Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Chapter 16)

Chapter 16 is the finale.

Cast[]

Listed as they appear in film.

Entities[]

Equipment[]

Items[]

Hammer of Truth

Vehicles[]

Ecto-1

Environmental[]

Places/Locations[]

Plot[]

A new Patience statue was on its pedestal in front of the New York Public Library.

A large crowd of citizens gathered outside and cheered the Ghostbusters on as they walked outside. Reporters from several news stations and firefighters from FDNY Ladder Company 7 were also present. Mayor Peck and a police escort pulled up. Peck blamed the Ghostbusters for the city-wide devastation and was ready to shut them down once and for all. Peter called him a clown and surmised he would never get it. A reporter asked Peck what he had to say to the Ghostbusters. The crowd pointed out he should be thanking them. Peck stuttered. Gary thought it sounded like they had Peck's undivided support. Peck played along. Winston thanked him and credited Phoebe and her family with saving the world. The crowd cheered. Winston told the reporter the world was experiencing unusual paranormal activity and the Ghostbusters were here to answer the call. The crowd cheered in agreement, drowning out Peck's retort.

Reporters took statements. Janine noted it was not her first evil god. Nadeem told another he was a Fire Master like his Dadi. Lars stepped outside drenched in ectoplasm and asked if they won. A girl took a selfie with Podcast and kissed him. A reporter asked Callie what busting ghosts together was called. Gary replied "a team" but she added "a family" and he said were the Spenglers, joking you didn't want to be a Grooberson. Slimer flew out of the Firehouse with Sewer Dragon in hot pursuit. As the team headed to Ecto-1, Phoebe referred to Gary as "dad" to his shock. He was overwhelmed with emotion. Callie tossed the keys to Trevor. She instructed him to go slowly and look both ways. The crowd formed a path and Ecto-1 departed the Firehouse then headed towards the N. Moore Street and Hudson Street intersection.

A truck driver transporting Stay Puft Marshmallows products parked in a gasoline station lane at a truck stop one evening. He walked over to a vending machine, fed it some coins, smacked the machine, and collected his drink selection. His truck's cab was suddenly filled up with many Mini-Pufts. They honked the horn and drove away. The driver yelled that was his truck and ran after it.

Trivia[]

The exteriors of the New York Public Library are a mix of second unit filming from New York and a set of the library exterior built at Winnersh Film Studios in London.
The Firehouse ground floor scenes were filmed at Shinfield Studios in Reading, United Kingdom.^[1]
Costume designer Alexis Forte replicated the yellow fellow designer Ruth Myers used for the "8" on the firefighters helmets for the "7" of the Ladder 7 company that arrives at the end of the movie.^[2]
Art Director Luke Whitelock had a cameo among the crowd gathered outside the Firehouse. He high-fived Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray as they walked out of the Firehouse.^[3]^[4]
Kalisha Amaris Johnson booked the reporter #1 role in the span of five days in May 2023. While she was overseas, her agent contacted her to do a self tape for a movie. She had nothing with her so she improvised her a hotel laundry room using a remote as a microphone. After she arrived home from a 10 hour flight, she did a second self tape around 2 am. She later booked the role, signed a contract, and went in for a costume fitting.^[5]
Janine alludes to Gozer.
Nadeem mentions Dadi.
At the end of the movie during the news conference, someone in the crowd shouts, "Dickless!" Peck was called that by Ray in the first movie.
To achieve the slimed effect on Lars Pinfield's parka, it was painted with silicone.^[6]
For the filming of scene where Slimer flies out of the Firehouse, several takes were filmed with Kevin Mangold. In one version, Mangold filmed in a harness. In another, he filmed on roller blades.^[7]
The "Ghostbusters" song plays at the end.
Kevin Mangold worked on the movie for a total of 10 days and went to the United Kingdom twice and New York once.^[8]
The dedication is to the late Ivan Reitman.
On December 6, 2023 the credits tag was filmed at a BP Truck Stop at 1389 Hwy-29 S Newnan, Georgia 30263.^[9]
The BP Truck Stop was dressed with the soda machine the truck driver goes to.^[10]
Jason Reitman directed the end credits tag.^[11]
Adam Murray's transition lens on his glasses was an early concern by the crew but Murray pointed out they wouldn't an issue during the night shoot.^[12]
The crew kept increasing the distance Adam Murray had the run when his character is chasing after the truck.^[13]
The filming of the credits tag was supposed to be a closed set but people at the McDonald's next door took photos and video with their phones then an Uber drove onto the set and almost hit the truck and Adam Murray.^[14]^[15]
In the end credits, Claire Titelman is credited as "News Correspondent" but her scene did not make the final cut of the movie. It is one of the deleted scenes "News Report" that is included in the 4K/Blu-ray releases.

References[]

↑ Ellen, Tom (2024). Empire Magazine Issue 424 March 2024, p. 57. Bauer Media Group, Harborough, Leicester, United Kingdom, ISBN 0195145045. Line reads: "The iconic interior was meticulously recreated over three storeys at the UK's own Shinfield Studios in Reading, and the cast clearly had a ball exploring it ("I honestly wanted to do an MTV Cribs-style video in the Firehouse," laughs Mckenna Grace)."
↑ Countdown City Geeks YouTube "Alexis Forte Interview - Ghostbusters Frozen Empire Costume Designer" 27:02-27:32 3/29/2024 Alexis Forte says: "The yellow that she uses on the 8's for her firefighters hats. I then replicated the same one for the firefighters at the very end of the movie who come to the firehouse and so we have Ladder 7 come at the end because they're at Ladder 8 but I made sure to have the same yellow that matched and we had our agers, dyers paint in the same style so it mirrors the opening and sort of book ends the firefighters."
↑ Extraplasm Podcast "Episode 81: "This Old Firehouse" With Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Art Director Luke Whitelock" 1:44:39-1:44:55 5/1/2024 Luke Whitelock says: "Literally 20 minutes later I got a call from Wardrobe, 'Can you come in for fitting for tomorrow? You're going to be in the crowd for the end scene.' I was like 'Oh, my God' And we shot two days on the stage where I'm in the crowd."
↑ Extraplasm Podcast "Episode 81: "This Old Firehouse" With Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Art Director Luke Whitelock" 1:45:27-1:45:30 5/1/2024 Luke Whitelock says: "I'm high-fiveing Dan and Bill as they're coming of of the thing."
↑ kalisha_j instagram 3/27/2024 Kalisha Amaris Johnson says: "In May 2023, I had booked a commercial + had an availability check for a movie. I was out of the country (a whole different time zone!) when I got an email from my agent asking me to do a self tape for a different unnamed feature film - which turned out to be GHOSTBUSTERS (called 'Firehouse' at the time). I had No equiptment, no tripod, no nothing Soooo I had to get creative & did my tape in the hotel laundry room using a remote as microphone prop I then did ANOTHERRr tape around 2AM after I got in from the 10 hour flight back home In the space of 5 days I had booked the role, signed my contract, did my fitting and was on set living my best actress life."
↑ Blue Screen Reveals "Alexis Forte: The Costumes of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" 6/8/2024Alexis Forte says: "we had to discover ways of creating something that would still look slimy but be dry to the touch, which ended up being painted silicone. So Lars' jacket is full of silicone at the very end, and anytime that Trevor gets Slimer in the face, that's a silicone over the t-shirt."
↑ Report All Ghosts! YouTube "GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE - Slimer - Kevin Mangold Interview" 38:57-39:11 4/2/2024 Kevin Mangold says: "We shot it on a flying harness where I was spinning around and they were shooting me flying around. But I also rode around, and this one was really awesome, on roller blades to give it--so it didn't look like I was walking."
↑ Extraplasm Podcast "Episode 80: Extraplasm Gets Slimed With Kevin Mangold of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" 1:14:29-1:14:31 4/17/2024 Kevin Mangold says: "Maybe about 10 days."
↑ Reddit Adam Murray reply 5/9/2024 Adam Murray says: "It’s a BP Truck Stop just south of Atlanta in Newnan Georgia right next to a McDonalds. The address is 1389 Hwy-29 S Newnan, GA 30263."
↑ Reddit Adam Murray reply 5/9/2024 Adam Murray says: "The soda machine was brought in for the shoot. It was shot on the back side of the building and the curb where the truck bumps over is in the front towards the McDonald’s. You should be able to piece it all together when you see it."
↑ Adam Murray YouTube "How I Got Cast in Ghostbusters Frozen Empire!!!" 10:45-10:46 3/31/2024 Adam Murray says: "Jason Reitman directed me."
↑ Adam Murray YouTube "How I Got Cast in Ghostbusters Frozen Empire!!!" 9:40-9:55 3/31/2024 Adam Murray says: "Originally because these are transition, originally they wouldn't let me, they were like 'We're not certain you can wear those.' and I was like 'Well, unless the lights you're using are going to turn them, it'll be night time so it should be fine.' So I got to wear my glasses."
↑ Adam Murray YouTube "How I Got Cast in Ghostbusters Frozen Empire!!!" 12:38-12:46 3/31/2024 Adam Murray says: "And I think I was a little faster than they expected me to be so they kept increasing the length at which I was running."
↑ Adam Murray YouTube "How I Got Cast in Ghostbusters Frozen Empire!!!" 13:06-13:17 3/31/2024 Adam Murray says: "She's like 'It's a closed set. We'll have it figured out.' There was a McDonald's next to us and there was a pile of people at the McDonald's like 'They're filming the Ghostbusters over there.' Look at that."
↑ Adam Murray YouTube "How I Got Cast in Ghostbusters Frozen Empire!!!" 13:24-13:52 3/31/2024 Adam Murray says: "They had cops blocking off the different entrances and exits to the truck stop and as they started to get wider, they couldn't keep the cops there because they would be in the frame so the cops had to move and we did this real wide shot. I'm chasing after this truck and an Uber full of people comes flying into the parking lot. They're dodging the truck. I like jump out of the way of this Uber as I'm running after this truck."