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Spaceballs 2 in the works with Josh Gad starring, Mel Brooks producing

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk⁩ to ⁨movies@lemm.ee⁩

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  • jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m going to sound like a Mel Brooks commentary track for a second:

    John Candy as Barg - Such a lovely man, shame he’s dead.

    John Hurt from Alien - Wonderful actor, he’s dead.

    Joan Rivers as Dot Matrix - Shame she’s dead.

    Dom DeLuise as the voice of Pizza the Hutt - I loved that man, he’s dead.

    Dick Van Patten as King Roland - He’s dead.

    Ronny Graham as the minister - And he’s dead.

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    • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Spaceballs 2: Rise of the Space Zombies

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    • stembolts@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And if we are lucky we’ll all each reach a point in our lives where most everyone we ever knew is dead and we’re there just… hanging on.

      Sometimes I think about the perspective of my 80 year old neighbors. Every day could be their last. I suppose the world would be a better place if everyone of all ages realized how fragile and fleeting this life is.

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      • cytokine0724@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Thank god I just skimmed.

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      • Brosplosion@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        My grandma is 101 now and it’s crazy the life she must be living. All her friends are dead. Her husband died 45yrs ago. Her siblings are all dead. She’s essentially outlived any peer she’s ever had, which is depressing to think about

        What I’m trying to say is, depends on what you consider lucky

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      • rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Not if I die first.

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    • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Mel Brooks: “…but I’m not dead!”

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    • sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Mel Brooks himself:

      Some fucking how, not dead.

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  • Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So a sequel of a classic 80s movie, made 40 years later. Is there any chance whatsoever its going to be any good?

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    • CannedTuna@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      As long as they keep the title Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money I’ll be happy. I mean may as well be honest and upfront about it.

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      • cowfodder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Spaceballs 3: The Search for Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money

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      • aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        “Moychandising!”

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    • Pavidus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Normally I would say no. However, with Mel Brooks producing, I will hold out hope!

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      • Bahnd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I was unimpressed with Hulu doing a show for “History of the world Part 2”…

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    • tacosanonymous@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      With lowered expectations, definitely.

      Mel Brooks has a good handle on what is funny.

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      • jonsnothere@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Not for a couple of decades he hasn’t, see Spaceballs the series or crazy history of the world part 2

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    • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      With Mel Brooks himself producing, there is any chance whatsoever. He’s almost old enough to run for senate so I don’t know how active he’s going to be, and, well…he’s got a 20th century sense of humor.

      I mean yeah yeah Blazing Saddles has a lot of racism in it because the thesis statement is “This is what racism looks like. It’s pretty dumb, huh?” But go watch History of the World Part 1 again. It’s funny but you’ll involuntarily say “holy shit” a few times.

      Spaceballs specifically…it was largely a parody of the first two Star Wars movies. It came out after Return of the Jedi but I’m struggling to think of anything referenced from that movie. And Star Wars was a PHENOMENON in the 80’s, it had the culture’s attention. Star Wars is of waning popularity right now because Disney ran the wheels off of it. Do you attempt to pick up where Spaceballs left off, or do you attempt to parody modern Star Wars?

      And, is Hollywood at large capable of making a comedy movie anymore? They haven’t done it in 25 years since the release of Galaxy Quest. Can modern actors deliver an actual goddamn joke that isn’t just a pop culture reference?

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    • AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Some legacy sequels have turned out alright, so it’s not impossible. I just have to hope that Mel wouldn’t do it unless it was worth doing, he’s got a pretty good track record.

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    • Crashumbc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      30% maybe?

      I’ve seen a few good sequel/remakes of classic, but the success rate is pretty low.

      I think a parody concert like this is going to be extra tough.

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  • FrenchToast_OverLord@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I always joked with my brother that they should make Spaceballs 3: The Search for Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money

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  • Gerudo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Rick Moranis please.

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  • Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No no no no no, you leave this property alone.

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  • rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    We don’t need a spaceballs 2. Star Wars is already a parody of itself.

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    • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And if that’s not bad enough, there’s the Zack Snyder knock-off that Netflix keeps waving in my face like a cat’s arse.

      I watched the first one, Netflix. You don’t get to fool me twice.

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      • rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I gave that a chance since I feel like people seem to be a bit unfair to Snyder but yeah it was so fucking boring and just copying Warhammer, Star Wars, Firefly, a couple other scifi serieseseses.

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    • Default_Defect@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      What if it ends up being the star wars people want, like in inverse parody?

      I doubt it will even be good, but one can hope.

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      • accideath@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Happened with Star Trek. In 2017, Seth McFarlane created The Orville. A Sci-Fi comedy/satire, that many Treckies claimed felt more like Star Trek than Star Trek at the time.

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  • MindTraveller@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    We can’t have Spaceballs 2 yet, we haven’t seen Spaceballs 3: The Search For Spaceballs 2

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  • Num10ck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Mel Brooks is 97 years old.

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    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Holy shit, he really is 😐

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      • TastyWheat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        And his son wrote World War Z. Talented family!

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  • LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The Search for More Money

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  • TheLowestStone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I am torn because I am equally sick of remakes and reboots and excited for a Josh Gad and Mel Brooks collaboration.

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  • itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If Rick Moranis is in, then I’m in.

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    • DokPsy@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I will accept him in one of two roles: the Schwartz Ghost of Dark Helmet or Crayola Wren, the plucky and colorful yet angsty child of Lone Star and Princess Vespa who idolizes Dark Helmet.

      Crayola Wren draws pictures of Dark Helmet in whatever the current equivalent to a Lisa Frank notebook is.

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  • Brickardo@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Finally! “The search for more money”!

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  • ElderberryLow@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I want this to be good. But I don’t know if it will be good.

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  • MeatPilot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m still waiting for “JEWS IN SPACE!”

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    • ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      it was on Hulu.

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  • probableprotogen@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Spaceballs has finally become what it aimed to poke fun at. Anyways, can’t wait for The Search for More Money!

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  • dumples@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    As long as it’s called Spaceballs 2 the search for more money.

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  • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I do not know who the fuck Josh Gad is, and a quick look at his IMDB page has not set my expectations stunningly high.

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    • dumples@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      He’s really more of a theater guy than movies. But he’s hilarious

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    • DarkCloud@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      All I know about him is he ruined a series the Bob’s Burgers people tried to make, because his whole “comedy” genre is “singing”… And it’s npt funny, just feels wedged in.

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    • bitchkat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’m probably wrong but wasn’t he Eli on Star Gate Universe?

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  • BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Maybe it will be just as good as the star wars prequels and sequels

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  • BroBot9000@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Art is dead and no property is above being frankensteined to milk more money from.

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    • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Especially not spaceballs

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      • OsaErisXero@kbin.run ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        They literally made the joke in the first movie. I think the only thing anyone is really surprised about it that it took so long.

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    • zourn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      *Young Frankensteined

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  • Emperor@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’d quite like a piss-take if the prequels, then one of the sequels. Although, quite a lot of the Sequel Trilogy took the piss anyway.

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  • fsxylo@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    TIL Mel Brooks isn’t dead.

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    • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      No way. :o
      I was so confused.

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  • Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Please no…

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  • DarkCloud@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Josh Gad’s genre seems to be Disney, and ruining anything he’s in that falls too far outside of that genre.

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  • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They could make a Mel Brooks movie today!

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