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[Pennywise]

'Ghostbusters' Animated Series in the Works at Netflix (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety

A new “Ghostbusters” animated series is in development at Netflix, Variety has learned exclusively. The series hails from Sony Pictures Animation, with Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan of Ghost Corps, Inc. onboard as executive producers. Reitman and Kenan recently co-wrote the live-action feature “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” with Reitman also directing.

Exact plot details on the new animated series are currently being kept under wraps. No writer is attached at the time of this publishing. Production will be handled by Netflix and Ghost Corps, Inc., which is based at Sony’s Columbia Pictures

 

[Scarlet Spider]

Awesome!

A new cartoon is long overdue.

Wonder what it'll be?

 

[Pennywise]

I wonder if it’s 2D or CGI?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I wonder if it’s 2D or CGI?

It's Netflix. It's going to look terrible unless it's an outside company. But I'll watch.

 

[Pennywise]

It's Netflix. It's going to look terrible unless it's an outside company. But I'll watch.

True.

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

Sweet! Been wanting a new Ghostbusters animated show for the longest time now

 

[Sithborg]

It's Netflix. It's going to look terrible unless it's an outside company. But I'll watch.

Honestly, I would kind of like them to get House of Cool to do it. They have been using some fun techniques in He-man that I think would be great with the ghosts.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Honestly, I would kind of like them to get House of Cool to do it. They have been using some fun techniques in He-man that I think would be great with the ghosts.

That's a decent shout, SB.

 

[Silvermoth]

Oh cool! I wonder what sort of vibe they’re going for? Like, an avatar the last airbender type thing or like Star Trek lower decks? I could see them aiming for lower decks

 

[Incarnadine]

I'd definitely check it out.

I only vaguely remember the original Gostbusters animated series from the 80's and out of curiosity after seeing this thread I decided to look it up. I couldn't even remember the exact name of the show, it turns out it was called The Real Ghostbusters, probably because there was another completely unrelated cartoon that came out the same year called Ghostbusters.

For some reason I though it was a short lived series, maybe just 1 or 2 seasons, but it hung on for 140 episodes over 7 years.

I wonder if Netflix will snag the rights to the original series when the new show comes out? I'd check it out just for the nostalgia factor.

 

[Pennywise]

Exact plot details are still under wraps, but sources say the 3D animated series will be tonally in line with the recent “Ghostbusters” films.

 

[Breogan]

Or the inverse Animation to Movie: I still want a Live Action Extreme, as the more 90s offbeat black-ops(paranormal equivalent) team, with them now older, emerging from the shadows.
And give them their own new(old) Ecto-X

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

If it's gonna be tonally similar to the recent films, it's gonna be a hard pass from me. Frozen Empire is the worst franchise film I've seen this decade.

 

[Scarlet Spider]

I'm pumped for this. Ghostbusters thrives in animation. I'm curious who the team will be.

 

[Sithborg]

If it's gonna be tonally similar to the recent films, it's gonna be a hard pass from me. Frozen Empire is the worst franchise film I've seen this decade.

Tone wasn't exactly that movie's issue.

If it is just getting greenlit, it is going to be years till this is ready. Pity, I wish they would have at least announced the animation studio.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Tone wasn't exactly that movie's issue.

If it is just getting greenlit, it is going to be years till this is ready. Pity, I wish they would have at least announced the animation studio.

The tone is why shut the damn thing off halfway through lol. Everything was just so corporately cynical down to the line delivery.

 

[Pennywise]

Netflix's Ghostbusters Animated Series Will Have A Major Studio Behind It

Ghostbusters' new animated series will have the same studio behind major Marvel and Avatar: The Last Airbender projects

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If you haven’t heard of Flying Bark Productions by name, you have likely seen many of their shows in action as they have made some big waves with animation fans. Some of their works include Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (and the feature film sequel that came after), the LEGO inspired Monkie Kid, Marvel Animation projects such as What If…? and Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Netflix hits like Glitch Techs, and most recently the team has announced that they are now working on the new Avatar Studios sequel film to Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender.

 

[Still Wynning]

Netflix's Ghostbusters Animated Series Will Have A Major Studio Behind It

Ghostbusters' new animated series will have the same studio behind major Marvel and Avatar: The Last Airbender projects

comicbook.com

All of those projects had really great animation. Just to give you a couple examples of their previous work:





I’m even more excited for this!

 

[Pennywise]

Netflix 'Ghostbusters' Series Gets Update at Annecy Film Festival With Ben Hibon Joining as Showrunner

The series is now in full production although no official release date or window has been unveiled just yet.

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Who is Ben Hibon? Represented by Kinetic Media, Hibon is a renowned commercial and video director whose work spans high-profile campaigns for notable clients such as Disney, Microsoft, Sony, and most recently, Riot Games. He gained early acclaim with his MTV Asia short Codehunters, viewed by over 400 million people, and went on to serve as Chief Creative Officer at Psyop and Luma. Hibon notably directed the acclaimed Tale of Three Brothers sequence in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, which earned him a British Animation Award. Following this, he worked with Zack Snyder on Sucker Punch, contributed to Mirror Mirror, and directed an animated series for Sony’s Heavenly Sword. Most recently, after leading cinematics at Riot Games, he became the director, co-executive producer, and creative lead of Nickelodeon’s CG animated Star Trek: Prodigy.

Speaking in a pre-prepared video, Hibon introduced the series with the backdrop of multiple concept art pieces. Here’s the full transcript of what he said (which was against a remixed version of the iconic Ghostbusters theme song by Ray Parker Jr.):

“Bonjour Annecy, je m’appelle Ben Hibon. I am executive producer and showrunner on the Ghostbusters animated series. Ghostbusters has always been a really surprising blend of horror, comedy, sci-fi and fantasy.

We want to keep the character and the story totally grounded in a time and place that felt real. It has grit, it has texture, it has vibrancy. The goal is never photorealism. The way we approach light, the volume of light and the softness and the coloration and the temperature of light is really what brings very highly stylized characters or simplified environments or basically textures into a realm that feels very tactile and tangible.

My mission is unbound by reality. That itself allows us to go much broader, in some ways much bigger.

We’re able to be very bold and very impactful and very striking, distorting motion, blend with frame rates, ghost designs. We will be able to push the envelope, really elevate content and really surprise audiences.

While the concept art pieces haven’t been released to the public, they did set the tone as outlined above, and all looked incredibly stylized and drew a positive reception from those in the audience.

We saw from the pictures that the series appears to be following four young protagonists (they were standing silhouetted with their backs facing towards the “camera” on a hill), with other snaps set indoors and outdoors in New York City, focusing on our heroes and monsters. One particular picture had one of the protagonists wading through a New York interior filled with boxes, with a proton pack on their back glowing. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse is clearing the blueprint for the animation style, which makes sense given the studio.