Ghostbusters Trailer Breakdown: 25 Things You Need To See

24. The New Team

It makes a lot of sense to lean on legacy with this new film; it's been so long since the last movie that Ghostbusters is a firm nostalgia property, and it's through those goggles we're introduced to the new team.
And here they are - Kate McKinnon's Jillian Holtzmann, Melissa McCarthy's Abby Yates and Kristen Wiig's Erin Gilbert. They're out on some ghost-watching mission, although their prissy getup, lack of busting equipment and general unpreparedness (who takes Pringles on a supernatural mission?) means this is likely early on in the film.
Not only does this come from early in the film, but it actually appears to be mirroring the original somewhat, with the team coming up against a seemingly quaint ghost (Erin says "she seems... peaceful") with a hidden vicious side. There's even books in a homage to the library. Paul Feig better be careful to not repeat Ivan Reitman too much - we got a lot of that last year with Terminator Genisys, Jurassic World and Star Wars: The Force Awakens - although basing on what's here, it'd be easy to slot much of the film (especially the earlier parts) into that template.
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Film Editor (2014-2016). Loves The Usual Suspects. Hates Transformers 2. Everything else lies somewhere in the middle. Once met the Chuckle Brothers.