Comedy Spaceballs Sequel from Mel Brooks and Josh Gad

[Pennywise]

 

[DarkKnight88]

I don’t know about this.

And if they don’t use the subtitle “The Search for More Money”, huuuge missed opportunity.

 

[Stringer]

What is there to even parody anymore?

 

[Pennywise]

Gad as the son of Barf?

 

[Cap2024]

What is there to even parody anymore?

In all likelihood they'll parody the prequel films and leave room - if successful - to take on the new trilogy as well.

Basically - the newer Star Wars films.

 

[Spider-Fan]

This is coming way, way, way too late. Maybe if this had been made in like....2005 or even better the 90s, but 2024 a sequel to Spaceballs? Yeah, you missed the window by like....multiple decades

 

[Eddie Dean]

Gad as the son of Barf?

Son of Dark Helmet?

Son of Yogurt?

Son of Pizza the Hutt?

Son of Major *******?

 

[Iceman]

Haha, important part of my childhood so I’ll give this a chance. Will be almost impossible to capture the same magic in this era but let’s see what they can do.

 

[Lily Adler]

They had me until Josh Gad.

 

[Lily Adler]

In all likelihood they'll parody the prequel films and leave room - if successful - to take on the new trilogy as well.

Basically - the newer Star Wars films.

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

Hm. How was History of the World, Part II?

 

[Pennywise]

Hm. How was History of the World, Part II?

I didn’t really laugh that much, tbh. Not sure how other people felt.

 

[Lily Adler]

Hm. How was History of the World, Part II?

I never did get around to watching it. I remember promos for it on the radio and Hulu.

 

[Boom]

This news aged me 13 years.

 

[samsnee]

This is the second project that Gad is developing that is a sequel to a Rick Morganis movie. They were supposed to do the sequel to Honey I Shrunk the Kids but I think Covid killed it.

 

[Drizzle]

This is coming way, way, way too late. Maybe if this had been made in like....2005 or even better the 90s, but 2024 a sequel to Spaceballs? Yeah, you missed the window by like....multiple decades

They missed two windows around the time of the Star Wars prequels and the sequels. The most opportune time for this would have been around 1999-2000 or 2015-2016.

At this point, why bother? John Candy, Joan Rivers and Dom DeLuise are gone and Rick Moranis is retired for all intents and purposes. On top of that, legacy comedy sequels have a very low success rate.

 

[Lily Adler]

This is the second project that Gad is developing that is a sequel to a Rick Morganis movie. They were supposed to do the sequel to Honey I Shrunk the Kids but I think Covid killed it.

Were they finally getting Rick to come back to act in it?

 

[Lily Adler]

They missed two windows around the time of the Star Wars prequels and the sequels. The most opportune time for this would have been around 1999-2000 or 2015-2016.

At this point, why bother? John Candy, Joan Rivers and Dom DeLuise are gone and Rick Moranis is retired for all intents and purposes. On top of that, legacy comedy sequels have a very low success rate.

Josh Gad is taking over for Candy and Melissa for Joan.

 

[Pennywise]

Were they finally getting Rick to come back to act in it?

Yeah, he was supposed to star in it with Gad before COVID stopped things.

 

[Drizzle]

Were they finally getting Rick to come back to act in it?

Yes, and then that a**hole punched him in the face on the streets of New York and he went into hiding again like the Legendary Pokémon he is.

Josh Gad is taking over for Candy and Melissa for Joan.

 

[Lily Adler]

Yes, and then that a**hole punched him in the face on the streets of New York and he went into hiding again like the Legendary Pokémon he is.

I'm just speculating.

 

[Lily Adler]

Yes, and then that a**hole punched him in the face on the streets of New York and he went into hiding again like the Legendary Pokémon he is.

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

Far too little, and far too late.

 

[Lily Adler]

Far too little, and far too late.

If Mel Brooks was really smart, he would have capitalized on that LOTR and Harry Potter craze back in the 2000's instead of letting those idiots from Epic Movie do it.

 

[Drizzle]

If Mel Brooks was really smart, he would have capitalized on that LOTR and Harry Potter craze back in the 2000's instead of letting those idiots from Epic Movie do it.

As meh as Robin Hood: Men in Tights and Dracula: Dead and Loving It may be, at least compared to peak Brooks parody in the '70s, they're still leagues beyond that Friedberg and Seltzer nonsense that plagued the 2000's. So even a meh Brooks fantasy parody would have been the better alternative.