Dan Aykroyd Is Ready To Do A ‘Ghostbusters’ Prequel Set In High

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The all-female Ghostbusters reboot from three summers again might have underperformed, however the property appears to be extra in-demand than ever. There’s already a second reboot en route subsequent summer season, this one a part of the previous one’s timeline however with new characters. And if that’s not sufficient, Dan Aykroyd — aka Dr. Ray Stantz, skilled on paranormal exercise, in addition to metallurgy — has gone forward and written a prequel, in case anybody needs much more Ghostbusters.

Aykroyd just lately broke the information to Canadian media, as caught by io9, explaining it might be set within the 1960s and take a look at the teenager years of parapsychologists Peter Venkman, Egon Spengler, and Ray, performed on-screen by Bill Murray, the late Harold Ramis, and Aykroyd himself. He’s even taken it to Ivan Reitman, director of the unique 1984 Ghostbusters. Here’s how the actor, filmmaker, and blues fanatic described it:

I’ve written Ghostbusters High, the place they meet in New Jersey in 1969 and we’re trying to do this as in all probability a glorified function or pilot throughout the subsequent perhaps 5 years…. And it might result in a tv venture and I considered him instantly for that.

It’s on [Reitman’s] desk however that’s years away from the present venture. But it’s a neat thought for a prequel. Imagine casting the three characters as youngsters!

Where’s Ernie Hudson’s Winston Zeddemore, it’s possible you’ll ask? Why, Peter, Egon, and Ray didn’t meet him until midway by way of the unique, although Hudson has lengthy been blunt about how his half was initially alleged to be a lot bigger till it was whittled down on the final minute. (He was additionally faraway from sure posters and even publicity stills.)