Dan Aykroyd is all about the upcoming “Ghostbusters” sequel.
The Canadian actor, 67, chatted with Joe Rogan on “The Joe Rogan Experience” and spilled some details about the long-awaited continuation, confirming he will reprise his role as Ray Stantz.
“I’m not in the pictures so much anymore. We’ve got the ‘Ghostbusters’ movie that we’re working on now, and I will have to be performing in that — it’s really good,” Aykroyd said, adding, “Now Ivan Reitman’s son Jason has written a new movie, called — well, it’s gonna be ‘Ghostbusters’, the third movie.”
The new flick, which Akroyd revealed Too Fabb that “what happened in the ’80s happened in the ’80s, and this is set in the present day,” starring Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace.
“It’ll be all, most of the original people. And then young stars,” he said. “Some from the original.”
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And when Rogan asked about his co-star Bill Murray specifically, Aykroyd said, “We’re hoping… Yeah, we’re hoping. And then the new cast.”
The original 1980s films starred Aykroyd, Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Ernie Hudson and Rick Moranis, different from the 2016 reboot starring Kristen Wigg, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones. The upcoming film will have nothing to with the 2016 flick.
“Ghostbusters” is set to release in 2020.
