Aykroyd pitched his story to director and producer Ivan Reitman, who liked the basic idea but immediately saw the budgetary impossibilities demanded by Aykroyd's first draft.
Aykroyd je predstavio svoju priču redatelju-producentu Ivanu Reitmanu, kojemu se svidjela osnovna ideja, ali je odmah uočio proračunske nemogućnosti zahtijeva Aykroydovog prvog nacrta scenarija.