Dan Aykroyd Confirmed For All-Female Ghostbusters

Dan Akroyd tweeted and then deleted confirmation he will be in the all-female Ghostbusters reboot.

Aykroyd tweeted the following earlier today, but deleted the tweet about two hour later.

The tweet reveals Dan Aykroyd will have a scene with Kristen Wiig.

“On GB set shooting my scene with funny beatufil Kristen Wiig,” the deleted tweet reads. “Lady GB’s are adorable, hilarious and bad ass. Exhilarating!”

It’s currently not known what character Aykroyd is playing, but it’s speculated to be some sort of “pass the torch” role.

Above you can also check out the first official image of the female Ghostbusters that director Paul Feig released a few days ago.

“Ghostbusters” has a July 22, 2016 release directed by Paul Feig starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth and Neil Casey as the bad guy of the movie.