Dan Akroyd Throws Shade at 'Ghostbusters' Remake Director

Paul Feig, who directed last summer’s “Ghostbusters” reboot, “will not be back on the Sony lot anytime soon,” actor and star of the original Dan Aykroyd told Britain’s Channel 4 on Sunday.

The director made several decisions that caused the movie to lose money, Aykroyd asserted on the “Sunday Brunch” show, adding that its struggles had nothing to do with the gender-inverted casting or the ensemble’s performances.

One of the main stars and a co-writer of the 1984 original, Aykroyd got an executive producer title on the reboot.

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Dan Akroyd also starred in Trading Places and was an original cast member on Saturday Night Live.