Mel Brooks, Josh Gad officially announce Spaceballs sequel
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On Thursday, June 12, Mel Brooks shared a video on X that announced that “Spaceballs 2″ will be coming to theaters in 2027, whether fans want it or not. The video began with a long list of sequels made in the past 38 years,
The 98-year-old Mel Brooks will reprise his role of Yogurt in the upcoming sequel to 'Spaceballs' for Amazon MGM Studios.
Mel Brooks' 'Spaceballs' put a comedic dent in the sci-fi genre when it crashed onto the space-opera scene in 1987. Now, prequels and sequels later, it's back.
This time he’ll just be acting, though, with Josh Greenbaum ( Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar) directing from a script by Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez, and Josh Gad. Gad is also expected to star, but that has yet to be officially confirmed.
The Hollywood icon Mel Brooks' best films tended to parody entire genres of movies — Westerns with Blazing Saddles, for example, or classic horror with Young Frankenstein. Naturally, then, in the 1980s,
Mel Brooks has confirmed that Spaceballs 2 is officially happening, and the sequel will even bring back a crucial cast member from the original movie.