Amazon MGM Studios has made official what Deadline previously told you: There is a Spaceballs 2 with Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman and Daphne Zuniga reprising their respective roles as Dark Helmet, Lone Star and Princess Vespa. There’s also the series additions, which we told you about, including Josh Gad, Keke Palmer and Lewis Pullman.
New cast members who were unannounced are Barry and Superman actor Anthony Carrigan and A Serious Man‘s George Wyner, who played Colonel Sandurz in the original 1987 movie which grossed over $38M domestic.
And of course, the sci-fi comedy pic’s architect, Mel Brooks, is back, returning to his roles as Zen Yiddish wise guy Yogurt and President Skroob.
Production is underway with Josh Greenbaum directing. Check out the great cast table read shot above, a nod to what JJ Abrams did when he assembled the Star Wars gang new and old for Force Awakens, more than a decade ago. Expected theatrical release is 2027 for the Spaceballs sequel which is currently untitled.
The screenplay logline from scribe duo Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez (Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy; TMNT: Mutant Mayhem), and Gad is under wraps. Amazon MGM Studios aren’t making official the roles of Palmer, Gad and Lewis Pullman.
Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, and Jeb Brody are producing the film, alongside Brooks, Gad, Greenbaum, and Kevin Salter. Adam Merims, Samit, and Hernandez will executive produce.
Moranis is represented by Troy Bailey of Bailey Brand Management and Marc Von Arx . Gad is represented by CAA, Range, and Johnson Shapiro. Palmer is represented by 3 Arts and Hertz Lichtenstein. Pullman is represented by CAA and Anonymous Content. Carrigan is represented by United Artists in the U.K., Goodman Genow, and Schlegel Entertainment. Wyner is represented by The House of Representatives. Zuniga is represented by Untitled Entertainment, CESD and Jackoway. Pullman is represented by CAA. Greenbaum is represented by UTA, Entertainment 360, and Lichter Grossman. Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez are represented by 3 Arts, UTA and Jackoway.
From Deadline.com