Paul Feig directed a meh all-women reboot starring Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones and Melissa McCarthy that made no money.
Plans for more were quickly scrapped.Well, it’s taken 36 years and six presidencies, but with “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” fans finally have an unembarrassing sequel to love.
Director Jason Reitman’s soul-satisfying film, which surprised New York Comic Con on Friday night, harkens back to our favorite summer blockbusters of the ‘80s, even though it’s set in 2021, and pays homage to the original while feeling fresh and new.Kind of like the 2018 “Halloween” starring Jamie Lee Curtis, “Afterlife” has selective amnesia and pretends that the movies after 1984 never happened.
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