Mel Brooks confirms return
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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,
"Spaceballs 2" has officially been announced. And with it returns fan-favorite actor Rick Moranis, who hasn't been seen in a theatrical film since 2003.
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.