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Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
- Producer - Ivan Reitman
- Writer/Director - Jason Reitman
- Dr. Peter Venkman
- Dr. Ray Stanz
- Dr. Egon Spengler
- Dr. Winston Zeddemore
- Janine Melnitz
- Dana Barrett
- Ivo Shandor
- Gozer The Gozerian
Original Ghostbusters director and producer Ivan Reitman has been with the series since its beginning. After directing the first two features (with small voice cameo roles), he directed comedy films such as Twins, Kindergarten Cop, Evolution, and My Super Ex-Girlfriend. His final directorial feature, Draft Day, was released in 2014. Reitman didn’t ...
The son of original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman followed in his father’s footsteps as a filmmaker. The director of cult classics Thank You For Smoking, Juno, and Up In The Air, and even two episodes of The Office, Reitman grew up on set and actually has a small cameo as the “Brownstone Boy #2” in Ghostbusters II, which earns h...
The original Ghostbuster himself, Dr. Peter Venkman returns in Ghostbusters: Afterlife to help the Spengler's defeat Gozer. The last time we saw Venkman was 30 years prior in Ghostbusters II when he and his fellow Ghostbusters had defeated the demonic Vigo the Carpathian (Wilhelm von Homburg) after he attempted to possess Dana Barrett’s (Sigourney ...
When last we officially saw Dr. Ray Stanz, he was busting ghosts in Ghostbusters II, but after his brief cameo in the 1995 film Casper, it seems like he’s given up on the ghost-busting dream. In Afterlife, Phoebe uses her one phone call in jail to call the Ghostbusters hotline, which re-directs to Ray’s Occult Books (which Ray ran back in Ghostbust...
Possibly the most important character in the film, Dr. Egon Spengler is the catalyst for the events of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. After we witness his sacrificial death in the film’s opening moments, we learn that 30 years ago he stole the Ghostbusters’ equipment, left his family, and moved to Summerville, OK to try to stop a coming apocalypse. After...
Iconic fourth Ghostbuster Dr. Winston Zeddemore (yes, he’s a doctor now) also returns in Ghostbusters: Afterlifeand, out of all the returning cast, his life has changed the most drastically. Crediting his work with the Ghostbusters as the push he needed, Winston earned his doctorate, started a global enterprise, and is now a family man. He also ret...
After 30 years since being the Ghostbusters’ secretary (and a Ghostbuster herself if The Real Ghostbusters and Extreme Ghostbustersare to be believed), Janine Melnitz (Annie Potts) returns to inform the bereaved Spengler family about the debt they’d inherit from Egon upon his death. While she doesn’t appear for long in Afterlife, it’s clear from he...
Last we saw Dana Barrett in Ghostbusters II, it was implied that Dana and Peter Venkman had rekindled their relationship after the Ghostbusters saved her son, and Ghostbusters: Afterlifeconfirmed that suspicion. While Sigourney Weaver only appears briefly as Dana in a mid-credits scene, her moments with Venkman, using his own ESP shock machine agai...
Mentioned in the original Ghostbusters as the Gozer worshipper who built Dana Barrett’s original New York apartment building, 1920s Gozer cult leader Ivo Shandor (J.K. Simmons) makes his first live-action appearance here. It’s revealed that in Summerville’s mountainous Gozer temple Shandor had his deceased body encased (much like the dead bishops a...
Speaking of the original film, original Ghostbusters protagonist Gozer the Gozerian (played to perfection by an uncredited Olivia Wilde) returns as the eventual “big bad” behind the Summerville quakes. Gozer is scarier here than she was in her initial appearance, creating a cyclone of spirit energy and even using the Ghostbusters’ crossed-streams a...
Mar 30, 2022 · Updated Mar 30, 2022. Ghostbusters: Afterlife only features the original team for one scene due to the film being a legacy sequel rather than a direct sequel. Despite being featured separately throughout the film, the original Ghostbusters from 1984 only share one scene together in Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
May 2, 2023 · Updated May 2, 2023. Ghostbusters: Afterlife's cast includes newcomers to the franchise & familiar faces reprising their roles from the 1984 film. Here's the full guide. The Ghostbusters: Afterlife cast introduces new characters and brings back some familiar faces, with both coming together to create a fitting renewal of the beloved ...
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Nov 21, 2021 · The story centers on Callie (Carrie Coon) and her children Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and Phoebe (Mckenna Grace), who move to Summerville, Oklahoma after being evicted from their home. There, Trevor and Phoebe discover how their family (specifically their grandfather) is linked to the original Ghostbusters team.
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife [a] is a 2021 American supernatural comedy film directed by Jason Reitman from a screenplay he co-wrote with Gil Kenan. It is the sequel to Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989), and the fourth film in the Ghostbusters franchise. The film stars Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, and Paul Rudd, alongside ...
Jul 27, 2021 · From the return of Bill Murray's Dr. Peter Venkman to new characters like Paul Rudd's Dr. Gooberson, here is the entire cast of Ghostbusters: Afterlife (so far). By Adam Bankhurst. Updated:...