{"id":87941,"date":"2023-03-26T10:53:28","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T10:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/26\/afterlife-sequel-adds-kumail-nanjiani-patton-oswalt-to-cast\/"},"modified":"2023-03-26T10:53:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T10:53:28","slug":"afterlife-sequel-adds-kumail-nanjiani-patton-oswalt-to-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/26\/afterlife-sequel-adds-kumail-nanjiani-patton-oswalt-to-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"Afterlife&#8217; Sequel Adds Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt To Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"\/>\n<p>After \u201c<strong>Ghostbusters: Afterlife<\/strong>\u201d resurrected the franchise in November 2021,\u00a0<strong>Sony Pictures\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>director\u00a0<strong>Jason Reitman\u00a0<\/strong>promptly began creating a sequel. Reitman isn\u2019t directing the untitled sequel anymore (author\u00a0<strong>Gil Kenan<\/strong>\u00a0is), nevertheless it\u2019s nonetheless on observe for a Christmas 2023 theatrical launch. And with that imminent launch comes casting information from <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/03\/kumail-nanjiani-patton-oswalt-ghostbusters-afterlife-sequel-1235308852\/#recipient_hashed=0abd56a6ab006be60ae79d00fb9e9dfb304b62a672a172fab699c03633832c4d&amp;recipient_salt=a47476e203b7a84569e37504e29fc80a8d0252255313d6798cecbb1844124038\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deadline<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>Kumail Nanjiani<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Patton Oswalt<\/strong>\u00a0are the newest to affix the sequel\u2019s solid. British comic\u00a0<strong>James Acaster<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Emily Alyn Lind\u00a0<\/strong>are additionally on board.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theplaylist.net\/the-100-most-anticipated-films-of-2023-20221206\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">READ MORE: The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 4 be part of\u00a0<strong>Paul Rudd<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Carrie Coon<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Finn Wolfhard<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>McKenna Grace<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Celeste O\u2019Connor<\/strong>, coming back from the 2021 movie.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Ernie Hudson<\/strong>\u00a0additionally returns as<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Winston within the sequel, however no phrase on the opposite surviving unique Ghostbusters. The upcoming film sees the franchise return to New York City and the unique movies\u2019 firehouse. And perhaps meaning another cameos will occur within the sequel, too.<\/p>\n<p>While Reitman might not be directing, he\u2019s nonetheless very a lot within the undertaking. He stays on board as a writer-producer with Kenan and\u00a0<strong>Jason Blumenfeld<\/strong>. And Sony hopes to select up the place \u201cAfterlife\u201d left off: that film remodeled $200 million on the world box-office, a pleasing shock for the studio within the post-COVID period.<\/p>\n<p>Nanjiani provides the \u201cGhostbusters\u201d sequel to his different upcoming roles, like\u00a0<strong>FX<\/strong>\u2018s \u201c<strong>Homeland Elegies<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>The Doubtful Guest<\/strong>.\u201d The actor\u2019s latest work contains \u201c<strong>Welcome To Chippendales<\/strong>,\u201d\u00a0<strong>Hulu<\/strong>\u2018s limited series about the infamous men\u2019s unique dancing golf equipment, and\u00a0<strong>Disney+<\/strong>\u2018s \u201c<strong>Obi-Wan Kenobi<\/strong>.\u201d As for Oswalt, he\u2019s coming off from \u201c<strong>I Love My Dad<\/strong>,\u201d which gained Grand Jury and Audience Awards at\u00a0<strong>SXSW 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Acaster tasted his first stateside success with a four-part comedy collection in\u00a0<strong>Netflix<\/strong>\u00a0in 2018. As for Lind, her latest credit embody the 2 seasons of\u00a0<strong>HBO Max<\/strong>\u2018s reimagining of \u201c<strong>Gossip Girl<\/strong>,\u201d Netflix\u2019s \u201c<strong>The Babysitter: Killer Queen<\/strong>,\u201d and\u00a0<strong>Mike Flanagan<\/strong>\u2018s \u201c<strong>Doctor Sleep<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Expect extra new in regards to the \u201cGhostbusters: Afterlife\u201d sequel because it heads into manufacturing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id){var js, fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if(d.getElementById(id)) return; js=d.createElement(s); js.id=id; js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.0\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] After \u201cGhostbusters: Afterlife\u201d resurrected the franchise in November 2021,\u00a0Sony Pictures\u00a0and\u00a0director\u00a0Jason Reitman\u00a0promptly began creating a sequel. Reitman isn\u2019t directing the untitled sequel anymore (author\u00a0Gil Kenan\u00a0is), nevertheless it\u2019s nonetheless on observe for a Christmas 2023 theatrical launch. And with that imminent launch comes casting information from Deadline:\u00a0Kumail Nanjiani\u00a0and\u00a0Patton Oswalt\u00a0are the newest to affix the sequel\u2019s solid. 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