Power up your proton packs and hop into your jumpsuits, because Collider can exclusively reveal that Sony and IMAX are teaming to host theGhostbustersfan event of an (after)lifetime. IMAX has announced that they will host a one-night-only IMAX ExclusiveGhostbusters: AfterlifeFan Event on November 19 in IMAX theaters across the country, featuring a Q&A session with writer and directorJason Reitman.
Attendees of the fan event, held in 20 IMAX theaters across the country, will be able to join a preshow prior to a screening of the film, where they will be able to submit questions for Reitman to answer when he makes an appearance at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles to discuss the film and the three hundred-plus easter eggs hidden throughout its two-hour run time.
A livestream of Reitman’s appearance will be broadcast into the 19 other theaters hosting the event, and fans outside of LA will also have the chance to submit questions via the hashtag #IMAXGhostbustersFanEvent on Twitter, which will also make them eligible to winGhostbusters-themed prizes.
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The announcement comes on the heels ofthe final trailerforAfterlife, which resurrected classicGhostbusterscreatures for a new era, including Slimer and the Terror Dogs, and gave audiences their final look at the next generation of paranormal investigators — as well as a glimpse at the return of the original, back to busting after more than thirty years. The film is set to serve as a passing of the torch,according to Reitman, and fans young and old will have an opportunity to connect with the world’s greatest ghost hunters and their successors when the fan event streams across the country.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife, co-written by Reitman andGil Kenanand starringMckenna Grace,Finn Wolfhard,Paul Rudd,Logan Kim,Celeste O’Connor,andCarrie Coon, hits theaters and IMAX on November 19. For a list of participating theaters and to purchase tickets for the fan event, visit IMAX’swebsiteor see below:
