Annie Potts finally becomes a full-fledged Ghostbuster in new ‘Ice Empire’ pictures

Although our mood is very complicated Ghostbusters: Afterlifewe suddenly have a new reason to be excited about sequel Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. With the return of the New York City scenes from the original film, it looks like one of the most beloved original characters, Annie Potts’ Jenny Melnitz, is finally going to bust some ghosts.

This hypothesis comes from Empire magazine’s new cover; although we know Potts is frozen empireOf the cast, we didn’t know her stylish bespectacled character would be wearing a classic jumpsuit, personalized with “MELNITZ,” naturally. From this photo, it doesn’t look like she has a proton pack of her own, but we’re still excited to see Jenny on the front lines, helping to protect New York from the effects of supernatural climate change.

empireThe article that accompanies these covers (which apparently glow in the dark) further states that the images show Melnitz “no longer being relegated to the reception desk,” although we hope she at least answers a phone call and yells “Ghostbusters.” ….What do you want? At the caller’s, just for old times’ sake.

Gil Kennan directed from Kennan’s script, afterlife Director Jason Reitman, frozen empire Bringing the original stars back together afterlife Throw. In addition to Potts, they include Paul Rudd, Kelly Coon, Finn Wolfhard, McKenna Grace, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and William Atherton; in addition , Kumail Nanjiani and Patton Oswalt will also be on hand to bring even more comedy to the proceedings.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Releases March 22.

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