streaming platform had greenlighted the series in the same format. It will be written and created by Elliot Kalan and produced by Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan.
As it was indicated then, the animated series will maintain the tone Ghostbusters: Afterlife And Ghostbusters: Ice Empirethe last two live-action films in the franchise. And while the new film is an independent attempt at this proposal, it is unknown whether there will be any connection between the two.
Ghostbusters He already had two animated films released in the 1980s and 1990s. The first one was. The Real Ghostbustersseries that debuted in 1986 and remained on the air until 1991. The offering became very popular among younger audiences, capitalizing on the craze for Ivan Reitman’s original films, which were released in 1984 and 1989.
Second work experience Ghostbusters in the animation segment it was with Return of the Ghostbusters. The series had a single season, airing in 1997, and did not achieve the same level of appeal as its predecessor. It will be interesting to see if the projects Netflix is currently pursuing will follow the style of these games or if they will look for a different approach.
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