Legendary Star Wars parody movie Spaceballs is reportedly getting a sequel from Amazon MGM Studios, Josh Gad, and unique creator Mel Brooks.
As first reported by TheInSneider (and later corroborated by The Hollywood Reporter and varied different trades), Gad, who’s finest generally known as the voice of Olaf in Frozen and LeFou within the live-action Beauty and the Beast film, is presently hooked up to star whereas additionally serving as a producer with Brooks. The Spaceballs 2 script is being dealt with by Gad, Benji Samit, and Dan Hernandez, with Strays and Becoming Bond’s Josh Greenbaum set to direct. No story particulars have been revealed.
Kevin Salter may even function an government producer. Samit and Hernandez are finest recognized for penning scripts for tasks like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, however we’ve recognized that they’ve been working with Gad for just a few weeks. In an Instagram post shared on June 7, the Frozen star teased a brand new undertaking that many had already predicted to be associated to Spaceballs 2.
“Just handed in a movie script that I feel stands out as the funniest and neatest thing I’ve ever labored on and I’m so freaking excited,” Gad stated. “Working with my boys @cubanmissiledh and @benjisamit has been heaven on Earth and plenty of different planets as nicely. Love you boys!”
Brooks, 97, paved the way in which for parody filmmaking with plenty of comedic films all through the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s. His run of classics contains movies like Young Frankenstein, History of the World, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and, in 1987, Spaceballs. The sci-fi comedy has grow to be beloved within the a long time since its launch and starred John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Joan Rivers, and even Brooks himself.
No launch date for Spaceballs 2 has been revealed, however with contemplating the sequel now has a long time of recent area films to tug from, there’s no telling which route it would take. We gave the unique film a 7/10 in our evaluate.
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