Netflix and Sony announce Ghostbusters: Night Shift for 2027

Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation have officially announced the title and release window for their upcoming animated Ghostbusters series, "Ghostbusters: Night Shift," which will premiere on the streaming service in 2027. The announcement was made on Saturday, June 8, during a Ghostbusters Day event held at the FDNY Hook Ladder 8 firehouse in New York City, the iconic filming location used as the Ghostbusters' headquarters.

Showrunners Ben Hibon and Elliott Kalan, alongside Ghost Corps executive producers Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan, revealed the series' title and its first logo. The logo features the franchise's familiar ghost trapped within a red prohibition symbol, now tinged with black and yellow, including a clawed hand reaching out. The official description indicates the series will focus on Ghostbusters working after hours. According to one source, the story will follow a new group of Ghostbusters in Manhattan in the early 1990s, during the first mayoral campaign of Walter Peck, the EPA administrator from the original film.

The series marks a return to animated television for the franchise after nearly 30 years, following "The Real Ghostbusters" (1986-1991) and "Extreme...