According to Deadline, Bill Pullman and Rick Moranis are returning as Lone Starr and Dark Helmet, respectively, in a new Spaceballs movie from Amazon MGM Studios. Keke Palmer (One of Them Days) is also joining the cast. No word yet on Daphne Zuniga. Josh Greenbaum (Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar) will direct from a script by Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez, and Josh Gad. Gad has said of the script, "Mel is incredibly involved. I’ll share a funny story that I haven’t yet shared. When we were pitching him the original conceit for what we wanted to do with the film, at the beginning, he goes, 'I’m just telling you now, I want you to really go into detail because I don’t know a lot about the new Star Wars films.' And I said, 'Okay.' It’s literally like, I am a combat vet, just going to war in front of one person. I’m sweating, I am getting into every line and every beat and every comedic set piece, every reveal. I’m painting all of it, and I’m speaking to how this speaks to a certain Star Wars moment." Mel Brooks will also return, as Yogurt, according to the new teaser he just dropped. — (@) The Original Cast Returns - Is That a Good Thing? It's always exciting to have a sequel to a movie you love, but this movie is almost 40 years old, and having all the primary cast members, RIP John Candy, back is an...
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