Spaceballs 2 is in the works.
According to Jeff Sneider’s The InSneider, Amazon MGM is moving forward with a sequel to 1987’s Spaceballs. Josh Gad is starring in the movie, though it’s not immediately clear who he’ll be playing.
Who else is involved in Spaceball 2’s search for more money?
Gad is producing the movie with Mel Brooks, who directed the original Spaceballs movie. Gad also co-wrote the screenplay with Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez, while Josh Greenbaum has been tapped to direct the film.
Greenbaum previously directed 2021’s Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar and 2023’s Strays, along with episodes of New Girl, Fresh Off the Boat, and more.
Kevin Salter will serve as an executive producer for Spaceballs 2. Plot details are being kept under wraps at this time.
Gad previously teased his involvement with a Spaceballs sequel on Instagram. “Just handed in a film script that I think may be the funniest and best thing I’ve ever worked on and I am so freaking excited,” he wrote in the post, which can be viewed below, “Working with my boys @cubanmissiledh and @benjisamit has been heaven on Earth and many other planets as well. Love you boys!”
A parody of Star Wars, Spaceballs starred Bill Pullman as Lone Starr, John Candy as Barf, Daphne Zuniga as Princess Vespa, Joan Rivers as the voice of Dot Matrix, and Rick Moranis as Lord Dark Helmet. Brooks also played President Skroob and Yogurt in the film.
“In a distant galaxy, planet Spaceball has depleted its air supply, leaving its citizens reliant on a product called Perri-Air,” the synopsis for Spaceballs reads. “In desperation, Spaceball’s leader President Skroob (Mel Brooks) orders the evil Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) to kidnap Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) of oxygen-rich Druidia and hold her hostage in exchange for air. But help arrives for the Princess in the form of renegade space pilot Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and his half-man, half-dog partner, Barf (John Candy).”
Spaceballs is currently streaming on Max. A release date for Spaceballs 2 has not been set.
Source: The InSneider
