Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire director Gil Kenan has explained why infamous franchise villain Gozer won’t be coming back despite returning in Ghostbusters: Afterlife. The destructive entity served as the main antagonist of the original film, as well as its 2021 sequel. The villain was defeated in both films, though has remained a constant part of the franchise because of how dangerous its paranormal powers are.
Speaking with Empire, though, Kenan confirmed the upcoming Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire will not feature Gozer again. The director explained the new movie will be exploring parts of the franchise untouched by previous films, making for a more unqiue experience that adds to its universe. Check out what Kenan had to say below:
Because the Spengler family story drove the narrative in Afterlife, bringing Gozer back to centre-stage was a natural way to close the book on the past. But we are now in the post-Gozerian era of the Ghostbusters saga, so that means we’re able to stretch out and create an entirely new mythology. And that’s thrilling as a storyteller, because there are all-new and terrifying stakes with fresh visual references to draw on.
Everything To Expect From Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
In the upcoming sequel, the Spengler family featured in Ghostbusters: Afterlife head to New York City to assist the original team in developing new ways of catching ghosts. However, they soon come into contact with an ancient artifact awakening a new villain in the Death Chill, an entity that wants to bring about another Ice Age. The premise of the film underscores how the series’ lore will be expanding in new, unexpected ways beyond Gozer being a constant threat.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire‘s cast is going to bring new and old faces together to face down the Death Chill, everyone needing to band together in order to defeat it. Much like the previous installment, Billy Murry, Dan Aykroyd, and Ernie Hudson will be returning as their characters from the first movie. The decision to bring them back indicates just how much of a threat this new ghost will be, requiring multiple generations to band together and defeat it.
Since Gozer won’t be coming back in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the true extent of the Death Chill’s threat will remain unclear until the movie comes out. However, with New York City frozen over, it’s possible this new antagonist will be the strongest the team has ever faced. Even more will be revealed when the film comes out, and the two generations of Ghostbusters do what they can to stop the new threat.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire continues the story of a new generation of ghost hunters composed of Phoebe (Mckenna Grace), Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and Podcast (Logan Kim), who received help from the original team in the previous movie. Paul Rudd returns as Gary Grooberson and franchise co-creator Ivan Reitman returns to write and produce.
- Release Date
- March 29, 2024
- Director
- Gil Kenan
- Cast
- Finn Wolfhard , Mckenna Grace , Logan Kim , Celeste O’Connor , Carrie Coon , Paul Rudd , Bill Murray , Dan Aykroyd , Ernie Hudson
- Rating
- Not Yet Rated
- Genres
- Action , Comedy , Supernatural
- Writers
- Jason Reitman , Gil Kenan
- Story By
- Harold Ramis
- Studio(s)
- Columbia Pictures , Bron Creative , Ghost Corps , Right of Way Films
- Distributor(s)
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- prequel(s)
- Ghostbusters (1984) , ghostbusters 2 , Ghostbusters: Afterlife
- Franchise(s)
- Ghostbusters
