Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire earns a mixed reaction from VFX artists for one action sequence decision. Serving as the follow-up to 2021's Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the latest installment in the long-runningGhostbusters franchise moves the action back to New York City as an ancient being called Garraka threatens to start a second ice age. Directed by Gil Kenan, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire reviews were mixed from critics, despite the acting talents of new and legacy stars like Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, and Mckenna Grace. 5d2t4u

The Ghostbusters franchise includes comic books, video games, television shows, and, most importantly, five feature films - and all the Ghostbusters movies are noward available for streaming. Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis launched the series when they wrote the script for the first Ghostbusters movie, which was released in 1984. It was a massive critical and commercial success, receiving overwhelming praise and grossing $295.2 million at the box office, making it the highest-grossing movie of 1984. Consequently, sequels were ordered, television series were made, action figures were sold, and the Ghostbusters franchise is still alive and thriving 40 years after its premiere.

Original Ghostbusters star Ernie Hudson is ready for another big role in the franchise, after appearing in the poorly received Frozen Empire. Having portrayed Winston Zeddemore, a non-parapsychologist who ed the eponymous team in the first two movies, Hudson would eventually return for Ghostbusters: Afterlife. By the release of Frozen Empire in 2024, following his reunion with Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) and Raymond Stantz (Dan Aykroyd), Winston was brought back again, and in a larger capacity. The sequel, however, was hindered by a disappointing box office and Rotten Tomatoes score of 42%.

Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Ghostbusters: Dead Man's Chest #1!The Ghostbusters have been busting ghosts of all sorts in the streets of New York City since the ‘80s, and even had a recent resurgence in the form of two legacy films: Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. And now, the Ghostbusters are going on another all-new adventure, and this time, they’re not just hunting any old ghost, they’re getting ready to explore the world of pirates.

Jason Reitman explains why his father, director Ivan Reitman, never made Ghostbusters 3 with the original cast. After the success of the first Ghostbustersmovie in 1984, Reitman reteamed with Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson for 1989's Ghostbusters 2. Though reviews for the sequel weren't as positive as those for the original, the movie was still a major box office hit. Despite this, the franchise then lay dormant until the poorly received reboot in 2016, followed by Ghostbusters: Afterlife in 2021, which continues elements of the original movie's story.

Although few theatrical franchises receive animated TV spinoffs like Back to the Future, Beetlejuice, and Ghostbusters did, this '80s trend predicted major change in 2020s Hollywood. While the blockbuster may have been born in the ‘70s with hits like Jaws, Star Wars, and Alien, the ‘80s was where the movie franchise truly flourished. The aforementioned hits all received sequels that expanded their fictional worlds and earned staggering sums at the box office, but the decade was also home to a slew of huge franchises that continue to this day. These include the Ghostbusters movies, the Gremlins series, and the Back to the Future franchise.

The world of Ghostbusters continues to expand, but now with an animated movie, and this new project can be the spiritual successor to one of the best animated shows of the 1980s. Back in 1984, the world met a group of parapsychologists investigating and eliminating ghosts in New York City in the supernatural comedy Ghostbusters. Directed by Ivan Reitman and created by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, Ghostbusters followed the title team, formed by Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Aykroyd), Spengler (Ramis), and Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson), on their ghost-hunting adventures.

The newest Ghostbusters movie has already been announced, and the Netflix film is much better than a Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire sequel after the movie's $200 million box office disappointment. The Ghostbusters franchise is iconic, and despite the number of sequels that have been released since the 1984 original, the first Ghostbusters is still the only universally beloved one. Interestingly, the Ghostbusters franchise is taking a different approach with its next film, seemingly pivoting after Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire's major failure.

A new animated Ghostbusters movie is in the works at Netflix. The franchise expanded earlier in 2024 with the theatrical release of the live-action Ghosbusters: Frozen Empire, which saw Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Ernie Hudson reprising their roles from the original film. A Netflix Ghostbusters show is already in development at Netflix and is separate from the animated film project. Elliot Kalan is the showrunner of the developing animated series, while Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan are executive producers.

An original Ghostbusters star gave his blunt response on returning for future movies, after the underwhelming release of Frozen Empire. The supernatural comedy, starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, and Ernie Hudson, first premiered in 1984 and became rooted in popular culture, successfully building a franchise that includes various sequels, video games, and more. Unfortunately, recent films, Ghostbusters:Afterlife and Frozen Empire, maintained lower box office numbers, and the latter generated largely disparate reactions, earning a Rotten Tomatoes score of 42%.