That's who they called! Dan Aykroyd confirms that he will cameo in the new Ghostbusters reboot... before his tweet spookily vanishes

By Ross Mcdonagh For Dailymail.com

Published: 00:26 EST, 15 July 2015 | Updated: 03:27 EST, 15 July 2015

Who ya gonna call? Dan Aykroyd, obviously.

The 63-year-old has revealed he will star in the new Ghostbusters reboot.

The actor confirmed what most people expected and everybody hoped when he tweeted from the Boston set on Tuesday.

He's back: Dan Aykroyd, who played Ray Stantz in the 1984 original Ghostbusters movie, has revealed he will star in the new reboot

He's back: Dan Aykroyd, who played Ray Stantz in the 1984 original Ghostbusters movie, has revealed he will star in the new reboot

'On GB set shooting my scene with funny beautiful Kristen Wiig Lady GB's are adorable, hilarious and badass Exhilarating! #ghostbusters'.

But shortly afterward the tweet mysteriously disappeared from his feed, which can only point to the paranormal... or he got in trouble for revealing what would have been one of the film's best gags.

Aykroyd famously played the spook-scrapping Ray Stantz in the classic 1984 original film and its 1989 sequel, alongside Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson.

That's who they called: The 63-year-old confirmed what most people expected and everybody hoped when he tweeted from the Boston set on Tuesday

That's who they called: The 63-year-old confirmed what most people expected and everybody hoped when he tweeted from the Boston set on Tuesday

Spooky: Shortly afterward the tweet mysteriously disappeared from his feed, which can only point to the paranormal... or he got in trouble for revealing what would have been one of the film's best gags

Spooky: Shortly afterward the tweet mysteriously disappeared from his feed, which can only point to the paranormal... or he got in trouble for revealing what would have been one of the film's best gags

Back to work: Stunt doubles for Melissa McCarthy and Leslie Jones pull Kate McKinnon's stunt double through a window on the set of Ghostbusters in Boston, Massachusetts on Tuesday 

Back to work: Stunt doubles for Melissa McCarthy and Leslie Jones pull Kate McKinnon's stunt double through a window on the set of Ghostbusters in Boston, Massachusetts on Tuesday 

Going for it: The stunt double can be seen flying through the window, all the while being supported by a safety rope

Going for it: The stunt double can be seen flying through the window, all the while being supported by a safety rope

A third film was mooted for years but got stuck in developmental hell, until Ramis suddenly died in February last year, which appeared to finally put the idea to rest.

But six months later it emerged that Paul Feig was directing a reboot, recasting the four leads as females, starring SNL alumni Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones, as well as switching the female receptionist to a very male Chris Hemsworth.

But as the plot required the public to be unaware of the existence of ghosts, the original stars cannot return in the same roles - restricting them to cameo appearances.

Spirit slaying machine: The movie's director Paul Feig took to Twitter to show off the newest edition to the Ghostbusters reboot cast - the Ecto-1 car

Spirit slaying machine: Director Paul Feig took to his Twitter recently night to show off the new the Ecto-1 car

Suited and booted: The 52-year-old filmmaker previously teased fans by tweeting a photo of the costumes worn by his all-female cast writing, '#Whatyougonnawear'

Suited and booted: The 52-year-old filmmaker previously teased fans by tweeting a photo of the costumes worn by his all-female cast writing, '#Whatyougonnawear'

Something strange: A second sequel was mooted for years but never materialized, until the gender-swapping reboot was announced last year starring SNL alumni Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy
Something strange: A second sequel was mooted for years but never materialized, until the gender-swapping reboot was announced last year starring SNL alumni Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy

Something strange: A second sequel was mooted for years but never materialized, until the gender-swapping reboot was announced last year starring SNL alumni Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy

According to Indie Revolver, Aykrod's plays a cab driver who Wiig's character tries and fails to hail down, and during the exchange he gets to utter the immortal line 'I ain't afraid of no ghosts'.

A flustered Wiig shouts after him: 'That’s a double negative! That means you ARE afraid of ghosts!'

Both Murray and Hudson has previously stated they would also consider doing a cameo for the film, which is scheduled for release in July 2016.

Taking a new Stantz: According to reports Aykroyd will have a cameo role as a cab driver

Taking a new Stantz: According to reports Aykroyd will have a cameo role as a cab driver

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