ItllBeOnTV: Mel Brooks feeling the "Schwartz" again

Bob Jersey

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Jun 12, 2025, 10:22:26 PM6/12/25

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At 98, he has reportedly signed to finally do the sequel to Spaceballs... which he teased in the OG back in the day... Bill Pullman and Rick Moranis have also committed...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2025/06/12/mel-brooks-new-spaceballs-yogurt/84176036007/?tbref=hp (link)

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M-D November

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Jun 13, 2025, 12:41:41 PM6/13/25

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"After 40 years, we asked ‘what do the fans want?’ But instead, we’re making THIS movie."

I'm hopeful, but maybe not too hopeful? I dunno. I just love that they're playing off a 38 year old throwaway joke from the first movie.

Bob F

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Sep 25, 2025, 4:11:01 PM9/25/25

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Filming is underway, with Daphne Zuniga and George Wyner also returning, joined by others including Josh Gad, who is collabbing on the script; Josh Greenbaum directing... Moranis took a hiatus after the death of his wife, and nearly came back to do a Honey, I Shrunk The Kids sequel that got scrubbed due to COVID:
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/spaceballs-2-cast-rick-moranis-ends-retirement-1236529008/ (link)