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Ghostbusters Franchise Returns With a New Christmas Movie, Report Says

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Ghostbusters Franchise Returns With a New Christmas Movie, Report Says

According to a Hollywood insider, Ghostbusters: Nightmare on 34th Street is currently in development

It seems that the Ghostbusters might be gearing up for the holidays. According to Hollywood insider and leaker Daniel Richtman, Sony is currently developing a new live-action film in the series titled Ghostbusters: Nightmare on 34th Street.

Details are sparse, but Josh Miller is allegedly writing the film. He previously penned the Sonic the Hedgehog movies as well as Violent Night, a surprisingly well-received action comedy where David Harbour plays a violent Santa Claus fighting to rescue his family. That premise is especially relevant, since the new Ghostbusters film's title suggests it's a Christmas movie. The subtitle, Nightmare on 34th Street, plays on A Nightmare on Elm Street and also references the classic 1947 Christmas film Miracle on 34th Street.

Following the original 1984 Ghostbusters and its 1989 sequel, the franchise was rebooted in 2016. While the reboot received generally positive reviews from critics, it faced backlash from a segment of the fandom for having an all-female main cast and for a story that, according to some, did not live up to the original movies. It made only $229 million on a $144 million budget, prompting Sony to cancel plans for a direct sequel.

Instead, Sony continued the original film canon with Ghostbusters: Afterlife in 2021, which received a lukewarm 63% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie was a direct follow-up to Ghostbusters 2 and centered on Callie Spengler, the daughter of Ghostbuster Egon Spengler, and her family.


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