Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire will now debut in theaters on March 22, a week earlier than its previously announced March 29 release date.
Frozen Empire was originally announced for December 2023, then pushed back to March 2024 last July. Interestingly, that March 29 release date would've overlapped with another highly anticipated Sony movie, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. However, that trilogy-ender was delayed indefinitely during the writers' and actors' strikes over the summer.
Frozen Empire is a continuation of the original Ghostbusters story and a direct sequel to 2021's Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which starred Carrie Coon as Callie Spengler - the daughter of original Ghostbuster Egon Spengler - and her children, Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and Phoebe (Mckenna Grace). The sequel brings the story back to NYC and the iconic Ghostbusters firehouse.
Here's the official plot synopsis from Sony:
In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.
Coon, Wolfhard, and Grace return for Frozen Empire alongside Paul Rudd and original Ghostbusters Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, and Bill Murray. New to the cast are Kumail Nanjiani and Patton Oswalt.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife writers Gil Kenan and Jason Reitman have penned the script for Frozen Empire, with Kenan taking his turn at the helm.
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Jordan covers games, shows, and movies as a freelance writer for IGN.
