Afrenetic chase scene follows the iconic Ecto-1 as it speeds around the mean streets of Manhattan. A gargantuan ghost – called the Hell's Kitchen Sewer Dragon – swoops through the sky as Phoebe Spengler (Mckenna Grace) swings into action from the back door of the souped-up Cadillac. Behind the steering wheel, Paul Rudd's Gary Grooberson delivers witty one-liners to the Spengler family, who audiences first met in 2021's Ghostbusters: Afterlife. This time around, the Spenglers and Groob are hustling in the hot seat for some seriously sub-zero supernatural encounters thanks to an evil force known as the Death Chill; their rural days in Oklahoma clearly a thing of the past.
Total Film has been invited into the edit bay of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire for a sneak peek at scenes from the spirited new sequel, presented by the movie's director and co-writer, Gil Kenan. The location for our interview is a small screening room inside the Capra building on the Sony Pictures Studio Lot in Culver City, California. There's an Ectomobile parked outside the building (on Ivan Reitman Way, no less), which makes this setting feel like a spiritual home of the franchise. It's the perfect place to discover more about the monster new movie.
‘When they're together, you see that comic spark is still there’
GIL KENAN
‘Our story takes place within the confines of just
