New trailer for “Ghostbusters: Beyond”: How to rejuvenate a saga

Ghostbusters is one of those sagas of “light terror” that have more of comedy than anything else. Its soundtrack (yes, you just hummed it) and an incredible cast signed two blockbuster movies in 1984 and 1989. Later they would have a female version that no one wants to remember, the result of a short fashion that occurred in Hollywood for making reboot with all-female casts, as he also did Ocean´s 8, only that this was much more successful. Now, after several delays due to the coronavirus pandemic, it appears that Ghostbusters: Beyond, the film that promises to return the spirit of the saga already has a new trailer.

The trailer the overall product perfectly shows how a saga should be revitalized, in the midst of the obsession with the retro and the infantilization that the main producers seek. As if it were a brand, franchises They also have an audience that grows and that sooner or later ends up losing interest, as a general rule in something that used to fascinate. Therefore a younger audience is sought from time to time that goes to the rooms so that these sagas do not end up dying. An expensive example of this was what happened in his day with Star Wars: The Phantom Menace or the film in which Timothée Chalamet will be a teenage Willy Wonka.

Ghostbusters: Beyond is renewed with Misfit young teens in the purest style Stranger things (Even Finn Wolfhard is in his cast). Without abandoning the tributes that lead to the most veteran of the salt and intoning the famous meme “I understood the reference”. And it is that no matter how much new characters and faces are included, every reboot seeks the approval of the new public but the acceptance of the old. To do this, among its cast the original ghostbusters will appear, Except for the late Harold Ramis. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver and Annie Potts reprise their characters. They will surely help these young people to end the spectral evil, although they may not remember who they have to call in these cases.

The film also stars Paul Rudd y Carrie Coon. Directing the project appears Jason Reitman, the son of the franchise’s original director, Ivan Reitman. Ghostbusters: Beyond It will be released on December 3 in theaters around the world.