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EXCLUSIVE: After a production hiatus of a few years, filming is back underway on making-of documentary Too Hot To Handle: Remembering Ghostbusters II, which will feature interviews with Dan Aykroyd, the late Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, director and producer Ivan Reitman, producers Joe Medjuck and Michael C. Gross, and ILM’s Dennis Muren.

Here’s something no one saw coming at CinemaCon, unless you could decipher the three-hour block Sony reserved for their presentation: The studio surprised those who braved the Las Vegas confab tonight with a screening of Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife. 

“Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!” For more than 40 years, Saturday Night Live has been a staple of the television industry — and has created some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.

Jason Reitman's next chapter in the franchise,, was originally slated to 'bust into theaters last summer, but the release was delayed more than a year due to our own frightful predicament. Now, Afterlife is on track for a Thanksgiving release and dropped a new trailer to hype it.This go-around, it's kiddos donning the Proton Packs, as the grandchildren of the late Egon Spengler (the late Harold Ramis) move into the «creepy old farmhouse» he left them in the middle of nowhere.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife” was released Tuesday, and fans are absolutely thrilled — and spooked.Directed and co-written by Jason Reitman, the latest franchise installment stars Carrie Coon as Callie and Mckenna Grace and Finn Wolfhard as her kids, Phoebe and Trevor.Fans even caught a nostalgic glimpse of some of the original cast in their iconic roles from the 1984 blockbuster and the 1989 sequel.

The jam-packed new trailer for “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” has just dropped.

The trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife is finally here, and we’re getting a glimpse of three of the world’s original characters portrayed by Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and the late Harold Ramis, who passed in 2014.

Jennifer Yuma editorSony Pictures has released a new trailer for “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” starring Finn Wolfhard, McKenna Grace, Carrie Coon and Paul Rudd, along with a quick glimpse at the classic characters played by Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.Murray, Akroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts and Ramis were a part of the original 1984 hit, along with its sequel “Ghostbusters II” in 1989.

Dan Aykroyd returns to narrate the second season of the terrifying, and unbelievably true, documentary series “Hotel Paranormal”.

Keegan-Michael Key is making some big promises in advance of his SNL hosting gig this weekend.

made the claim during his opening monologue on Saturday’s episode, while publicly revealing his diagnosis for the first time.“I’m actually making history tonight as the first person with Asperger’s [syndrome] to host. Or at least the first to admit it,” Musk told the audience.But others on social media were quick to point out that the distinction belonged to Aykroyd, who returned in 2003 for hosting duties.“Dan Aykroyd is autistic and hosted SNL in 2003.

Elon Musk made his debut as “Saturday Night Live” host on May 8, and during his monologue dropped a revelation: he has Asperger syndrome.

Bill Murray revealed that he was tricked into doing "Ghostbusters II" after demonstrating his reluctance to make a sequel to the hit 1984 comedy.  Murray played the sarcastic Dr. Peter Venkman in the franchise alongside Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and the late Harold Ramis.The Academy Award-nominated actor was honored at the 36th Santa Barbara International Film Festival with the Maltin Modern Master Award this week.

Ghostbusters movie, revealing that it was “physically painful”.Last year, the actor confirmed after much speculation that he would be appearing in Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the forthcoming Ghostbusters sequel directed by Jason Reitman.

Comedy couples! Saturday Night Live may be known for bringing laughs to viewers, but it’s also brought tons of stars together.

Malina Saval Associate Editor, FeaturesLaraine Newman was 23 years old when she was cherry-picked by Lorne Michaels to join the inaugural cast of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” in 1975, along with Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris and Dan Aykroyd. During her five-year tenure on the iconic show, Newman skyrocketed to fame for playing memorable characters such as Connie Conehead and Sheri the Valley Girl.

With Christmas approaching, Bill Murray has a gift for everyone.

The Library of Congress has unveiled its annual list of 25 movies to make the cut for the National Film Registry. The selection this year, considered among America’s most influential motion pictures, includes such titles as Christopher Nolan’s 2008 The Dark Knight; DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek, 1978 summer musical smash Grease and 1980 John Belushi/Dan Aykroyd comedy The Blues Brothers.

Dan Aykroyd on Thursday stopped by Late Night With Seth Meyers where he shared a fun story about the late, greatJohn Belushi. Meyers andAykroyd got on the topic when the host noted that the classic film Blues Brothers turned 40 over the summer.Aykroyd, who played Elwood, recalled one day whenBelushi, who played Jake, disappeared from the set.

“The Blues Brothers” is 40 years old, and Dan Aykroyd still has stories to tell.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe Second City, the comedy institution that launched the careers of Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray and Tina Fey, is being put up for sale. It marks only the second time in the brand’s 60-year history that it has been on the block.

If you have to rank the legends of American comedy, no discussion can go forward without the great John Belushi at the top. A notorious wildman known for his SNL days, but also roles like “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” “The Blues Brothers” and more, Belushi’s life and comedy career were cut short in 1982 at the age of 33 due to a tragic drug and alcohol intoxication.

Bill Murray is offering up his “ugly” golf shirts to the Doobie Brothers to “upgrade” their “wardrobes,” after they called him out for using their music in an ad.

The Doobie Brothers are coming after Bill Murray.

A vintage promotional video for “Ghostbusters” has recently surfaced, with stars Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray offering a hilarious reminder of why the 1983 comedy remains a screen classic.

Dan Aykroyd says learning of Chadwick Boseman‘s death “felt like a sword went through me.” The 68-year-old actor co-starred with Boseman in 2014’s “Get on Up”, playing manager Ben Bart to Boseman’s James Brown.

Dan Aykroyd says learning of Chadwick Boseman's death «felt like a sword went through me.» The 68-year-old actor co-starred with Boseman in 2014's, playing manager Ben Bart to Boseman's James Brown. «I couldn't move,» Aykroyd tells ET's Rachel Smith of the moment he found out about Boseman's death on Friday. «I mean, I just buckled over.

In his new reality series “Growing Belushi”, Jim Belushi is on a mission to de-stigmatize marijuana usage while showing off his legal cannabis business in Oregon.

Jim Belushi is eager for you to see how his career has gone to pot.The actor, Blues Brother and TV veteran (ABC’s “According to Jim”) stars in “Growing Belushi,” a three-part Discovery series taking viewers inside the legal cannabis business he runs from his southern Oregon spread, Belushi’s Farm.

Ernie Hudson got candid about his role in the original “Ghostbusters” films being cut down and whether or not he thinks race played a factor. Hudson played Winston Zeddemore, who joins the movie later than the other three actors, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and the late Harold Ramis.The actor previously revealed that the character was supposed to show up much earlier in the movie with a significantly richer back story.

“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” was one of the many studio blockbusters whose release date was delayed due to the shuttering of theaters in late March. Despite its untimely postponement, fans are still eagerly awaiting the arrival of ‘Afterlife,’ as it follows in direct continuity to Ivan Reitman’s “Ghostbusters” (1984) and “Ghostbusters II” (1989) and overlooks the poorly-received “Ghostbusters” of 2016.

For a movie that came out four decades ago, a lot in The Blues Brothers still feels very relevant today. "It's anti-Nazi.

When “The Blues Brothers” landed in theaters 40 years ago this week, it was something of a novelty – the first feature film based on characters from “Saturday Night Live,” which had, at that point, only been on the air for five years. And though it was a hit, no one would try again for 12 years, with “Wayne’s World,” after which the floodgates opened.

Ellise Shafer editorIn today’s TV news roundup, Netflix has set a premiere date and released the trailer for new series “Say I Do,” and Amazon Prime Video shared a first look at Season 2 of “Hanna.” Travel Channel announced that their new series, “Hotel Paranormal,” will premiere July 11 at 10 p.m. Narrated by Dan Aykroyd, the 10-episode series takes a terrifying look at guests’ ghostly encounters across the country, from highway motels to grand hotels.

“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” — also joined the laid-back Zoom call, along with Gad’s fellow super-fan Kumail Nanjiani, theme song writer-performer Ray Parker Jr. and several actors who contributed smaller roles in the blockbuster supernatural comedy.The crew recalled some of their favorite moments from the shoot.

Bill Murray recalled his first impressions after getting his hands on the Ghostbusters script as the cast of the beloved 1980s film reunited for charity.Murray was joined by his co-stars including Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts, as well as director, Ivan Reitman, for a virtual reunion.It was organised by Frozen star Josh Gad for his Reunited Apart series in aid of the coronavirus relief effort.The cast reminisced about the 1984 supernatural comedy and Murray