New Ghostbusters Better Than Originals Says Dan Aykroyd
Updated : May 31, 2016 12:17 PM IST
Ghostbusters star Dan Aykroyd has defended the upcoming movie remake, calling the new film "brilliant" and insisting it is funnier than the original. After the trailer for the new movie was released earlier this year pulled in more than 648,000 dislikes on YouTube, making it the only movie trailer to make it onto the list of the popular site's Top 100 most disliked videos, according to ScreenCrush. Dan, who co-wrote and starred in the 1980’s Ghostbusters movies, gave his review of the upcoming remake on his official Facebook page.
“As originator of the original: Saw test screening of new movie,” Dan posted. “Apart from brilliant, genuine performances from the cast both female and male, it has more laughs and more scares than the first 2 films plus Bill Murray is in it! As one of millions of man-fans and Ray Stantz,” he added, “I’m paying to see that and bringing all my friends!”
In addition to Bill Murray and Dan, other stars making a return to the franchise include Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts and Sigourney Weaver. Bridesmaids filmmaker Paul Feig directed the remake, and reunited with Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig. Ghostbusters hits theatres on July 15, 2016.