A yr in the past nearly to the day, we discovered that Mel Brooks and Josh Gad have been creating a “Spaceballs” sequel. Although Brooks is getting up there in years (he’ll flip 99 this month), he was apparently fairly concerned in the hilarious 2023 sequel collection to his 1981 characteristic “Historical past of the World: Half I,” so there was each cause to consider the madcap maestro may play a major inventive function on this long-awaited follow-up to his 1987 hit if he so selected.
He’s so selecting.
I instructed you we might be again
— Mel Brooks (@officialmelbrooks.bsky.social) 2025-06-12T16:15:13.404Z
In the present day, Brooks took to Bluesky to announce {that a} “Spaceballs” sequel shall be beaming into your native multiplex in some unspecified time in the future in 2027. There isn’t any official title proper now, however I suggest that the movie be titled “The Schwartz Awakens,” which is used as a tagline on the finish of the (very humorous) teaser. Selection has confirmed that Gad is writing the sequel with the “Detective Pikachu” duo of Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, whereas Brooks will reprise his function because the shill-happy galactic guru Yogurt from the primary film. The challenge has additionally been described as “A Non-Prequel Non-Reboot Sequel Half Two however with Reboot Parts Franchise Growth Movie.”
That is all fairly thrilling, no? Wait’ll you hear who else is coming again.
Rick Moranis will as soon as once more menace the galaxy as Darkish Helmet
Instantly after the teaser hit the web, Deadline broke the information that Brooks shall be joined onscreen within the sequel by Invoice Pullman, Keke Palmer, and Rick Moranis. Sure, the reclusive comedy star, who hasn’t appeared in a live-action characteristic since 1997’s “Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves,” will as soon as once more play the ineptly malevolent Darkish Helmet. A couple of years in the past, Gad received Moranis onboard for his “Honey, I Shrunk the Youngsters” sequel, however that challenge by no means received out of growth. On condition that we now have a teaser and a flurry of casting bulletins, it is secure to imagine that this Amazon MGM Studios manufacturing is a go (and, once more, it is going to be launched to theaters first).
Brooks has been joking about making a sequel for the reason that unique “Spaceballs” turned successful. At one level, he referred to it as “Spaceballs 3: The Seek for Half 2” (with “The Seek for Extra Cash” having additionally been bandied about). I am particularly excited by the prospect of including the uber-talented Palmer into the combination. We’ll have to attend and see if Gad and his writers, in addition to director Josh Greenbaum (who gave us the uproarious “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar”), can ship the products, however the Moranis of all of it is cause sufficient to anticipate one thing particular.
