"Ghostbusters: Night Shift" (Netflix Animated Series) News & Discussion

[Yojimbo]

One thing is certain: this officially retcons XGB as being an alternate universe...at least, I think so.

Pretty much there's a couple canons at this point. But pretty much every canon except the reboot has their own take of what happens in the 90s. 2 they disband and a new team forms later on, 2 the originals keep on going and don't run out of jobs to do.

-Original movie canon
(dates in-universe when each takes place)
1984-Ghostbusters
1989-1990-Ghostbusters II
1994-Ghostbusters: Night Shift
2021-Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2022-Ghostbusters: Back in Town and Ghostbusters: Dead Man's Chest comics
2024-Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

-Animated canon
-Mid-1980s to early-1990s: The Real Ghostbusters
-Moot: Slimer!
-1997-Extreme Ghostbusters

2016 Reboot canon
-2016: Ghostbusters: Answer The Call

TVG Canon
-1991: Ghostbusters: The Video Game

IDW Canon
-Up to late 90s: IDW Publishing comics

 

[Scofisticated]

T am curious whether any voice actors from the Real Ghostbusters might return, but I wonder if Frank Welker and Maurice LaMarche might be too old to play younger versions of Ray and Egon.

With a talented voice actor, that maintains their instrument, there's a good chance they can age down their voice. And a better chance with seasoned actors like Welker and LaMarche. But, of course, there is an upper limit at some point.

 

[Mandouga]

To be fair, the first Ghostbusters movie had some humor that wasn't aimed at families.

It's irrelevent either way. The fact is, a new Ghostbusters series was announced for Netflix that is/was going to be family friendly. I and others can only assume that Night Shift is the same series, and that it will still be family friendly. That's all I was saying. The original 1984 movie has nothing to do with it (necessarily; put it that way).