Who you gonna name? Ghostbusters!
In honor of Ghostbusters Day, which celebrates the June 8 launch of the unique 1984 movie, Sony Photos held an occasion in New York Metropolis on Saturday on the Fireplace Division of the Metropolis of New York’s (FDNY) Hook & Ladder 8 firehouse. The situation has served because the Ghostbusters’ recurring headquarters and real-life filming location because the first movie.
There, showrunners Ben Hibon and Elliott Kalan, together with Ghost Corps govt producers Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan, introduced the official title and emblem for Netflix and Sony Photos Animation’s upcoming animated Ghostbusters collection: Ghostbusters: Night time Shift, anticipated to launch in 2027.
Reitman and Kenan additionally acknowledged the charitable efforts of the yearlong “Ghostbusters Give Back” initiative, which surpassed its $500,000 fundraising purpose. “Golden Trap” awards had been offered to the three chapters that raised probably the most cash for native causes: Buffalo Ghostbusters ($67,000), Los Angeles Ghostbusters ($65,000) and Ghostbusters Virginia ($30,000).
A $150,000 matching donation verify was additionally offered by Jay Levine, EVP, Chief Technique Officer & Enterprise Operations at Sony Photos, alongside Reitman and Kenan, to Adam Garone, CEO of Starlight Youngsters’s Basis, on behalf of Sony Photos, Starlight Youngsters’s Basis and “Ghostbusters Give Back.” Moreover, all proceeds from the occasion benefited the FDNY Basis.
Ivan Reitman’s basic starred Invoice Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson as a crew of parapsychologists who launch a ghost-catching enterprise in New York Metropolis. The movie earned practically $300 million on the world field workplace and spawned 4 follow-up movies: Ghostbusters II (1989), Ghostbusters: Reply the Name (2016), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024).
