Ghostbusters: Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson On The Reboot

The announcement that Ghostbusters reboot was pressing ahead, was being released in July 2016, and would be headlined by Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon caused, er, some debate online.

Putting aside a lot of the sexist comments that were being banded about, there remains clearly a real concern that Ghostbusters is a cherished monument that shouldn't be cheapened in any way. That said, we're a long way from finding out if Paul Feig's film will actually live up to what went before or not. Let's just say that the project has some work on its hands to win Ghostbusters fans round.

Two of the original four Ghostbusters have now weighed in with their thoughts over the past 24 hours, then. And first up is Dan Aykroyd.

When asked by The Hollywood Reporter what he thought of the casting news, he said that "the Aykroyd family is delighted by this inheritance of the Ghostbusters torch by these most magnificent women in comedy. My great grandfather, Dr Sam Aykroyd, the original Ghostbuster, was a man who empowered women in his day and this is a beautiful development in the legacy of our family business."

Peter Aykroyd was actually involved in the world of paranormal investigation, apparently, and inspired Dan Aykroyd in the writing of the first film.

Less verbose was Ernie Hudson. Here's his Tweet...

Two words: "No comment"http://t.co/XuYzcGA10r

— Ernie Hudson (@Ernie_Hudson) January 28, 2015

To be fair to Hudson, on his Twitter feed he also notes that comments he made some time ago have been reapplied now, just not in their original context. Those comments make him sound critical of the new casting, when actually he's not said anything about it. He did add "let the press siege begin" when the casting was announced. So perhaps he's opted to stay quiet, rather than have his words re-interpreted for him.

Ghostbusters arrives in cinema in July 2016.

THR.