May the Schwartz be with you!
Mel Brooks, who wrote, directed and starred inside the genuine 1987 “Spaceballs,” is reprising his place of Yogurt for the Josh Gad led sequel. Amazon MGM Studios has scheduled the film for a theatrical launch in 2027.
“Will & Harper” director Josh Greenbaum will helm the film with a script from Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez and Gad. Cast members exterior of Gad and Brooks are at current unknown. Plot particulars moreover keep beneath wraps, nevertheless a tentative logline, laden with Brooks-era humor, describes the movie as, “A Non-Prequel Non-Reboot Sequel Half Two nevertheless with Reboot Parts Franchise Progress Film.”
Brooks, who holds the coveted title of EGOT, is probably going probably the greatest comedic filmmakers inside the historic previous of Hollywood. Over his storied career, he directed, wrote and acted (or sang) in immortal classics comparable to “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Youthful Frankenstein,” “Historic previous of the World: Half 1” and “Robin Hood: Males in Tights.”
Samit and Hernandez beforehand collaborated on films like “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” “Pokémon Detective Pikachu” and “Addams Family 2.” They’ll rapidly pen the upcoming Disney+/Lucasfilm collaboration, “Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy.”
Gad, who obtained his breakout place in Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s “The E-book of Mormon,” catapulted to world fame voicing Olaf the snowman in Disney’s wildly frequent “Frozen” franchise. He’ll rapidly make his directorial debut with a Chris Farley biopic starring Paul Walter Hauser.
Producers embody Brian Grazer and Jeb Brody beneath the Take into consideration Leisure banner, along with Gad, Brooks and Greenbaum. Kevin Salter, Adam Merims, Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez operate govt producers.
MGM’s genuine “Spaceballs” starred Bill Pullman as Lone Star, John Candy as Barf, Daphne Zuniga as Princess Vespa, Rick Moranis as Lord Darkish Helmet and Brooks as President Skroob and Yogurt. The film was a takedown of sci-fi blockbusters like “Star Wars” and “Alien.”
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