Dan Aykroyd is Yogi Bear!

Dan Aykroyd seems to be back in work. Not that he hasn’t always been gainfully employed in some respect, but he just seems to be getting better offers these days. A couple of years ago he was fronting direct-to-dvd drivel so bad I…. can’t recall the titles of the film’s I’m slamming. Now – possibly because every tie in town knows he’s going to be back bigger than ever in a couple of years when “Ghostbusters 3” comes out? – he’s back invading the blockbusters.

Hot on the heels of the news that the one-time Dr. Detroit will headline a new John ‘The Blues Brothers’ Landis comedy called “Burke and Hare”, Variety’s announced that Aykroyd’s snagged a plum role in the live-action/CGI “Yogi Bear” flick. Though you’d think Aykroyd would be a better Ranger Smith, he’s actually been asked to provide the voice of ‘Yogi’ himself – strangely enough.

Oh, and Boo Boo? That honour will go to crooner Justin Timberlake.

Interesting choices, hey? I just don’t see Aykroyd and Timberlake hanging out… do you?

Flesh-wise, Anna Faris will be playing a documentary maker in the film, which lenses in New Zealand next month. Eric Brevig (“Journey to the Center of the Earth”) is directing from a script by Brad Copeland.