With a tentative theatrical release date of fall 2021 after the COVID-19 pandemic delayed its debut,
Ghostbusters: Afterlife is slowly ramping up promotion again. A couple of months after unveiling a new ghost on a Spanish kid’s reality competition series,
Ghostbusters: Afterlife revealed its newest character design one that is both entirely familiar with both cynical and logic-breaking potential.
The clip, which was posted to Sony’s YouTube page on Wednesday, is just under a minute long and features Paul Rudd’s character, Mr. Grooberson, visiting a grocery store. He picks up a tub of ice cream and other ingredients for what might be a sundae before hearing some rustling come from a package of Stay Puft Marshmallows. A very cute and miniature version of the Stay Puft Marshmallow mascot, Mr. Stay Puft, pops out, but Rudd’s attempt to engage with it results in the marshmallow biting him. Several other miniature marshmallows roll in on a Roomba, roast themselves on a fiery
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So why are we reporting on it, then? Who could say!
By Meredith Borders · @xymarla · April 7, 2021, 1:39 PM EDT The Mini-Puft of GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE.
Today, the @Ghostbusters account posted a wholesome lil clip from Jason Reitman s
Ghostbusters: Afterlife, expected to hit screens November 11. The reaction has been lukewarm, it s fair to say:
Sweet. Mischievous. Savage. Mini-Pufts are out of the bag, don t miss #Ghostbusters: Afterlife only in theaters this fall. pic.twitter.com/WtIMu4felL Ghostbusters (@Ghostbusters) April 7, 2021
It s hard to argue with the tweeter who described these Mini-Pufts as Marshmallow Minions, but at the same time, the original
Ghostbusters was made up of plenty of successful family-friendly frights, and we all thought the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man was adorable until he turned into something more alarming. Maybe the same could be true of these Mini-Pufts? I m put most in mind of the gingerbread men of
Screenshot: Sony Pictures
You can just picture it now: a roundtable of executives trying to find ways to make
Ghostbusters: Afterlife marketable: “Muncher went viral but he’s ugly as hell and we need the Baby Yoda cuteness factor. So what if we turn the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man into a Baby Yoda? Kids will buy that, right? Or better yet why don’t we do the Minions thing and make a bunch that are just adorable, chaotic little shits?”
The newest
Ghostbusters: Afterlife teaser plays into that, featuring Universally Lovable Hollywood Guy Paul Rudd, strolling around a grocery store, picking up some Jamoca Baskin-Robbins ice cream and blue velvet frosting. He stumbles upon the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man trying to escape a marshmallow bag. He’s tiny but ferocious, biting Rudd’s finger. And it turns out there are more Stay-Puft guys!
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