'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' trivia and fun facts
Same glasses different time
In the movie McKenna Grace as Phoebe wears the same glasses that Harold Ramis wore as Dr. Egon Spengler in the original Ghostbusters movie of 1984.
Secret casting
Finn Wolfhard did not know that he was attending to the casting of 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' because they wanted to keep the details of the hearing as generic and vague as possible, since the production of this was still completely secret.
Back to the originals
Due to the poor reception of the Ghostbusters movie in 2016, any idea of sequels to it was abandoned. Therefore the following would be sequels directly from the movies of the 80s, as in this case.
Like father like son
The director of the film, Jason Reitman, is the son of the director of the original films, Ivan Reitman.
Once a ghostbuster always a ghostbuster
Finn Wolfhard dressed up as a ghostbuster in the second chapter of the series for which he is known worldwide, Stranger Things.
A child raised in the saga
Jason Reitman, the director, appears in 'Ghostbusters 2' playing the boy who tells Ray that according to his father Ghostbusters are "full of shit."
New land
It is the first time that the location of a Ghostbusters movie is outside of New York City.