Davideverona wrote: ↑September 23rd, 2022, 12:38 am The 6/30/22 date is when the project entered ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT, as signaled by the little star near the date. Before that it was in DEVELOPMENT.
I don't know what is the difference between the two, but that's what Production Weekly explains.
EDIT: that's what I found about the two definitions
In development, a preliminary budget is made, key cast are attached, key creatives are chosen, main locations scouted and multiple script drafts may be written. It's all the groundwork to show what the project will be and how much it will cost to make.
In active development it currently exists in the database, has an established filmography or is attached to an established writer, director, producer and/or actor.
Thank you for doing the digging on that, Davideverona.
It's curious how many drafts they have completed so far.
-They said they came up with the story for the sequel during production on Afterlife. We know Afterlife ended principal photography on October 17, 2019.
-By October 13, 2021, Ernie Hudson commented he heard they were writing the next movie.
-On December 14, 2021, Gil Kenan mentioned he and Jason Reitman were in "very active detailed conversations" about where the next Ghostbusters could go.
-On April 25, 2022, Tom Rothman announced a sequel was in the works.
-On GB Day 2022 (June 8th), Gil and Jason mentioned they were still writing.
-On June 28, 2022, the December 23, 2022 date is announced.
So we are on the verge of a good 3 years they could have been working on this sequel and essentially doing concepts, previs, drafts, and preproduction in "secret." So true, that does lend to the notion that they can still make this December 2023 date.
For Afterlife, we know they did location scouting in April 2019, 6 months before principal. In theory, we might see some location scouting for the sequel teased as early as next month. That is if they haven't already done it. I guess time to start snooping around on social media, like Steelberg's, lol.