Ghost Vision II

Ghost Vision II is a 2000 American animated supernatural fantasy comedy film written and a direct-sequel to the 1995 film Ghost Vision. The film is directed by Rob Minkoff, and stars Kevin Farley as Willie replacing his brother Chris Farley due to his death and was dedicated in his memory, along with the reprised roles of Julia Roberts, Dan Aykroyd, Jennifer Lopez, Gilbert Gottfried, and Thomas F. Wilson, along with Will Ferrell joining the cast.

The film was released on September 1, 2000 in theaters to positive reviews with most critics calling it an improvement over the first film and grossed $431 million, becoming the fourth highest grossing film of 2000 and the highest grossing animated film of that year as well.

After years of rumors, a sequel, titled Ghost Vision: Corrupted Souls, is scheduled to be released on September 20, 2024.

Premise
5 years after the events of the original film, Willie is happily married to Megan and they run the Ghost Busting Business until a mysterious woman who claims to be Willie's sister comes into his life and he must stop Ratar once again after he plots his revenge on Willie and his family. However, this time around, he is sucked into the ghost world.

Cast

 * Kevin Farley as Willie, a man who is now a professional ghost catcher, following the footsteps of his deceased father and now owns his business Soul Catching Industries. He was previously voiced by Farley's brother Chris Farley in the first film.
 * Julia Roberts as Megan, a woman who is involved in Willie's ghost-catching business and is also his wife.
 * Will Ferrell as Dennis, Willie’s long lost cousin.
 * Dan Aykroyd as Walter, Willie’s childhood best friend who is the assistant CEO of Soul Catching Industries.
 * Jennifer Lopez as Brittany, a friend of Willie who believes in ghosts and has conspiracy theories.
 * Kirsten Dunst as Trixie, Willie's long lost sister who he didn't know about.
 * Gilbert Gottfried as Billy, Willie's wisecracking dead uncle who is a ghost.
 * Thomas F. Wilson as Ratar, an evil ghost who plans his revenge on Willie after being defeated by him 25 years ago.
 * Toby Huss as Dennis, a fellow ghost catching male who is Willie's dad.
 * Edie McClurg as Lauren, Willie's mom who was lost in the ghost world.

Production
Director Rob Minkoff stated in early 1996 that a sequel was in production with a release date in 1998 due to the huge success of the original film with Chris Farley to reprise his role as Willie.

Release
Ghost Vision II was released on September 1, 2000.

Marketing
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Home media
The film was released on videocassette and DVD on February 6, 2001 by Warner Home Video.

Box office
Ghost Vision II grossed $175.3 million in North America and $255.8 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $431.1 million.

The film debuted with $11.2 million on its opening day and $44.1 million over the weekend from 3,247 theaters, ranking No. 1 at the box office, which was at the time the biggest for a non-Disney animated film.

Critical reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an average grade of 73%, based on 102 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "The film's higher stakes combined with humor that tops the original film equals a solid and highly entertaining follow-up." On Metacritic, the film has an average grade of 56 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.

Sequel
Main article: Ghost Vision: Corrupted Souls

In 2003, Minkoff stated that a sequel would not be possible at the moment but could happen when the moment was right. Additionally, Farley stated that his late brother Chris always wanted the Ghost Vision franchise to have a trilogy. In 2016, Minkoff announced that he has written a Ghost Vision 3 script and it would be ready whenever Warner Bros, decides to greenlight the film. However, Minkoff later retracted this statement and stated "at this time Ghost Vision will not get a third film and Warner Bros. as well as Sony confirmed this so unfortunately to the fans we won't have it at this moment."

On October 30, 2022, Warner Bros. announced that a sequel was secretly in production after denying rumors of a sequel in production with Sony returning to co-distribute and produce the film as well as Joel Silver coming back to produce under his Silver Pictures label as well as bringing in Dark Castle Entertainment and Legendary Pictures to co-produce. Additionally Roy Lee, Thomas Tull, and Mary Parent are all slated to produce the film as well as Roberts, Ferrell, Aykroyd, and Lopez all being expected to reprise their roles with Kevin Farley returning to voice Willie while Jennifer Lawrence was cast as Trixie, replacing Kristen Dunst after she passed on the offer to come back for the third film. That same day, the film was officially titled Ghost Vision: Corrupted Souls with a slated release date on September 20, 2024 in 3D and IMAX formats, the first film in the franchise to be released in these formats.