by Ricky Church
Netflix has given a first look at the upcoming animated seriesGhostbusters: Night Shift as a new group of young ghostbusters begin defending New York City from supernatural threats.
The series will take place in 1994, five years afterGhostbusters II with Peter Venkman, Ray Stanz and Winston Zeddemore in retirement after Egon Spengler took all their gear as explained in Ghostbusters: Afterlife.Netflix unveiled two pieces of concept art for Night Shift at Annecy which tease the new team of Ghostbusters and a supernatural entity called the Night Watcher, seen in the image above, that looks almost as big as the iconic Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
The new Ghostbusters team are made up of Belladonna the goth, Mitzi the punk, Zoe the kid and Mitzi’s younger sister, Travis the conman, Mike the scientist and Terror Puppy. The official synopsis reads:
New York City, 1994 — Five years after the Ghostbusters took the Statue of Liberty for a walk, a new wave of supernatural terror hits the Big Apple, forcing a group of scrappy, young New Yorkers — untrained, underappreciated, and kinda sorta responsible for the problem — to put on proton packs, face their fears, and bust some ghosts.”
Ghostbusters: Night Shift will be executive produced by Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan, both of whom directed the latest films in theGhostbusters franchise Afterlife and Frozen Empire, and original star Dan Akroyd. Ben Hibon and Elliott Kalan will serve as showrunners and also executive produce.
There is currently no premiere window for the series except it will arrive on Netflix in 2027. Ghostbusters: Night Shiftis just oneGhostbustersproject currently in the works as a sequel to Frozen Empirewas said to be in development as well as an animated feature film for Netflix. It has been a couple of years though since either of those projects have had any substantial update so they may no longer be active.
Ghostbusters: Night Shift will premiere in 2027.
