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Ghostbusters Animated Series Promises Canon Integration
25 Jun
Summary
- New animated series aims for canon integration with existing films.
- Show creators want characters to feel like they could join live-action.
- Focus on blending humor and horror, an underutilized animation genre.
Launching next year, Netflix's Ghostbusters: Night Shift seeks to deeply integrate into the franchise's canon, allowing its new characters to feel at home alongside established figures. Set in New York City in 1994, five years after the iconic Statue of Liberty event, the series will tackle a new wave of supernatural threats.
The show's creators are committed to capturing the unique tone of the Ghostbusters films, emphasizing both humor and horror. They aim to make the series as funny and scary as anything previously seen in the franchise. This approach includes exploring horror as an underutilized genre in animation, with creators excited about the medium's potential for delivering pure fright.
Executive Producer Dan Aykroyd is involved, with co-showrunner Elliott Kalan expressing admiration for Jason Reitman's ability to write in Aykroyd's style. The team was encouraged by Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation to "go weirder," embracing inventive designs for the ghosts that lean into "body horror" and the "wilder side of imagination."
