The Ghostbusters Animated Show Netflix Will Find Difficult to Outweigh The Real Ghostbusters
The capacity of a new Ghostbusters Animated Series to surpass The Real Ghostbusters, regarded as one of the best and most successful cartoons of the '80s and '90s era of Saturday morning cartoons, presents one of the toughest obstacles it will encounter. Though it examined the film's characters thoroughly, followed events after the movie's release, and added a lot of ridiculous and terrifying ghosts to the franchise, the seven-season show was mainly targeted for children. Additionally appearing on the show were fan-favorite ghosts from the movie, like Slimer and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, who developed a regular presence.
Video games, clothes, and action figures still being reproduced and sold now were among the avalanche of goods the Real Ghostbusters started. The Ghostbusters Franchise's face was the show in its height, thus it's difficult to imagine a new series ever rising to that degree once more. Extreme Ghostbusters was developed in 1997 with expectations of carrying on the success of the first program five years following its cancellation. Sadly, all the original characters—except from Egon—had split up, and the show was geared toward older children. One season saw Extreme Ghostbusters canceled.
Why Animation Still Provides Better Future Prospect for Ghostbusters Right Now?
Animation still looks like the direction forward for the series regardless of if Netflix's new show beats The Real Ghostbusters. Like most fanciful concepts, the animation's visual and plot perspectives are basically limitless. The world of animation opens opportunities of using material from many different media, including crossovers from comics that had the Ghostbusters meeting the Transformers or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; budgets of 100 million dollars—the cost of Frozen Empire—are not needed to create the unbelievable. Additionally there are other fantastic Ghostbusters video games worth referencing.
With the most recent Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord released in 2023, around 25 Ghostbusters video games have been published over the decades. Netflix has had some home runs sustaining movie properties in animated form. Critically praised and multi-seasonally successful have included Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, and Fast & Furious Spy Racers. As Disney+'s X-Men '97 has proved with its continuity of a 25-year-old series, nostalgia can also be mixed with quality. Should the new Ghostbusters show be less of a continuity of lousy films and more toward character development and solid storytelling, it could just be able to catch the same lightning in a bottle as The Real Ghostbusters.
The newly announced Netflix Animated Ghostbusters Series has a significant obstacle it cannot avoid.
The recently revealed Netflix animated Ghostbusters series might be running across a serious unavoidable issue. The 40-year-old franchise has experienced ups and downs over the years; the original is regarded as one of the finest comedies of all time, while the most recent movie, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, got negative ratings all around. Teaming with Netflix, Ghost Corps—the production company behind Ghostbusters: Afterlife—is launching an Animated Series. Along with writer Gil Kenan, Jason Reitman, director of Afterlife and son of original Ghostbusters filmmaker Ivan Reitman, will produce the show.
Though the Ghostbusters universe has shown to be a fantastic setting for an animated series, the flux of the franchise's previous releases calls questions about whether a new series can be successful. The 2016 Ghostbusters revival featuring women in its main parts infuriated and unsettled the fans. Though Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire had an open ending, it was nevertheless viewed as a failure in all categories and is doubtful to continue the narrative since afterlife was seen as mediocre by reviewers and well-liked by the audience.
Ghostbusters: An in-depth History
Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis developed the multimedia franchise Ghostbusters. While Ghostbusters III got caught in years of development hell, the previous two movies were released in the 1980s. Almost thirty years after Ghostbusters II opened theatres, a reboot starring female Ghostbusters was launched; later, another reboot/sequel in 2021 named Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Since the 1984 launch of the franchise, the popular characters have also made appearances in multiple video games and animated TV shows.
Future roles would be perfect for Garraka, the otherworldly deity and main enemy of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, given her natural setup. Though it's not likely to be a major success, the comics and video games abound in content to keep the series afloat. But in the end, Ghost Corps and Netflix will decide that.
The Outlook for the Ghostbusters Franchise
Mitchell's confidence in another entry suggests that Kung Fu Panda 4 marks a turning point for his part in the series rather than Po's last journey. Although it's not obvious when news of a possible Kung Fu Panda 5 will be leaked, if there are lots of ideas for the next one, it is practically assured to happen. Although the franchise has many avenues for ongoing development, it is yet to be seen as to which another film will be formally confirmed.
Though not formally confirmed, Kung Fu Panda 5 is said to be under development as of a post-interview for Kung Fu Panda 4 under director Mike Mitchell. As they strive to save their habitat, the series will carry on the exploits of martial artist Po the Panda and his friends.
