Sony has delayed its upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel to 2024.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, the following big-screen entry within the Ghostbusters franchise has moved from Dec. 20, 2023 to Spider-Man: Past the Spider-Verse’s earlier launch date of March 29, 2024. Past the Spider-Verse, in flip, has been delayed indefinitely. The Ghostbusters and Spider-Verse sequels are two of a number of movies Sony has pushed again amid the continuing strikes in Hollywood.
The studio has additionally delayed Kraven the Hunter from Oct. 6, 2023 to Aug. 30, 2024; Gran Turismo from Aug. 11, 2023 to Aug. 25, 2023; and its subsequent Karate Child film from June 7, 2024 to Dec. 13, 2024. In the meantime, Madame Net has really been bumped up barely, shifting from Feb. 16, 2024 to Feb. 14, 2024. Sony has additionally given launch dates to Dangerous Boys 4 and Venom 3. These movies will launch on June 14, 2024 and July 12, 2024, respectively.
Ghostbusters 4’s Delay was not surprising
Apparently, Ghostbusters franchise veteran Ernie Hudson beforehand hinted on the untitled Afterlife sequel is likely to be delayed. “Yeah, we completed, the film is completed, it’s wrapped,” Hudson instructed Display Rant. “Clearly, they’re modifying and doing no matter else. I’ve heard rumors the top of the 12 months they’ll push for, or possibly spring subsequent 12 months. I by no means know the way the studios are gonna do no matter they do, however the filming is completed, which was a little bit bit tough with the writers’ strike and all the things occurring. So, I do know there was a variety of shuffling round when it comes to the place it was being performed, however I’m grateful that we not less than obtained it performed within the can, and now, I’m like everyone else, ready to see what all of it appears to be like like.”
The upcoming Afterlife sequel would be the fourth main-series Ghostbusters movie (and the franchise’s fifth characteristic movie general, counting the 2016 reboot). Gil Kenan takes over to direct a script he co-wrote with Jason Reitman. Kenan and Reitman beforehand co-wrote Afterlife, with Reitman being the one to direct the 2021 movie.
The untitled sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife opens in theaters on March 29, 2024.
