For decades, I have been waiting for Spaceballs 3: The Search for 2. And now it is finally happening, sort of.
Today, Director Josh Greenbaum, Bill Pullman, Keke Palmer, Daphne Zuniga, George Wyner
Jeb Brody (Producer), Taylor Stuewe (Associate Producer), Austin Lee (Associate Producer), Benji Samit (Writer), Dan Hernandez (Writer), Adam Merims (Line Producer/EP), Anthony Carrigan, Lewis Pullman, Josh Gad, and the legendary and beloved Rick Moranis got together for their first table read for the sequel, which will also star the one and only Mel Brooks.
I am sure you are going to say to me, “Ye, of little faith,” but that is what I have for this film. If it fails, then I believe that Gad needs to be stopped. He keeps trying to do sequels or remakes of his childhood favorites, like Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Stay Tuned, but they fizzle out. And there is probably a very good reason for that. Some people are more suited to read other people’s works, and not their own. I think he is one of those people.
Spaceball 2 is expected to be released in 2027, 40 years after the OG.
A year ago, it was announced that we were finally getting Spaceballs 2 after over 35 years. Today, Mel Brooks announced that he was reprising his role as Yogurt.
He is not the only actor from the original movie who is returning to the Star Wars parody sequel. Rick Moranis and Bill Pullman are back as Dark Helmet (Darth Vader) and Lone Star (Luke Skywalker and Han Solo), according to Deadline.
No word if Daphne Zuniga will don her chastity belt again. Sadly, John Candy, Joan Rivers, Dick Van Patten, and Dom DeLuise are no longer with us, so they are confirmed not the be in it.
Josh Gad, who is one of the writers, cast himself in a role. Because of that, I have very low expectations for the film, especially after History of the World, Part II.
Spaceballs 2 is expected to be released in 2027, the 40th anniversary year of the original movie.
UPDATE: The Wrap says that Daphne Zuniga is returning as Princess Vespa.
Josh Gad and Ashley Park are playing husband and wife in A Tree Fall in the Woods, so they have gotten to know each other.
Case in point. Gad knows that the actress is easily scared. So yesterday, when they were both on Live with Kelly and Mark during different segments, he seized the opportunity to sneak up behind her when she was being interviewed by Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos.
The Emily in Paris star got so frightened that she jumped out of her chair and cried to the two hosts.
The Consueloses explained that her co-star told them she would like it. She didn’t like it when they were filming, and she didn’t like it when he did it to her on live television.
I hope she gets him back because he deserves his just desserts. What are your suggestions for her?
Josh Gad must be stopped. He seems to be obsessed with the amazing Rick Moranis, and because of that, he thinks he can resurrect the actor’s works.
For example, he tried to do a sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Thankfully, Disney+ shortened it to nothing.
Now, Variety is reporting that he is producing a sequel to Spaceballs and will star in it.
Mel Brooks is also said to be a producer. I want to know what that means because anyone who saw History of the World: Part 2 is scared because that was pure shit. And it was said that he was part of that too.
So when it comes to Spaceballs 2, I hope it goes more like Honey than History.
Leave Mel Brooks’ works alone unless he is truly part of it because there is no comedic writer today who is as brilliant as Brooks on their best day.
Right before the pandemic started, Josh Gad announced that he was doing a sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. And better yet, Rick Moranis was coming out of retirement to be in it.
But since then, we haven’t heard much about the project.
Well, now, nearly three years later, a pandemic and two strikes, Gad revealed to Julia Cunningham on Jess Cagle’s SiriusXM radio that the sequel is not happening.
It came close a few times, but Gad’s schedule got in the way. And now, Disney has moved on. And I am grateful they have because Gad would overact and that would take away from the quiet Moranis who needs to shine.
