Dan Aykroyd

Date of Birth

1952-07-01

Place of Birth

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Driving Miss Daisy, The Blues Brothers, Ghostbusters, Pearl Harbor

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Dan Aykroyd Reveals the Secret Origin and Legal Battle Behind the Ghostbusters Title

Posted 10 hours ago

Discover how Dan Aykroyd and Columbia Pictures almost named Ghostbusters something entirely different due to a $500,000 title rights battle.

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Awesome Art’s Tribute to Horror Comedy with Beetlejuice, The ‘Burbs, Ghostbusters, Mars Attacks, Shaun Of The Dead, Tremors

Posted 1 week ago

Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted...

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We Owe Ghostbusters II an Apology

Posted 2 weeks ago

Reassessing Ghostbusters II: Why the 1989 sequel was unfairly written off by critics and why it's actually an underrated '80s classic.

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Dan Aykroyd says Nothing But Trouble “didn’t have a chance” against Silence of the Lambs and Sleeping with the Enemy

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Dan Aykroyd reflects on Nothing But Trouble: “I’m Proud of the Picture”

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Dan Aykroyd says Nothing But Trouble “didn’t have a chance” against Silence of the Lambs and Sleeping with the Enemy

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Awesome Art honors legendary summer blockbusters from Jaws to Top Gun

Posted 4 months ago

Awesome Art celebrates the greatest summer blockbusters of all time with stunning new prints inspired by Batman, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Top Gun, and more.

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Dan Aykroyd is a massive Disclosure Day fan

Posted 4 months ago

Dan Aykroyd loves Spielberg's Disclosure Day. The Ghostbusters star has seen it 3 times and called out the real UFO myth hidden in the film.

Netflix has unveiled a pair of images from Ghostbusters: Night Shift, along with a logline that reveals a 1994 setting

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Netflix animated series Ghostbusters: Night Shift picks up five years after Ghostbusters II

Posted 4 months ago

Netflix has unveiled a pair of images from Ghostbusters: Night Shift, along with a logline that reveals a 1994 setting

The documentary Too Hot to Handle: Remembering Ghostbusters II has completed an eight-year journey through production

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Too Hot to Handle: Remembering Ghostbusters II documentary wraps production after eight years

Posted 5 months ago

The documentary Too Hot to Handle: Remembering Ghostbusters II has completed an eight-year journey through production

The Ghostbusters animated series in the works at the Netflix streaming service is called Ghostbusters: Night Shift

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Logo unveiled for Netflix animated series Ghostbusters: Night Shift

Posted 5 months ago

The Ghostbusters animated series in the works at the Netflix streaming service is called Ghostbusters: Night Shift

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Dan Aykroyd joins Netflix’s Ghostbusters animated series as an executive producer

Posted 6 months ago

The original creator and co-writer of Ghostbusters, as well as Ray Stanz himself, Dan Aykroyd, boards Netflix's animated Ghostbusters show.

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The John Candy and Dan Aykroyd comedy, The Great Outdoors, gets a new 4K Blu-ray from Kino Lorber

Posted 8 months ago

Howard Deutch's comedy classic with John Candy and Dan Aykroyd gets a 4K presentation upgrade early in the summer.

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Dan Aykroyd says he believes his cameo in Casper is part of Ghostbusters canon

Posted 12 months ago

Dan Aykroyd says he considers his Ghostbusters cameo in the 1995 haunted house film Casper part of the official canon.

Nothing But Trouble, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Demi Moore, John Candy

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Dan Aykroyd on why Nothing But Trouble failed at the box office

Posted 1 year ago

Dan Aykroyd wrote, directed, and starred in Nothing But Trouble, which was mauled by critics and failed spectacularly at the box office.

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From Bloodsport to Enter the Dragon: Top 5 Martial Arts Tournament Films Ranked

Posted 2 weeks ago

Celebrate the release of Street Fighter with a nostalgic, knockout countdown of the best martial arts tournament movies ever made.

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The Last Boy Scout: What Was Cut From the Movie? The Deleted Workprint Footage Explained

Posted 4 weeks ago

The Last Boy Scout’s rare workprint footage has finally surfaced. We break down the deleted scenes, extra gore, alternate ending, and what was cut.

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The Best Family Halloween Film You’ve Never Seen: Ernest Scared Stupid

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While Ernest movies have a reputation for being lowbrow entertainment, Ernest Scared Stupid is still a fun Halloween romp for the family.

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Five Movies That Started Out As Sequels To Other Movies

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From Die Hard with a Vengeance to Nighthawks, these movies started out as sequels to completely different movies.

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How Peter Jackson’s The Frighteners Flunked the Box Office—and Paved the Way for Lord of the Rings

Posted 3 weeks ago

Part Michael J. Fox comedy, part gruesome ghost story, Peter Jackson’s 1996 cult classic 'The Frighteners' flopped at the summer box office—but built the foundation for Weta and 'The Lord of the Rings'. Here is why it still rips.

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Every Underworld Movie Ranked from Worst to Best

Posted 3 weeks ago

Vampires, werewolves, and impossibly skintight PVC. Lets see how the Underworld franchise stacks up when ranked worst to best.

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