PREVIEW: Ghostbusters: Afterlife (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Mckenna Grace (Gifted), Finn Wolfhard (It), Carrie Coon (The Nest), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man and the Wasp), Logan Kim (film debut), Celeste O’Connor (Freaky), Bill Murray (Lost in Translation), Dan Aykroyd (The Blues Brothers), Ernie Hudson (The Basketball Diaries), Sigourney Weaver (Aliens), Annie Potts (Pretty in Pink), Olivia Wilde (Tron: Legacy), Oliver Cooper (The Front Runner), Bokeem Woodbine (Queen & Slim), Marlon Kazadi (Child’s Play), Sydney Mae Diaz (film debut), Tracy Letts (Le Mans ’66)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jason Reitman (Juno), director, writer; Gil Kenan (film debut), writer; Ivan Reitman (Twins), producer; Rob Simonsen (Foxcatcher), composer; Eric Steelberg (Dolemite Is My Name), cinematographer; Dana E. Glauberman (Up in the Air) and Nathan Orloff (Wyrm), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Single mother Callie (Coon) and her two children Phoebe (Grace) and Trevor (Wolfhard) are forced to relocate to a rundown farmhouse in Summerville, Oklahoma, where they encounter a series of mysterious earthquakes and strange occurrences by the old mine shaft. Soon, supernatural phenomena begins occurring all over town, leaving Callie, Phoebe and Trevor – whose grandfather Egon was a member of the long-forgotten group known as the Ghostbusters – along with their new friends, including school teacher Mr. Grooberson (Rudd), to solve a decades-old mystery and adopt the Ghostbusters’ technology to deal with the spooky threat…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

While the divisive 2016 reboot may not have rejuvenated the dormant Ghostbusters franchise, this all-encompassing follow-up to the 80s classic should do the trick, with its introduction of a new generation to help bustin’ make you feel good once again.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

THURSDAY 18TH NOVEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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