In 2021, creative partners Gil Kenan (Monster House) and Jason Reitman (Juno) unleashed their reboot, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, honoring the 1980s franchise that forever changed the pop culture zeitgeist. Having served as co-writer on the previous film, Kenan now presents the sequel, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as director, alongside co-writer Reitman, to continue the story the duo cooked up with the blessing of the OG director, Ivan Reitman.

In Frozen Empire, the ensemble cast that makes up the Spengler family — Carrie Coon (The Gilded Age), Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things), and Mckenna Grace (The Handmaid's Tale) — and Gary Grooberson, played by Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), take up shop in the Manhattan firehouse. The movie introduces an all-new icy antagonist whose powers threaten the fate of the world, which brings legacy characters back into the fold. Ghostbusters' Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, and Dan Aykroyd are joined by franchise newcomers Kumail Nanjiani (Eternals), Patton Oswalt (Ratatouille), Celeste O'Connor (Madame Web), and Emily Alyn Lind (Doctor Sleep).

In this interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub, Kenan shares what it was like to pitch Afterlife and Frozen Empire to Ivan Reitman and discusses how much of the storyline and characters they knew about long before production began. The director talks about the origins of Garraka, finding the fine line of thrills and scares, the magic of practical effects on a set, and deleted scenes. For an update on Reitman's SNL 1975 and tons more, check out the video above.

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