Spaceballs is getting a sequel
Mel Brooks will produce the follow-up to his classic parody, with Josh Gad set to star
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Star Wars was revived for a new generation, so why not Spaceballs? Fans of the classic 1987 parody are in luck. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Mel Brooks is revisiting Planet Spaceball for a sequel that can really only be called Spaceballs: Episode V—Skroob Strikes Back. That part hasn’t been announced yet, but if it is, you heard it here first!
Brooks is producing the project alongside Josh Gad, who is also set to star. Josh Greenbaum will direct, from a script penned by Gad, Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez. This whole team has really earned their comedy bona fides, as well as a few Star Wars-specific credits to boot. Greenbaum previously helmed films such as Strays and Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar, while writing partners Samit and Hernandez have collaborated on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Pokémon Detective Pikachu, and the upcoming Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy. Gad has been a comedy (and parody!) fixture ever since his starring turn in Broadway’s Book Of Mormon in 2011. Since then, he has gone on to star in Frozen, Pixels, Greenbaum’s Strays, and many more goofy titles.
Not much else is known about the film at this time. The original, which has since become a cult classic despite a lukewarm reception at the time, starred Bill Pullman, John Candy, Daphne Zuniga, and the voice of Joan Rivers as Dot Matrix, a C-3PO stand in, in an almost beat-for-beat plot to save the princess and take back the galaxy. Brooks also makes an appearance as a Yoda-like figure named Yogurt, who we really hope makes another appearance.
Gad actually teased the announcement on his Instagram page earlier this month. “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. Working with my boys [Hernandez] and [Samit] has been heaven on Earth and many other planets as well. Love you boys!” he wrote, alongside a redacted version of the script. All we know is that it will all go down in a Star Field far, far away.