Moviegoers to Celebrate Ghostbusters with Ghostbusters Day

Ghostbusters Day
Ghostbusters Day

Sony Pictures and moviegoers will celebrate the classic franchise Ghostbusters with Ghostbusters Day on Wednesday, June 8 – the anniversary of the release date of the original 1984 film.

This is in anticipation of the release of Ghostbusters, which brings the franchise back to theaters with a new team fighting the paranormal on July 15.

On Ghostbusters Day, the cast of the original classic Ghostbusters – including Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, and Annie Potts – will reunite and join the new Ghostbusters – Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones.

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They will honor the franchise with an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” which airs weeknights at 11:35pm Eastern and Pacific / 10:35pm Central on ABC.

Fans will also be able to join in the celebration by seeing a sneak peek of the new film as part of the Fathom Events presentation of the original classic in more than 800 cinemas in the U.S. on June 8, with encore showings on Sunday, June 12.

In addition, in Brooklyn, BBQ Films will present the world’s only official immersive screening of the classic Ghostbusters – a transportive experience built around the classic movie called Ghostbusters HQ.

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The studio will also launch the Ghostbusters Twitter Mission Sweepstakes on Ghostbusters Day. The sweepstakes will award prizes, like custom Ghostbusters uniforms, every week leading up to the release of the film to users who retweet contest messages. Twitter users can join in the fun by following @Ghostbusters.

Fans can also follow the movie at @Ghostbusters on their favorite social networks, as the day will be documented via Facebook Live, Periscope, Snapchat Live Stories, and other social coverage.

The film is produced by Ivan Reitman and Amy Pascal, and written by Katie Dippold & Paul Feig, based on the 1984 film “Ghostbusters,” an Ivan Reitman film, written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.

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