Summary
ASpaceballssequel isin development at Amazon MGM Studios. The 1987 comedy film directed by Mel Brooks parodiedStar Wars,Star Trek,Alien, and other science-fiction classics.Brooks played multiple rolesinSpaceballs, including Yogurt and President Skroob. It also starred Bill Pullman as Lone Starr, John Candy as Barf, Daphne Zuniga as Princess Vespa, Rick Moranis as Lord Dark Helmet, and Joan Rivers as the voice of Dot Matrix.
According toVariety,Josh Gad will star inSpaceballs 2, which will be produced by Brooks. It will be directed by Josh Greenbaum and based on a screenplay written by Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez, and Gad. No plot details have been revealed yet, leaving it currently unclear who Gad is playing, and whether the project will be a direct continuation of the events and characters inSpaceballs,or if it will be more of a spiritual sequel parodying more recent science-fiction films and franchises.
Spaceballs 2: Confirmation, Cast & Everything We Know
Decades after the original film’s release, Mel Brooks is returning to make Spaceballs 2, and there are already a ton of exciting updates.
Spaceballs 2 Will Face An Uphill Battle
The Sequel Won’t Be Able To Assemble The Whole Original Cast
Even with Brooks involved as a producer,Spaceballs 2will have a difficult time recapturing the magic of the original film’s delightful and absurd comedy. With Candy passing away in 1994, Rivers passing away in 2014, andMoranis retiring from actingin live-action movies in 1997, the sequel is already at a disadvantage with the absences of the lovable Barf, the distinctive voice of Dot Matrix, and the blundering Dark Helmet. Pullman and Zuniga are still acting, but it wouldn’t feel right to have only Lone Starr and Princess Vespa back without the others, especially without Barf.
Brooks is still actively working, and it is promising that he will be a producer. Nevertheless,without his signature direction, it may not feel like a trueSpaceballssequel, with the first film being the epitome of Brooks' comedic trademarks and irreverent tone that, likeSpaceballs, still holds up today. Brooks was involved inSpaceballs: The Animated Series, which released in 2008, but the project received little attention and didn’t resonate the way the 1987 film did, partly because of lackluster animation, along with making significant changes to the story from the original film.
Spaceballsfeatures a joke about Lone Starr and his friends meeting Yogurt again in a future sequel calledSpaceballs 2: The Search for More Money.
37 years afterSpaceballswas released, the sequel will naturally be met with skepticism. One benefit it does have is the abundance of science-fiction films and franchises that have been released since 1987. TheStar Wars,Star Trek, andAlienfranchises have debuted numerous films or television series since then, providingplenty of recent and ongoing material forSpaceballs 2to parody, along with newer franchises like the Marvel Cinematic Universe or Monsterverse. Without much or any of the original cast, though, it will be difficult for the sequel to live up to its predecessor’s legacy.
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Spaceballs is a 1987 comedic science fiction film directed by Mel Brooks. It follows Lone Starr and his sidekick as they confront the villainous Dark Helmet, who schemes to kidnap Princess Vespa and steal her planet’s air. They encounter Yogurt, who introduces them to the mystical power known as “The Schwartz.”
