the industry

Dan Aykroyd Is Still Pitching a Blues Brothers Animated Show

The Blues Brothers. Photo: Universal Pictures

Dan Aykroyd is on a mission from God, and he’s not going to stop until he’s successfully put an animated Blues Brothers show on TV: Five years after the first time Aykroyd tried this idea, THR reports that the SNL star has gotten the band — John Belushi’s widow Judy and former SNL writer Anne Beatts — back together to shop a prime-time Blues Brothers cartoon to networks. The show will reportedly feature animated version of Jake and Elwood Blues, with “special guest appearances from aspiring talent, treasured Blues legends and modern-day superstars.†Blues Hammer, now is your time to shine.

Dan Aykroyd Wants a Blues Brothers Animated Show