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Why did it say for Ivan at the end of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire? ›

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Is Dedicated To Original Franchise Creator Ivan Reitman. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is dedicated to Ivan Reitman, who was a crucial figure in the history of the franchise and passed away before this film was produced.

Summary. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire didn't break even with $160 million box office, raising concerns of franchise viability. Overinflated cast and subplots hurt Frozen Empire's reception, leading to disappointing box office numbers.

Ghostbusters (2016 Movie), also known as Ghostbusters: Answer The Call, is considered its own continuity independent of the original movie Continuity like a parallel universe.

It is explained that he was King Remils ("Slimer" backwards), an obese king who died of heart failure, while a deleted scene from the 2016 Ghostbusters film was meant to expand on Slimer's rebooted continuity origins: when he was alive, Slimer was a gangster who killed a restaurant waiter that got his order incorrect, ...

After Ivan shares his story with Ruby at night, Stella asks him to take care of her niece in a safe place as a promise just before Stella passes away peacefully.

As mentioned at the top of this page, the new Ghostbusters movie does have a mid-credits scene. It's a rather sweet — pun intended — sequence that sees the Mini-Pufts from Ghostbusters: Afterlife hijack a giant Stay-Puft Marshmallow truck from a gas station, driving it off into the dark night.

Now that the Statue of Liberty possession has been referenced by Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, it is officially confirmed that Ghostbusters 2 is canon and was canon back when Afterlife came out. The 2021 franchise revival simply did not include as many overt connections to the 1989 film.

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Afterlife is a direct sequel to those two, and there are several plot points that directly reference or echo the story of the original. (Ghostbusters 2 is presumably also canon, but Afterlife doesn't really explicitly reference it to the same extent.)

Many ghosts considered Slimer a "traitor" amongst ghosts for his compassion with the humans. This often put Slimer on bad terms with many villains who faced the Ghostbusters.

Was John Belushi supposed to be in Ghostbusters? ›

Based on his own fascination with spirituality, Aykroyd conceived Ghostbusters as a project starring himself and John Belushi, in which they would venture through time and space battling supernatural threats.

Slimer (also known as Onionhead, Little Spud, or The Green Ghost) was a ghost made up of pure Ectoplasm and the first ghost successfully captured by the Ghostbusters.

Summary. Ghostbusters 6 is not confirmed yet, but the box-office success of Frozen Empire will likely determine the franchise's future. No updates on potential Ghostbusters 6 cast members or storyline direction. A sequel could potentially involve the Spengler family and introduce a new big-bad villain.

There is only one Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire post-credits scene to wait around for, and it arrives pretty soon after the main cast credits have appeared. The scene in question – more details on that below if you're curious – only lasts around 30 seconds and is comedic in tone.

The film included the original Ghostbusters, played by Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson. In the previous continuation, we only saw the originals at the very end, as well as some closure for Egon, played by Harold Ramis, who passed away.

According to Jason, those individual scenes where Phoebe (Mckenna Grace) and Callie (Carrie Coon) explore Egon's lab were partially meant to parallel his younger self on his dad's movie sets. So in light of Ivan's passing, it makes sense why he removed himself as director on Frozen Empire.