I think messing with the Ghostbusters formula to make it more commercially/broadly appealing would be to the franchise's detriment, as I've alluded to when this line of discussion came up before.
Ghostbusters is a paranormal comedy franchise, if you sacrifice the comedy aspect to include a level of horror the franchise hasn't previously had outside, say, Ghostbusters: Infestation, then I think you risk turning the franchise into a Conjuring/Paranormal Activity/Spectral copy.
I assume Sony is judging the market and might even be waiting to see how other Ghostbusters products, like the Netflix series, pan out.
Ghostbusters is a paranormal comedy franchise, if you sacrifice the comedy aspect to include a level of horror the franchise hasn't previously had outside, say, Ghostbusters: Infestation, then I think you risk turning the franchise into a Conjuring/Paranormal Activity/Spectral copy.
Do you think a live-action feature Ghostbusters movie is in the pipeline?I believe one is in the pipeline, but it's not on the fast track... If it were, I think we would've seen something concrete about it by now. If we use the gap between Afterlife and Frozen Empire as a rough guide, a third film starring the Spenglers would probably have been due out in 2027, but it's probably looking closer to 2028 or 2029 at the earliest now (if one is being worked on), based on the current radio silence.
I assume Sony is judging the market and might even be waiting to see how other Ghostbusters products, like the Netflix series, pan out.
Statistics: Posted by Kingpin — October 7th, 2025, 4:04 am