When writer/director Mel Brooks' "Spaceballs" comedy spoof of "Star Wars" was released in 1987, fans of the 'space opera' genre were delighted with the film, but reviewers dismissed the feature as lame 'shtick', thinking the whole "Star Wars" 'thing' had run its course and best left forgotten. But the fans were right, the film was successful and now producer Brooks with backing from Amazon MGM is finally moving forward at ‘ludicrous speed’ with a new sequel, to be directed by Josh Greenbaum, releasing in 2027 in theaters:
The original "Spaceballs", currently streaming on HBO Max, sees many of the main cast pass away, including John Candy as 'Barf'...
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... Joan Rivers as 'Dot Matrix', Dom DeLuise as 'Pizza The Hut'...
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...and Phil Hartman as 'Dink'.
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But Bill Pullman will return as ‘Lone Star' as will newcomer Keke Palmer and Josh Gad.
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... Joan Rivers as 'Dot Matrix', Dom DeLuise as 'Pizza The Hut'...
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...and Phil Hartman as 'Dink'.
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But Bill Pullman will return as ‘Lone Star' as will newcomer Keke Palmer and Josh Gad.
As for Rick Moranis, who reprised his role as ‘Dark Helmet’, for an episode of TV series “The Goldbergs”, he was also persuaded to return to his role, as well as Brooks himself, reprising his ‘Yoda’ character ‘Yogurt’.
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