Spaceballs 2 Announces Start of Production With a Star Wars: The Force Awakens Parody Photo

Amazon MGM Studios announced Thursday that Spaceballs 2, the long-awaited sequel to the 1987 sci-fi drama and Star Wars parody, is present successful production. The workplace besides released a behind-the-scenes photograph of the formed doing a array work of the screenplay (seen below), which is simply a send-up of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens formed array work photograph from 2014.

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The workplace besides confirmed that Rick Moranis has officially returned to acting to reprise his relation arsenic Dark Helmet successful Spaceballs 2. Technically, Spaceballs 2 isn’t the archetypal clip Moranis has reprised the relation of Pannakin Crybaby /Lord Dark Helmet. He voiced the quality successful an occurrence of The Goldbergs successful 2018.

The Force Awakens array work successful 2014.

The Spaceballs 2 array work successful 2025.

Moranis gradually withdrew from nationalist beingness pursuing his wife’s decease successful 1991, prioritizing raising his children implicit his acting career. Although helium clarified successful a 2015 interrogation that helium had not really retired from acting and was conscionable being “picky” astir his projects – turning down the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot – Moranis has been connected an extended hiatus from the surface since 1997 erstwhile helium starred successful Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves.

In the years since, Moranis has done dependable roles successful Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys, the Brother Bear movies, and Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids. He reunited with his Strange Brew co-star and chap SCTV alum Dave Thomas for Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary successful 2007. Moranis besides famously appeared other chap Canadian Ryan Reynolds successful a Mint Mobile commercialized successful 2020.

In his Hollywood heyday successful the 1980s and ‘90s, Moranis appeared successful specified films arsenic Ghostbusters (and its archetypal sequel), Little Shop of Horrors, The Flintstones, Parenthood, L.A. Story, Streets of Fire, Little Giants, Big Bully, and, of course, the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids franchise.

Moranis isn’t the lone formed subordinate from Spaceballs to instrumentality for the sequel. Mel Brooks, Daphne Zuniga and Bill Pullman arsenic Yogurt, Princess Vespa, and Lone Starr, respectively. Pullman’s son, Thunderbolts' Lewis Pullman is besides successful the film.

The formed of Spaceballs 2 besides includes Josh Gad, Keke Palmer, Anthony Carrigan, George and Wyner. Gad, Palmer, Lewis Pullman, and Carrigan volition play brand-new characters.

Josh Greenbaum (Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar) is directing from a publication by Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez (Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy; TMNT: Mutant Mayhem), and Josh Gad. Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, and Jeb Brody are producing the film, alongside Mel Brooks, Josh Gad, Josh Greenbaum, and Kevin Salter. Adam Merims, Benji Samit, and Dan Hernandez volition enforcement produce.

Spaceballs 2 volition unfastened successful theaters successful 2027.