Director: Gil Kenan
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire brings the Spengler family back to the firehouse that started it all, pairing them with the original team for a fight against a force that could plunge New York into a second ice age.
What is Ghostbusters Frozen Empire about?
Years after settling into their new home base, the Spengler family finds their proton-pack routine upended when an ancient artifact surfaces in the city and begins radiating a cold unlike anything they have tracked before. Paranormal readings spike, temperatures crash, and old rivalries within the ranks resurface as the newer recruits butt heads with the veterans who first wore the jumpsuits decades earlier. Gil Kenan directs a cast that spans generations of the franchise, with Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, and Mckenna Grace sharing screen time with Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts as the original crew gets pulled back into active duty. What starts as a containment problem in the firehouse basement grows into a citywide threat, forcing every buster, past and present, into the same fight before the freeze can spread.
Cast & crew
Paul Rudd and Carrie Coon anchor the Spengler side of the ensemble, while Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace continue the arcs built in the previous installment as the family's younger members take on more responsibility. Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts return as the franchise's original Ghostbusters, giving the film a bridge between its 1980s roots and its present-day cast, with Kumail Nanjiani and Patton Oswalt rounding out the wider crew of researchers and hangers-on based in the firehouse.
Context & significance
Frozen Empire continues directly from the 2021 legacy sequel, keeping the same firehouse setting and blended cast structure rather than rebooting the series again. Director Gil Kenan, who co-wrote the previous film, steps into the director's chair himself, and the plot leans into the franchise's long-running fascination with old New York landmarks and buried supernatural history rather than starting the mythology over.
Where & how to watch
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is available to stream on K-Time with a Persian dub and Farsi subtitles, so it can be watched in the language that fits the moment. A free K-Time account is all that's needed to sign in and start watching, with the rest of the interface built around a Farsi-first experience for viewers across the diaspora.