GHOSTBUSTER DAY 2022: Ghostbusters animated movie has writer and directors! Yes!

Yes! What a night last night was for Ghostbusters fans!

At the Ecto-Fest event we learned that:

A new Ghostbusters movie is coming!

Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan are penning a new Ghostbusters comic

An animated Ghostbusters series is coming

And now we learn that a project we learned about a few years ago, 2016 in fact!, and assumed was dead (here) is happening… we’re getting a Ghostbusters animated movie! Yes, that’s two Ghostbusters movies confirmed now at the same time.

The movie will be helmed by Jennifer Kluska and Chris Prynoski and written by Brenda Hsueh and, according to Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan, it will feature a new team and will be ‘a whole new take’.

As a lifelong #Ghostbusters fan, my brain has exploded. I’m honored that @JasonReitman and @gilkenan have entrusted Jenn and me to direct this animated feature! Excuse me while I pick my brains up off the floor now so we can go make this movie. https://t.co/0g15mRN7ZI pic.twitter.com/6DjxOhfh3e

— chris prynoski (@chrisprynoski) June 9, 2022

“This was a passion project of my father’s and it’s easy to understand why,” Reitman said of his dad, original Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II director Ivan Reitman, “The world of the unknown can only be properly explored through the limitless reach of animation.”

As mentioned, a sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife has also been confirmed, with the film getting the code name “Firehouse.”

We’re not sure what a new take means but I would imagine it could be a new team, perhaps even in another Ghostbusters reality, after all, we have many Ghostbusters universes now, throwing another fun one into the mix is fine by us.

Anyways, Ghostbusters as an animated property seems to be the future along with the live-action movies. And comics. And games. We Ghostheads are eating good right now!