So Ghostbusters is dormant again?

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Yeah i agree with kingpin, i dont get why this is taking that long to make. Its not hand drawn (I’m assuming). Like i dont know why this was the headline of Ghostbusters day. it tells me nothing other then a name and a logo. I have no idea still what this show is even about. Is this a new team, the original team? Where in the timeline does this take place? is it cannon with the movies unlike The Real Ghostbusters and Extreme Ghostbusters which are their own things in their own universe parallel to the movies… Like im confused what they were expecting me to feel when they announced the name and the logo… ok, great…but doesn’t tell me anything either. Its still something new that i know nothing about still.

Also whats does celebrating the original show mean? new toys and merch? or just them saying “Yeah we the studio who made the show still like the show 40 years later” in the fall…ok. good for you. How do i as a fan of the show benifit from that. Is their something new i can buy to celebrate the show?

Get what im saying?

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Maybe the original version of the show got scrapped and they started over at some point?

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We know the animated film has gone through several different iterations. Something seems to have delayed the series as well, as Tales from '85 was announced around the same time and came out this year. Perhaps they tried to salvage the Ecto Force concept, before moving on to the idea of setting it in the '90s? Unknown, but I wouldn’t be surprised if some significant work has been scrapped along the way.

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from what i red on this forums lol about ghostbusters returning

it looks like the legacy of ghost busters is not dormant anymore

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100%

Plus you know when the show comes out it’ll have, what? 10 episodes. Cut to two years later and we get another 10.

Is the animated movie still a thing? Was that canceled?

I duno how I feel about the title. “Real Ghostbusters” is so iconic of a title I guess anything else is bound to feel like a let down. Heck I still think Extreme Ghostbusters is kind of a cool title albeit hilariously’90s (why not just call it “Ghostbusters TO THE MAX” lol). But “Night Shift”? Maybe I’m being too negative. It’s not bad per se it just doesn’t have that charm. “ghostbusters INC” might be a neat title.

Or go a bit silly and over the top and call it: “The Extremely Real Ghostbusters”. I know they’d never do that and I’m half joking but if they had announced that title I immediately would’ve been on board. A nice wink to the fans, with maybe a hint at continuity with past 2 shows.

People forget how sort of revolutionary Extreme Ghostbusters was. A sequel cartoon series with an internal continuity? Outside the DCAU you NEVER saw that. I guess Beast Wars did that to a degree.

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Not a great comparison. BTAS was made independently from the Batman movies and production started on that in 1990. That said, Ghostbusters is not Batman and will never be. GB Fans really need to realize that, as a franchise, it isn’t that big. It has a dedicated fanbase, but it won’t have the same pull a Star Wars or a Batman will.

Keep in mind, that the last three movies from this past decade has made less than the previous one. Only because the budget was lower on AL and FE that those films are considered to have done okay.

There is no correlation between an animated series being out and the success of a film. For example, we had the Real Ghostbusters, but GB2 actually earned less than GB1 at the BO and was deemed a financial disappointment by the studio.

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The reason for that was 2 fold. Ghostbusters 2 came out 5 years after the original. Thats a super long time even then, between a film and its sequel. Usually its every 2-3 years. Also, the summer of 89 was PACKED with Major movies…Batman (June 23, 1989): The cultural phenomenon starring Michael Keaton as the Caped Crusader and Jack Nicholson as the Joker.Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (May 24, 1989): The action-adventure hit featuring Harrison Ford and Sean Connery.Lethal Weapon 2 (July 7, 1989): The hit buddy-cop sequel starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover.Ghostbusters II (June 16, 1989): The spooky, comedic return of the original paranormal investigation team.Beloved Comedies & Family FilmsHoney, I Shrunk the Kids (June 23, 1989): Disney’s surprise hit about an eccentric inventor who accidentally miniaturizes his children.When Harry Met Sally… (July 21, 1989): The iconic romantic comedy starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan.Uncle Buck (August 18, 1989): The classic John Candy comedy.Critical & Sci-Fi FavoritesDead Poets Society (June 2, 1989): The inspiring drama starring Robin Williams.The Abyss (August 9, 1989): James Cameron’s visually groundbreaking deep-sea sci-fi thriller.Do the Right Thing (June 30, 1989): Spike Lee’s highly acclaimed and culturally significant drama.

Their was no way Ghostbusters was going to even compete with Batman, leathal weapon, and Indiana Jones! I mean common. Batman was EVERYWHERE…i think tribal people on a undiscovered island in the pacific were waiting to see that one.

Had it come out a year earlier or that christmas it would have dominated! I have no doubts about that what so ever. But sony released it at the worst time possible and that hit its box office BIG TIME!

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Ok yes it would have been possible to get a new cartoon out sooner than 2027 but as mrmichaelt pointed out streamers take a long time to reveal things. That’s a Netflix thing…not Ghost Corp.

Still going to disagree they could have gotten it out for post-Afterlife. That was clearly meant to stand on its own because it was finally Part 3. Plus like I mentioned the pandemic. They were not going to rush a cartoon into production given the circumstances and delays.

I don’t know how old you think I am. I’m 41. I’ve said I was born in 1984. I know how popular RGB and TMNT was at the time.

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As far as we know, it’s still in development at Netflix as well.

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It was a packed summer, but that doesn’t negate my point that the release of an animated series has no impact on the box office of a theatrical release.

Also, for what it is worth, Columbia released GB 1 and GB2. Sony didn’t buy Columbia until late 1989 and was not involved in the original movies. Prior to that Columbia was owned by the Coca-Cola Company, which is why you see a lot of Coke product placement in the original GB movies and surrounding marketing.

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Topic title updated to reflect departure from dormancy.

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Let’s see, where to start?

So, I just want to clarify that Batman The Animated Series was 100% produced to capitalize on the success of the first movie. It is not a coincidence Danny Elfman scored the opening and a 1930s noir aesthetic was utilized. The animated series release was timed to coincide between Batman Returns theatrical and home video release . This is why the first episode aired was not “On Leather Wings” but “Cat & The Claw Part 1”. A Catwoman centric episode.

None of that happened by accident. That’s that sweet, sweet corporate synergy, baby!

As for this “Batman isn’t Ghostbusters or Star Wars” point you seem to want to make? You are right. There’s no arguing that. I’m just not sure why you’re comparing the size of IP? Using Batman as an example for something that had been done before doesn’t mean I’m saying they are the same. Does anyone here actually believe 2026 Ghostbusters is comparable to Star Wars or Batman from a success point of view? I doubt it.

If you really want to go there, once upon a time you could say Ghostbusters had a similar amount of juice to something like a Batman or a Star Wars but we are loong past that. But Ghostbusters from ‘84-89 was pretty darn huge, folks. #1 movie, #1 song, #1 cartoon, massive toyline.

But that’s not what I was getting at.

You don’t need to be some pop culture juggernaut to have an animated series. Ace Ventura had an animated series. Remember that Ivan Reitman movie? Evolution? Big flop. Guess what? It got an animated series. Godzilla ‘98 got one. Starship Troopers not only got an animated series but got some cutting edge CGI one. For an R rated satire on fascism. The 1990s were nuts lol.

As for there being no correlation between releasing an animated series and a movie having success. I think you are looking at it all wrong. See ultimately the movie has to stand on its own, right? But you’ll note Ghostbusters 2 had much larger opening weekend than ghostbusters 1. Batman Forever. Men in Black 2. Of course there’s also Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Simpsons. Things that started out as animated series.

So from a studios POV an animated series can act like an ongoing advertisement and then there’s the merchandising. These things keep franchises healthy. Doesn’t mean the movie will necessarily gross more. It keeps the IP in the public consciousness. Plus maybe we get a kick ass show out of it.

But an animated series could help move Ghostbusters from the Gen X/Millennial nostalgia demographic to 8-14 year olds. Star Trek was stuck in that sort to rut and made a half hearted attempt at gaining new fans.

Ghostbusters already has a history in animation.

So yeah all that to say, i don’t think it’s too difficult nor is it asking alot to have an animated series release on the heels of a sequel. Or even forgetting that. Having an animated series release sometime within the last …25 years? 15? 10? Ok. 5 years.

And once Ghost Corps formed, another series had been announced & then ultimately canceled. (Guess what the plan was? Answer the Call then Ecto Force then Answer the Call 2 most likely but…)

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i wonder if the new ghostbusters animated series is gonna be based after the classic 1980s saturday morning cartoon the real ghostbusters where the kids of the original ghostbusters team are now members of the ghostbusters

or if its gonna be about after ghostbusters 1 and 2 where danas son oscar is the lead member of the ghostbusters and his childhood friends that he has known since either grade school or since high school are members of his team

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Speaking of no longer dormant, Crossrip podcast dropped a new episode.

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Not exactly. BTAS was created out of the success of Tiny Toons, after which WB wanted to create more animated series from their properties. Sure, the Burton movie was a continued motivator, but it wasn’t reason why the series existed. Source: Batman: The Animated Series (1992) — Art of the Title

Obviously, the Burton film had some influence, the creators have openly stated they were directly inspired by the Fleischer Superman cartoons with their art deco elements.

But, yes, WB loved the synergy. The first release was the Catwoman episode, but that series had such an odd release schedule. The Catwoman episode was on its Saturday morning release, but On Leather Wings was released the next day, Sunday, in prime time with heavy promotion behind it. Not trying to make a point other than things were strange.

I do use the comparison of Star Wars and Batman to Ghostbusters because there are people here who are seemingly comparing it to larger frachises. You yourself compared Afterlife getting a cartoon to Batman Returns. If that want your intention, sorry.

If people viewed the franchise as it is, they might have a better idea why Sony is making the decisions they are with it. I would love new stuff to come out regularly, but the market isn’t there for it. You might think that doing an animated series and movie isn’t that much of a commitment. To Sony, it might be.

When ATC came out, I am sure Sony was prepping a continued GB rollout of new media. Since the film didn’t work the way they were hoping, Sony has been gunshy. Afterlife came out and did okay, but I can’t blame them if they wanted to wait to see if it had legs before doing a more sustained thing and prioritized a sequel.

Could they have made a cartoon. Yes, absolutely. I am a proponent of the belief that the only reason anybody cares about GB today is because of RGB. But Sony clearly didn’t feel that was the way to go (and who knows what behind the scenes shenanigans were going on). Whereas Disney will throw money at a new Star Wars show, Sony didn’t want to take that risk.

But it is here now, so here’s hoping kids will get into it.

That may have worked back then. But now in the world of streaming? Take for example Masters of the Universe. It had three animated series within the franchise in the last decade - two of which were high profile - and the new movie is bombing (despite generally good reviews).

I also look at the last TMNT movie which underperformed (though that movie was saved by merch), and TMNT is an evergreen property.

Wow, I almost forgot about all those movie tie-in cartoons banking that the movie would be successful. That was definitely a trend in the 90s, likely started by the success RGB. That said, most failed, which is why there trend has largely gone away.

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there are so many theorys about the new ghostbusters cartoon