Yep, Dan Aykroyd says they're working on it. He also confirmed that Sigourney Weaver is in Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Sony has been really sneaky about if she's in it for some reason. They were even sneaky about Annie Potts until she was in the trailer. He's also anti-CHUD. Source. https://ghostbustersnews.com/2021/1...joy-great-outdoors-sequel-and-cancel-culture/
Is it really right to mock overweight bears who are bald? I may have LMAO at that decades ago, but today I am much more socially aware of the plight of balding overweight bears. Oh, and how the fuck are you going to replace John Candy? You could easily replace Akroyd in the film, but not Candy. It is a John Candy film, not a Dan Akroyd film. It would be like trying to replace Jim Belushi in the Blues Brothers. Oh yeah, anything for more money on the coattails of funnier actors, right Dan?
I'm curious, and it could be good. The only thing that concerns me is as @Tererun says, "Great Outdoors" was a Candy film. I love Dan, but John made that movie work. If he's finding someone else, then they're really going to have to fit the bill, and if it's Chris Pratt, I'm going to murder something with teddy bears.
It's not the Great Outdoors without John Candy Akroyd's character was pretty annoying in the first one tbh
You could reboot the premise with a modern twist and just drop the connection to a JC classic which is only going to make the movie look bad in comparison. The idea you are not going to bring the political divide into it does eliminate part of the humor. Akroyd played a grifting conservative asshole who would sell out his family and friends for a buck. His whole character ark was that he glommed onto the Candy family getaway to avoid his creditors long enough to con Candy into paying for his losses. In the end he discovered the value of his family over his finances. If we look at this from a non-80s perspective Akroyd's character would be a 2020 trumpista at the start of the film. That is the modern progression of where 80's conservative republicans went. The rest of the modernized jokes would involve taking away the kid's cell phones. Maybe the shotgun lamp becomes an AR. Maybe the JC character ends up eating 20 pounds of tofu and his moobs grow a few sizes.
I met John Candy briefly once when i was like 14 - he was filming the underrated classic Who’s Harry Crumb in my town. Walked past him on the street and i said something to the effect of “holy shit you’re John candy!” And he laughed and said hi and kept walking
Firstly, that is awesome. Secondly, "Who's Harry Crumb?" is one of my favorite John Candy movies. Every time he says "you find that crazy typewriter, you've found your kidnappers," it slays me. I loved him, he was just so cool.
