The Blues Brothers have been round since John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd created the unique sketch for Saturday Night time Reside in 1976. Since then, many comedic actors and musicians have appeared as a Blues Brother in a method or one other, with Dan Aykroyd being the one fixed presence within the band, and John’s brother Jim Belushi stepping in as a mainstay for the stay reveals. There hasn’t been an official Blues Brothers movie since 1998’s Blues Brothers 2000, and though nothing is technically within the works, it hasn’t stopped Dan Aykroyd from arising with concepts for the way forward for the franchise. And oh man, a few of them certain are ‘on the market.’
Jim Belushi’s Discovery channel collection Rising Belushi is getting into its third season, and the truth/scripted comedy hybrid about Belushi’s marijuana farm contains a ton of acquainted faces from his a long time as a presence in popular culture. This consists of Dan Aykroyd, as the 2 nonetheless tour because the well-known brothers recurrently. Naturally I used to be curious as as to whether or not they focus on potential for The Blues Brothers to make their manner again to the silver display, and Belushi did admit that Aykroyd is all the time arising with potential new concepts:
[Dan Aykroyd] really, , he is all the time bought concepts. I imply, he is bought this complete factor about, , ‘I discover Jake’s brother in Albania, . I discover on the market was one other brother, a Blues Brother. And I’m going to Albania and I discover him and I carry him out. He would not communicate English.’ I imply, he is bought every kind of concepts. The Blues Sisters, he desires to do one with the Blues Brothers however Blues Sisters. You recognize, he is a inventive son of a gun.
Is it too early to begin dream-casting who would play the Blues Sisters and their Albanian brother? Though the concepts appear just a little foolish, I additionally really feel like they might completely work. Aykroyd has by no means shied away from the potential of reviving his previous franchises, as he’s even fought for a possible Ghostbusters prequel and is down for the thought of a live-action TV present. Not that it actually issues, as Jim Belushi appears fairly assured that the brothers’ time in movie is over. As he put it:
Oh, no, I don’t, I do not assume that film is – I believe Blues Brothers 2000 was it.
The historical past of The Blues Brothers is moderately difficult. They actually are an actual band, albeit depicted as fictional characters, and Jim Belushi by no means appeared within the movies. He was purported to be in Blues Brothers 2000, however there was a battle along with his Complete Safety tv contract with ABC. He initially didn’t exchange his late brother John as Joliet, however as an alternative performed a brand new brother, Zee Blues. John isn’t the one Blues Brother they’ve misplaced within the band’s 47-year historical past, as their bassist Donald Duck Dunn handed at 70, and Dan’s brother Peter Aykroyd, who voiced the character Elwood for The Blues Brothers Animated Collection, handed in 2021. They even paid tribute to him on a 2021 episode of SNL hosted by Simu Liu.
The ways in which the Blues Brothers connect with Rising Belushi goes far past an occasional look by Aykroyd, as he and Jim Belushi are enterprise companions on a model of hashish merchandise that sports activities the Blues Brothers title. Belushi even calls his work within the hashish business a “mission from God,” referencing the well-known Blues Brothers quote, as he believes entry to such drugs may need modified his brother John’s premature destiny. He takes this mission critically and even as soon as plead with Chris Farley in an effort to stop him from ending up like his well-known brother.
Rising Belushi Season 3 premieres on Discovery channel at 9pm ET on April 5! There’s additionally a slew of different superior TV premieres coming our manner in 2023, so be sure to remain updated right here at CinemaBlend.
