Thirty years after the events narrated in Ghostbusters 2, Callie Spengler moves with her two children Trevor and Phoebe (Egon’s grandchildren) to the countryside, in the town of Summerville, where grandfather Egon has left them the property of a semi-controlled farm. Here, the two boys gradually discover the bond that unites them to their grandfather and therefore to the whole team of Acchiappafantasmi of which dr. Spengler was part, obviously formed also by doctors Venkman, Stantz and Zeddermore. At the same time, there seems to be some unrest under the ground, just below Summerville, which every day experiences aftershocks and tremors despite not being built on top of a seismic fault. Aided also by one of their school teachers, Professor Grooberson, Trevor and Phoebe begin to investigate this mystery which, perhaps, is not entirely disconnected from the profession of their famous grandfather.
For the direction of Jason Reitman, son of that Ivan who signed the first two – unforgettable – chapters of the 80s, the original Ghostbusters return for the third time on the screen except the late Harold Ramis, who died in 2014.
The film is therefore a real sequel rather than a reboot or a spinoff, perfectly in continuity with the story told in the first two films of which, indeed, some actors present in this new production have declared themselves absolute fans (like Reitman himself , which, net of family involvement with the franchise, has ensured that you love the world of Ghostbusters as much as anyone grew up in the 80s).
The director also said that this force game movie won’t mention the Ghostbusters shot in 2016, the female reboot directed by Paul Feig.
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson resume their respective roles after thirty years, but Sigourney Weaver and Annie Potts are also an integral part of the returnees (she is the secretary Janine, a character loved by fans of the franchise). The veterans, however, act as reinforcement for the new protagonists of this third / fourth (if you also count the 2016 film) chapter of the series because in reality the main roles – those of the two brothers Spengler Trevor and Callie – are covered by Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace. In the guise of their mother Phoebe we find Carrie Coon and finally there is Paul Rudd in the part of prof. Grooberson.