A brand new video teases the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife Easter eggs breakdown featurette that will accompany the film's home release on February 1. The highly anticipated reboot of the much-loved Ghostbusters franchise hit theaters back in 2021 and follows McKenna Grace and Finn Wolfhard's characters, Phoebe and Trevor, after they inherit their grandfather, Egon Spengler's abandoned farmhouse. Following in the footsteps of his father Ivan Reitman, the renowned director behind Ghostbusters 1 and 2, Jason Reitman helmed this latest installment which went on to receive an incredibly warm welcome at the box office, despite the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
While Ghostbusters: Afterlife welcomes some new faces to the franchise, including Paul Rudd and Carrie Coon, the film also features a number of familiar faces that offered the nostalgic hit audiences had been hoping for since the release of the film's very first teaser. Fans got to see Venkman (Bill Murray), Stantz (Dan Aykroyd), and Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson) once again, as well as a tear-jerking appearance from Spengler (played by the late Harold Ramis) who appears to his fellow Ghostbusters as an apparition. The film was packed with numerous references and call-backs to the previous Reitman-directed movies, and now a brand-new featurette is set to detail every single one.
Shared exclusively by IGN, the video teases the upcoming featurette that will accompany the home release of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Those who purchase the film on home video get access to this exclusive breakdown that will detail every single Easter egg included within the film. The video offers a glimpse at a few of the call-backs that were featured, from small details hidden in car license plates to the more obvious references such as the infamous chair scene involving Sigourney Weaver in the original Ghostbusters. The teaser video details a handful of other references but is likely to have kept the more exciting Easter eggs for the featurette's official release. Check out the clip below.
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With Ghostbusters: Afterlife gearing up for its home release, various pieces of behind-the-scenes content have revealed the immense amount of detail that went into the creation of this film and how it always intended to honor the legacy the 1984 film established. The film's success has certainly opened the door to questions about whether any future Ghostbusters films could be inthe cards, given the original cast's enthusiasm to return to their beloved characters and Afterlife's end-credits scene that certainly hinted at the possibility. Aykroyd even recently added fuel to the fire, sharing that he would be keen to continue making Ghostbusters films until he dies.
While a number of the less-obvious references from Ghostbusters: Afterlife have already been discovered by fans, an in-depth breakdown of every single Easter egg that was placed by Reitman will certainly be exciting for many. Reitman has stated on numerous occasions that this film was a true passion project for him, considering his father's involvement with the previous two films. As a life-long fan himself, it will certainly be exciting to see what sort of call-backs he has hidden throughout the film.
Source: IGN