{"id":181054,"date":"2025-09-25T15:24:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T15:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/181054\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T15:24:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T15:24:05","slug":"spaceballs-2-starts-production-cast-photo-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/181054\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Spaceballs 2’ Starts Production, Cast Photo Unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAmazon MGM Studios has made official what Deadline previously told you<\/a>: There is a Spaceballs<\/a> 2 with Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman and Daphne Zuniga reprising their respective roles as Dark Helmet, Lone Star and Princess Vespa. There\u2019s also the series additions, which we told you about, including Josh Gad, Keke Palmer and Lewis Pullman.<\/p>\n

\n\tNew cast members who were unannounced are Barry and Superman actor Anthony Carrigan<\/a> and A Serious Man\u2018s George Wyner<\/a>, who played Colonel Sandurz in the original 1987 movie which grossed over $38M domestic. <\/p>\n

\n\tAnd of course, the sci-fi comedy pic\u2019s architect, Mel Brooks, is back, returning to his roles as Zen Yiddish wise guy Yogurt and President Skroob. <\/p>\n

\n\tProduction 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. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe 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\u2019t making official the roles of Palmer, Gad and Lewis Pullman. <\/p>\n

\n\tImagine Entertainment\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

\n\tMoranis 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,\u00a0Entertainment 360, and\u00a0Lichter Grossman.\u00a0Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez are represented by 3 Arts, UTA and Jackoway.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amazon MGM Studios has made official what Deadline previously told you: There is a Spaceballs 2 with Rick…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[38862,88,107169,107170,107171],"class_list":{"0":"post-181054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-anthony-carrigan","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-george-wyner","11":"tag-spaceballs","12":"tag-spaceballs-2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}