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Mel Brooks has always wanted to further exploit the adventures of those “Spaceballs”, and if this latest report is true, the Schwartz might be with us again soon.
According to this post on Reddit, Brooks mentioned on a podcast that “Spaceballs 2 : The Search for More Money” might finally be inching towards the screen. According to the report, Brooks wants Rick Moranis to exit retirement to reprise Dark Helmet.
Brooks (now 88) did continue the adventures of the intergalactic crew in a short-lived animated series, but he’s long expressed interest in another “Spaceballs” feature.
So, the likelihood of this being true? Well, it would make sense. Brooks has been doing interviews to promote his newly-announced HBO project, there’s also a new “Star Wars” movie on the way – so “Spaceballs 2” would be timely, Brooks has always wanted to sequelize the satire, and though he hasn’t acted in over a decade, actor Rick Moranis did say recently that if “Ghostbusters 3” reached out to him to reprise Lewis he would’ve done it – so clearly, he’s not against returning to work. But when the source is unidentified, and there’s little else to go on by a forum commentator’s word, let’s chalk this up as a stout rumour for now.
Released in 1987, “Spaceballs” starred Rick Moranis, John Candy, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten, Joan Rivers, and Stephen Tobolowsky. Obviously, if the long-gestating sequel gets off the ground, they’ll either have to write a bunch of those characters out or recast, since quite a few – namely Candy and Rivers – have left us since then.
Thanks to ‘Bloody Disgusting‘
