Ernie Hudson has a cool idea for a Ghostbusters spin-off…

With Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire now available on digital and a number of projects in development, including an animated series with Netflix, fan speculation is beginning to build in hopes of another big-screen sequel being greenlit, writes our friend Jason over at Ghostbusters News.

While nothing has been confirmed yet, whatever adventures the future may hold for the franchise, star Ernie Hudson has made it clear he’d like to see the story of his character, Winston Zeddemore, continue, carrying over ideas introduced from Frozen Empire.

In promoting the film’s digital launch, Hudson spoke with ComicBook.com, providing a pretty thorough synopsis for his idea to further explore the ghost world, incorporating Frozen Empire‘s Paranormal Research Facility while also fleshing out a narrative similar to Ghostbusters II, with ghosts having the ability to influence human emotion.

“It kind of happens in Frozen Empire, he has his research center,” says Hudson, “he’s trying to figure out, what’s this all about? Who are these ghosts? Do we bust them all the same? Do all the ghosts deserve to be trapped? Are we here to help them transition? How do they impact our lives? So suddenly you start to see a whole section of the city start to get violent, maybe they’re being influenced. My grandmother, who believed in ghosts, she felt that ghosts can’t move furniture, but they can move your emotions around, and when you start getting these thoughts about stuff, that’s coming from someplace, and maybe that’s the influence.

“And if you can eliminate those bad ghosts, then maybe you break that cycle. We’re treating people from a physical standpoint, maybe there’s something else going on supernatural that’s influencing. So it’s not just what happens in the ghost world, but how the ghost world is throwing off [the physical world]. We did a little bit of it in the second movie, with the slime, where suddenly the whole town was out of control.

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“Ghosts definitely affect our thoughts, our feelings, our suspicions. The Bible talks about ghost spirits are like messengers: they bring these ideas to us, and they feed us, and suddenly you become possessed with this idea of your girlfriend cheating or something. Where’s that coming from? That’s not something that you’re necessarily doing, but you’re allowing in.

“So I would love to see Winston trap this series of ghosts that people can’t see, but we have the equipment, we know they’re there, and suddenly a town is sort of freed up. Suddenly the mass murderer decides to no longer have interest in it.”

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During Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire‘s production in the United Kingdom, fellow star Dan Aykroyd would not only share his love for the UK but, similar to Hudson, an idea for a potential sequel, taking the franchise international.

“I have an idea for a sequel I would set here in the UK. There are lots of ghosts and mythical creatures in Scotland.”

While not a colossal juggernaut at the box office, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire‘s global take currently sits shy of $200 million on a reported (as in not confirmed by Sony Pictures) production budget of $100 million. Upon the film’s digital launch, it quickly claimed the top spot on several popular US-based streaming services, including Amazon, iTunes, and Vudu.

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