Hopefully the spidey crew filed some lawsuits against Sony. Nice to see some news on the GB front. It just seems odd to me that they are now looking for a CG supervisor after all this time. Maybe we’ll get some more news on Ghostbusters Day on the series actual progress, but I’m not holding my breath.
It’s not a bad sign. All it really means is some prelim animation has come back to the crew and they’re now in the phase of pre-production/early production where they need a supervisor to start making to calls on what VFX needs to be fixed or further explored, making sure the look is consistent, getting ready for FX and compositing, coordinating with others in the crew to bring it all together. It’s just minor blip meaning things are moving forward in the right direction.
I’m hoping there’s some massive article covering the development of a modern animated GB when the first Netflix GB thing hits. Ecto-Force was announced in 2016, so we’re nearing ten years of material. From what it sounds like, it’s been in constant development, in some form or another, the entire time.
Ecto-Force, the “ghost’s perspective” project, the Mini-Pufts project, which might or might not be the Netflix Feature or the Netflix Series. There’s no telling what else was cooking that isn’t in the public sphere.
Development art would be so cool to see!
I wouldn’t be surprised if the “ghost perspective” stuff became the Egon or Melody plot strands in Afterlife/FE.
That’s if Jason and Gil were aware of that aspect of the now-defunct show. Just because it was an in-development Ghostbusters project before Afterlife doesn’t mean it had any influence of the development of the recent movies.
Flying Bark Productions is working on the show.
Past work includes: Glitch Techs, Rise of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
And here’s a showreel of their past work:
I’ve seen clips of Glitch Techs and always felt a Ghostbusters show would do well in that style. I had NO IDEA they had a hand in Rise of the TMNT (some AMAZING action sequences in that show, but not for everyone) and Monkey Kid let alone episodes of Marvel’s What If…?.
My concerns for the animation is lessened now as the action/busting scenes should be a treat to watch. Hopefully the writing staff is on point!
I had no idea Flying Bark was responsible for What If…?, Monkey Kid, or the 100% Wolf series… That gives me some confidence, however I really hope the writing team isn’t the same crew as the ones who worked on Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as what I’ve seen of that show was extremely cringe.
As Zeta noted though, one of the animation company’s strengths is dynamic/action animated sequences.
Just to clarify, Flying Bark was 1 of 4 or 5 animation studios that worked on season 1 to 3 of What If…?
It’s also fitting an Australian studio is animating this series given the character-creature designer on Extreme Ghostbusters Fil Barlow is from Australia and the animation studio Adelaide was named after a city there I believe.
Pertinent podcast party!
Off topic for a hot second, but yeah, season 1 of Rise was rough with some gems in there, but season 2 was really good with some great writing and some hilarious jokes (again, humor is subjective). I will say to check out the movie as there’s a HUGE tonal shift from the show and is REALLY good with some, at times, hard to look at body horror (no, seriously)
Wasn’t a fan of Rise’s art style so I’m hoping for 3D styled series . What if might be a good fit.
I have seen Rise of the TMNT, but Glitch Techs was pretty damn good.
Glitch Techs definitely had a mix of MIB and Ghostbusters.
Will be featured at Annecy Film Festival on June 12 in France during Netflix’s panel “Animated Series Studio Focus”.
https://ghostbustersnews.com/2025/04/23/ghostbusters-animated-series-to-be-featured-at-annecy-2025/
Oh hey, Annecy is during Ghostbusters Day…Sonys presentation isn’t. Darn. Would’ve been perfect.
So… Ghostbusters makes its way to Magic the Gathering as playable cards, but Magic The Gathering is just now getting an animated series? WTF, that seems kind of messed up since Yugioh has been around just as long with several many animated series. ■■■■, I thought we’d been waiting a long time!
At Licensing Expo 2025, Jamie Stevens, EVP of Worldwide Consumer Products at Sony Pictures Entertainment said the following, “We’re doubling down on this dynamic medium with new projects like an animated Ghostbusters series and a series spinoff of ‘Hotel Transylvania’ entitled ‘Motel Transylvania.’ We’re excited to introduce fans of all ages and interests to these fresh stories and the unforgettable experiences they are sure to deliver.”
I can’t wait until they can actually talk about the show instead of just vague suggestions of what it will be.
Hopefully we’ll get some visual aids along the way and not just discussions.