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The long-awaited “Spaceballs” sequel will be released in April 2027 – just in time for the 40th anniversary of Mel Brooks’ legendary “Star Wars” parody.
Amazon MGM Studios has set April 27, 2027 as the start date for the as yet untitled “Spaceballs” sequel. As Variety reports, original cast members Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, 99-year-old Brooks and Rick Moranis – in his big screen comeback – return in their roles. The original was released in cinemas in June 1987.
Brooks had confirmed the sequel in 2025 with a teaser that once again poked fun at the famous opening lines of “Star Wars”. “Thirty-eight years ago there was only one Star Wars trilogy,” it said. “Since then, however, there have been… a prequel trilogy, a sequel trilogy, a sequel to the prequel, a prequel to the sequel, countless TV spinoffs, a film spinoff of the TV spinoff that is both a prequel and a sequel… But in 38 years there has only ever been one Spaceballs. Until now…”
Secretiveness about title and plot
Amazon MGM Studios is also being decidedly buttoned up about the comedy’s title – “according to reports, the title will be the name of the film, and the plot details are described as information about what happens in the story” – and the content: a “non-prequel-non-reboot-sequel-part-two-but-with-reboot-elements franchise expansion film”.
Josh Gad, who co-wrote the script and also stars, raved about his excitement for the film on Instagram. “I was the kid who saw ‘Spaceballs’ before he ever saw ‘Star Wars’ – and then wondered why anyone would make a dramatic remake of the Mel Brooks classic,” he wrote. “It is therefore the greatest gift of my life to be able to help take the helm and, together with Mel and this incredible group, make a sequel to the film that inspired George Lucas.”
New faces in the cast also include Keke Palmer, Anthony Carrigan and Lewis Pullman, Bill’s son. The film is directed by Josh Greenbaum, who directed “Strays” and “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar.”
