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The ghosts are back, and so is a new age of busters as seen in the latest trailer (above) for Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

Ignoring the recent 2016 all-female reboot and serving as a direct sequel to the two 1980s era comedy adventures, Ghostbusters: Afterlife picks up in modern-day rural Oklahoma where the late Dr. Egon Spengler (the late Harold Ramis) has left a treasure trove of Ghostbuster technology for his grandchildren to discover on a dilapidated farm.

From writer director Jason Reitman — Oscar-nominee for movies like Juno and Up in the Air, and son of Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman — Ghostbusters: Afterlife will focus on Spengler’s grandkids (played by a Spengler-speckled Mckenna Grace and Stranger Things‘ Finn Wolfhard).

Carrie Coon (HBO’s The Leftovers) plays their single mother and Paul Rudd factors in as a local friend and secret Ghostbuster aficionado.  Actor and playwright Tracy Letts (Ford V Ferrari) also co-stars, along with returning ensemble members Annie Potts (seen in the trailer) and Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, and Sigourney Weaver.

Along with the debut of this latest trailer, pop culture media outlet IGN has posted a directory’s commentary of the trailer with Reitman, which can be viewed below. At 15 minutes, it’s more of a whole concept breakdown of how Reitman approached the reboot than a simple commentary of the 2+ minute trailer itself.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife opens this fall on November 11, 2021, in the ramp-up to the Thanksgiving holiday. 

Trailer with Director’s Commentary by Jason Reitman

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The Ecto-1 being driven through an Oklahoma field in the franchise reboot GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021)

Mckenna Grace plays Phoebe, granddaughter of Dr. Egon Spengler, in the franchise reboot GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021)

An old house in rural Oklahoma, in the franchise reboot GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021)

A photograph of the original Ghostbusters, seen in the franchise reboot GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021)

Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) discovers an abandoned oil well in the franchise reboot GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021)

The Ecto-1 is discovered in the franchise reboot GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021)

A PKE Meter is discovered in the franchise reboot GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021)

A Ghost Trap is discovered in the franchise reboot GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021)

A mini Marshmallow Man emerges on a grocery shelf in the franchise reboot GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021)

Paull Rudd plays Mr. Grooberson in the franchise reboot GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021)

Mini Marshmallow Men play with food in a grocery store in the franchise reboot GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021)

Annie Potts reprises her role as Janine in the franchise reboot GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021)

A diner in small town Oklahoma, in the franchise reboot GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021)

A supernatural storm brews in the franchise reboot GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021)

The Ecto-1 back in action, in the franchise reboot GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021)

Slimer is caught in the stream by new Ghostbusters, in the franchise reboot GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021)

Title for the franchise reboot GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021)