Celebrating 40 years of Ghostbusters! This complete fan guide looks back at the movies, heroes, villains, ghosts and more.
A Complete Fan Guide to Ghost busters
Who Ya Gonna Call? • As the original Ghostbusters film celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2024, we’re taking a look back at the hit franchise—and celebrating the new movie, Frozen Empire.
All About the New Movie • The next generation of Ghostbusters teams up with the original crew to thaw the Big Apple out of a deep freeze in
We’ve Got Chills • Here’s everything you need to know about the eagerly awaited new Ghostbusters film, Frozen Empire.
Bustin’ Makes Them Feel Good • Get to know the new team of spectral exterminators and remember why the original Ghostbusters keep on charming audiences.
Mckenna Grace • The teenage showbiz veteran, who plays Phoebe Spengler, is scary good—at everything.
Finn Wolfhard • The Stranger Things star ain’t afraid of no fame (anymore).
Paul Rudd • The ageless star loves everything about Ghostbusters—except this.
Carrie Coon • Afterlife’s single mom is back—and she’s wearing a proton pack!
Logan Kim • The fast-talking teenager plays scene-stealer Podcast.
Celeste O’Connor • Small-town girl Lucky is in for some surprises when she heads to the Big Apple.
New Faces • Meet the actors joining the cast of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
Dan Aykroyd • The co-writer and star of the first film says Frozen Empire will be unlike anything we’ve seen from the Ghostbusters franchise.
Bill Murray • As quirky in real life as he is on-screen, the star—who returns as Peter Venkman—can be maddening, but it’s worth it.
Ernie Hudson • The actor who plays buster turned billionaire Winston Zeddemore was long haunted by what could have been.
Annie Potts • The star who portrayed no-nonsense receptionist Janine Melnitz laid down the law on the set with Bill Murray.
William Atherton • The original film’s mean-spirited EPA investigator returns to the franchise.
Sigourney Weaver • After a disappointing cameo in Afterlife, she won’t be back in the new movie.
Rick Moranis • Why we won’t be seeing accountant Louis Tulley in a Ghostbusters film anytime soon.
Looking Back • How Ghostbusters became one of the biggest movie franchises of all time.
The Origins of a Franchise • How Dan Aykroyd’s family’s long fixation with ghosts birthed a blockbuster.
The Original and the Best • Hollywood wasn’t excited about ghosts…until the 1984 movie became a hit.
We Ain’t Afraid of No Quotes • While Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis wrote the Ghostbusters script, some of the best lines in the film were improvised on set by Bill Murray.
Iconic Locations • Some of the Big Apple sites featured in the first Ghostbusters film are making a repeat appearance in Frozen Empire.
Trying to Recapture the Magic • Set five years after the first movie, Ghostbusters II got the original cast back together to save Manhattan (again).
The Movie That Was Never Made • The Ghostbusters team worked on a script for a third film, but fate had other plans.
The Controversial Reb oot • Why the all-female Ghostbusters movie flopped, despite a stellar cast.
A Jolt of Energy • The franchise was on its deathbed when filmmakers mined the past for inspiration and introduced new Ghostbusters in Afterlife.
Here Comes Trouble • While the Death Chill, which has the power to frighten people to death, is the new big bad in Frozen Empire, writer-producer Jason Reitman teased that some of these villains might also make an appearance.
Spirited Away • These memorable...