Who you gonna call? If the latest trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife is any indication, children! The classic comedy franchise is set for a revamp nearly 40 years after the first film’s release. Not to be confused with the 2016 female-led Ghostbusters spinoff, Ghostbusters: Afterlife is a continuation of the earlier film timeline. However, despite original stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Ernie Hudson, and even Annie Potts (surly receptionist Janine Melnitz) returning, they’re not front and center in this one. Instead, it’s a new generation taking up the proton packs and Containment Units, as we see in the trailer, which dropped today. In the trailer, we meet a new family comprised of Carrie Coon (The Leftovers), Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things), McKenna Grace (The Haunting of Hill House), and the kids’ teacher, Mr. Grooberson played by Paul Rudd. After the family inherits an old farmhouse in Oklahoma, they soon discover that the small town holds some dark secrets. Grace and Wolfhard play Phoebe and Trevor, outcast siblings who discover their grandfather’s connection to the legendary New York City paranormal warriors, the Ghostbusters, and must accept their legacy to take on their new town’s supernatural threats. As it appears, they’re literally inheriting a whole bunch of Ghostbusters gear and the town’s paranormal activity includes some familiar characters returning to cause some mischief and mayhem. (Oh, it sure looks like there’s a lot of Ecto-1 high-speed chase action.) With the help of some new friends at school and Mr. Grooberson, who just so happens to be a huge Ghostbusters fan, the kids pick up the Ghostbusting mantle to fight a bigger, badder threat than the original Ghostbusters have ever seen. Can the film cater to both the die-hard fans of the original two films and attract a new audience to the franchise? Sony certainly seems to think so given its inclusion of the original cast in the film and pegging Jason Reitman — son of original director Ivan Reitman — to write and direct the new film. That task may be easier said than done, but with some awesome new effects and a talented young cast, there’s reason to be optimistic. We’ll soon find out when the film releases on November 11, 2021. Jackie Chan and Daniel LaRusso are joining forces to train a new prodigy in the Karate Kid: Legends trailer. Ben Wang stars as Li Fong, a kung fu genius forced to leave Beijing with his mother (Ming-Na Wen) and move to New York City. Life in the Big Apple isn’t that pleasant for the new kid. Despite being well-versed in martial arts, Li does not intend to use his fighting skills.
Unfortunately, Li must defend himself in a fight against the school’s bully, who happens to be a karate expert. To protect a friend, Li enters a citywide karate competition and receives help from his kung fu teacher, Mr. Han (Chan), to prepare for the contest. Being that it’s a karate tournament, Mr. Han recruits a man who knows a thing or two about this fighting style: Daniel LaRusso (Macchio). United, Mr. Han and Daniel-son implement their kung fu and karate insight into Li’s training to create a “Karate Kid.”
“Remember what you’re fighting for,” Daniel tells Li. “When you understand that,” Mr. Han explains, “you will be ready.” There are rules and consequences in the latest trailer for From the World of John Wick: Ballerina. For Ana de Armas’ Eve Macarro, one of those consequences is a showdown with Keanu Reeves’ John Wick. Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Eve is a ballerina who trains to be an assassin and learns the traditions of the Ruska Roma criminal organization. Eve is on the hunt for the assassins who killed her family. Eve’s journey brings her to the Continental Hotel in New York, where she seeks help from Winston Scott (Ian McShane). “Are you prepared to be cast out again?” Winston asks Eve, to which she emphatically replies, “Yes.” Marvel’s unlikeliest heroes reluctantly band together in the trailer for Thunderbolts*, which debuted during Super Bowl LIX. “Let’s talk facts. The Avengers are not coming,” Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) declares in the trailer. One of the driving forces behind trying to keep the American people safe is Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan). With a big threat looming, Bucky assembles a team of antiheroes, including Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Red Guardian (David Harbour), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), and John Walker (Wyatt Russell). Despite their differences, Red Guardian believes “this team can be the heroes on the Wheaties box with the little kiddy toy.”