Aykroyd joins Burke & Hare film

Dan Aykroyd has signed on to join Simon Pegg, Bill Nighy and former Dr. Who David Tennant in a new film about graverobbers William Burke and William Hare.

Casting has yet to be finalised, but Pegg will play Burke in the John Landis movie.

Burke And Hare earned notoriety in the 19th century for digging up the dead and selling off cadavers to medical schools.

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