Ghostbusters: Answer the Call is the 2016 reboot film, built as its own continuity with a new team rather than a continuation of the 1984 and 1989 movie timeline.
It gives the franchise a fresh cast, a different comic rhythm, and its own take on the Ghostbusters concept, which makes it useful to keep separate from the prime-timeline pages even when the branding overlaps.
Quick facts
- Format: Feature film
- Released: 2016
- Director: Paul Feig
- Timeline lane: Alternate movie continuity
How to think about it on this site
This is the obvious alternate-timeline movie page in the lineup. It is still part of Ghostbusters history, but it does not plug directly into the original two movies, Afterlife, or Frozen Empire.
Where to go next
- Ghostbusters – the 1984 original.
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife – the legacy-sequel route that returns to the original continuity.
- Movies hub – back to the full movie lineup.