“Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” Trailer — Paul Rudd and Original Stars Return for Chilly Sequel

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Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts pop back up in the sequel, in theaters March 29

The Ghostbusters are back with an icy new mission.

The first teaser trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire debuted on Wednesday, seeing the return of Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Mckenna Grace and Finn Wolfhard from 2021's Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

Original stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts are also teased as returning in the first glimpse. The cast also includes Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, Celeste O’Connor, Logan Kim.

Per a synopsis, the Spengler family "returns to where it all started — the iconic New York City firehouse — to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level."

"But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age."

The film is directed by Gil Kenan, who co-wrote it with Jason Reitman.

<p>Ghostbusters/YouTube</p> Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon and Mckenna Grace in "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire"

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Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon and Mckenna Grace in "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire"

The movie will mark the first entry in Ghostbusters history without original director Ivan Reitman on board in some capacity. His son Jason directed Afterlife with Ivan, who died in 2022 at 75, credited as a producer and co-screenwriter.

Jason announced in April that the film would take place in New York City during an appearance at CinemaCon 2023. Sony previously announced Afterlife would receive a sequel in April 2022.

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<p>Ghostbusters/YouTube</p> Dan Aykroyd in "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire"

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Dan Aykroyd in "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire"

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<p>Ghostbusters/YouTube</p> Bill Murray in "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire"

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Bill Murray in "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire"

Afterlife was the first film in the Ghostbusters franchise to take place outside of the Big Apple, opting instead for Oklahoma. In that movie Grace, 17, and Wolfhard, 20, played the grandchildren of the late Harold Ramis' character Egon Spengler, while Coon, 42, portrays Egon's daughter Carrie. Rudd, 54, plays the kids' science teacher and Ghostbusters fan Gary Grooberson.

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"It's an absolute honor to pick up the proton pack and step behind the camera for the next chapter of the Spengler family saga," Kenan told Deadline in a statement back in December 2022. "I just wish I could go back to 1984 and tell the kid in the sixth row of the Mann Valley West that one day he was going to get to direct a Ghostbusters film."

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is in theaters March 29.

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