Ghostbusters 3: 7 Big News Revelations About 2020's Upcoming Sequel
2. The Plot Details
When the film was initially announced, it was rumoured that we were going to see a new team of Ghostbusters that would replace the veterans with two young girls and two young boys. Since then, that rumour has been put to bed with a report of the actual plot, which seems to fit the casting news linking Coons and Wolfhard to the film, even though the new team seems to fit with what Ivan Reitman said when it was announced:
“It will be a passing of the torch both inside and out. It was a decision he had to come to himself. He worked really hard to be independent and developed a wonderful career on his own. So I was quite surprised when he came to me with Gil and said, ‘I know I’ve been saying for 10 years I’m the last person who should make a Ghostbusters movie, but…I have this idea.’ Literally, I was crying by the end of it, it was so emotional and funny.”
Still, there is a passing of the torch element to the newly reported plot, which comes courtesy of We Got This Covered who quote a "trusted source" and say the film will follow a young boy and girl.
"The [boy] will be 13 years of age and is said to be passionate about fantasy and conspiracy theories. Furthermore, he apparently approaches every situation with “unbridled excitement for the unknown.” What’s perhaps most interesting though is that he quite often will narrate life in real time, adding “descriptive color” to the people he meets.As for the girl, she crosses paths with the aforementioned boy at some point in the film and they quickly become friends. She’s 12 years of age, from what we understand, and is said to be an insanely smart kid. However, she often has a hard time with “interpreting and expressing emotions and speaks with a flat delivery that make her observations humorous.” Though she wants to connect with others, she struggles with interpreting how her family and friends feel and has difficulty sharing her own feelings. Her “science acumen” is said to prove invaluable throughout the story, though."
That also goes in line with the idea of Coons playing the mother, as this plot would follow a family who move back home to a small town and begin to uncover the secrets of who they are and of the town. That will no doubt include some sort of haunting that brings the original Ghostbusters to their attention (and presumably out of retirement).