‘Back to the Future’ Characters Join ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Sequel

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'Back to Future' Character is joining 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife'. 'Back to Future on the right', 'Ghostbusters' on the left

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Great Scott! These Back to the Future characters have crossed the space-time continuum and found themselves in a neighborhood where there’s something strange going on…

If there are two iconic franchises from the ’80s that have no rivalries (at least not besides one another), it’s Ghostbusters and Back to the Future. And they remain just as beloved today, having each spawned a number of sequels and various other forms of media.

Back to the Future casts, with the main character Michael J Fox as Marty McFly (L) and Jennifer Shue as Jennifer Parker
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Among those other forms of media are numerous video games, but over the past few months (as well as in the months ahead), it’s Ghostbusters that has been enjoying the virtual side of things (while also churning out new sequels in the cinema too).

Last October, Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed (2022) landed on all major consoles, an asymmetrical multiplayer game that allows you to play as your own custom-made Ghostbuster operating from the iconic New York firehouse, or as an actual ghost.

Firehouse sign in Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed
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The game serves as a sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), picking up right after the post-credits scene. Since its launch, Spirits Unleashed has enjoyed a few DLCs, including the two animated shows The Real Ghostbusters (1986) and Extreme Ghostbusters (1997).

The game already features some mega-stars, in Ernie Hudson and Dan Aykroyd, who reprise their roles as Ghostbusters Winston Zeddemore and Ray Stantz, respectively. But now, two other major Hollywood characters have also made an appearance in the game.

Extreme Ghostbusters line-up
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As seen on the Ghostbusters Ectoverse Reddit page and created by user FatherMellow (via Ghostbusters News), Marty McFly and Doc Emmett Brown from the Back to the Future Trilogy, played by Christopher Lloyd and Michael J Fox, have made a “cameo”!

Courtesy of the game’s excellent character-customization options, the pair were sporting Ghostbusters flight suits customized with specific color combinations to match their appearances within the Back to the Future films.

Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown (L) and Michael J Fox as Marty McFly (R) in Back to the Future
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While this might not be the Ghostbusters/Back to the Future crossover you were hoping for (or the one you never knew you wanted until now), this is the next best thing to seeing any sort of follow-up to the beloved, and hopefully forever sacred, Back to the Future Trilogy.

“After the events in Oklahoma, the Ghostbusters team returns to where it all started; New York City! The Spengler family story continues with a new group of Ghostbusters led by Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson) and Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd).”

The Ecto-1 in Ghostbusters Afterlife
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Ghostbusters 4 sees the return of Ghostbusters stars McKenna Grace (Phoebe), Logan Kim (Podcast), Celeste O’Connor (Lucky), Finn Wolfhard (Trevor), Carrie Coon (Callie), Annie Potts (Janine Melnitz), Paul Rudd (Gary Grooberson), William Atherton (Walter Peck), Dan Aykroyd (Ray Stantz), and Ernie Hudson (Winston Zeddemore), and Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, James Acaster, and Emily Alyn Lind in undisclosed roles.

The film will be released on December 20, 2023.

Finn Wolfhard as Trevor at the Shandor mines in Ghostbusters Afterlife
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Have you played Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed? Let Inside the Magic know in the comments down below!

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