This is the third animated “Ghostbusters” series in the franchise’s history.
Netflix gave the green light to the animated series The Ghostbusterswhich was first announced in 2022. Elliott Kalan has joined the project as a screenwriter and executive producer.
The show was first reported to be in development at the streaming platform in June 2022. Exact plot details are still under wraps, but sources say the 3D animated series will be in line with the recent Ghostbusters films.
As previously reported, the series comes from Sony Pictures Animation, with Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan of Ghost Corps, Inc. as executive producers. Reitman and Kenan recently co-wrote the live-action films “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire”with Reitman directing the former and Kenan directing the latter. The series will be produced by Netflix and Ghost Corps, Inc., which is based at Sony’s Columbia Pictures.
The Background of Ghostbusters Animated Series
This is the third animated Ghostbusters series in the franchise’s history. Previously, The Real Ghostbusters ran for 140 episodes from 1986 to 1991. It continued the adventures of the characters from the original film.
It was followed by “Extreme Ghostbusters,” which ran for 40 episodes in syndication. That show featured a mostly new lineup of characters, though the team was led by Egon Spengler.
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