Post by Fanible on Feb 14, 2015 1:40:25 GMT -5
Keep in mind, nothing has been green lit or gone underway. Just a possibility at this point:
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Brooks would make Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money if Rick Moranis was onboard.
Mel Brooks just gave Spaceballs fans a new reason to look forward to the new Star Wars movie.
The 88-year old director stopped by Adam Carolla’s Take A Knee podcast and mentioned that the forthcoming J.J. Abrams directed prequel, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, could be the perfect time to release a Spaceballs sequel.
“In Spaceballs, in the movie, Bill Pullman says to me, Yogurt, just plain Yogurt, he says ‘Do you think we'll ever meet again?’ and I say ‘Well, I don’t know…maybe in Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money,” Brooks told Carolla on the podcast, which is only available to paid subscribers, but was posted on Splitsider. “I’m thinking now, if I said, if I did a movie that came out right after Star Wars comes out, you know, maybe a couple of months later, Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money, I’d have a big weekend, you know, no matter what, even if it fell on its ass and you know, didn’t get that money back.”
The Star Wars parody, which was written and directed by Brooks, who also starred in the film, featured Bill Pullman as Lone Starr, a Han Solo-ish character flying through space in an aerial RV, sent on a mission to rescue Princess Vespa, played by Daphne Zuniga.
There are a few problems with making a sequel to the cult classic, though, namely that both John Candy, who played Barf, a half-man, half-dog mawg (he is his own best friend), and Joan Rivers, who voiced Princess Vespa’s android-in-waiting, Dot Matrix, have passed away. Their absence would mean a very different Spaceballs, but it’s still possible that Brooks could write around their characters and it sounds like Brooks is up to the challenge. “I still have Daphne Zuniga and I still have Rick Moranis if he’d do it, and I’ve still got me,” Brooks said in the podcast.
Just last year, Brooks said he wouldn’t make a Spaceballs sequel without the involvement of Moranis. “Without Rick, I wouldn’t do it,” he told Parade magazine. “I’ve got the helmet in storage, just waiting for him. It’ll fit nobody else. Rick is five-five-and-a-half. It’s a perfect fit for the big helmet. He was such a genius.”
Brooks also noted that he had asked Moranis many times to consider returning to the role of Dark Helmet and Moranis has always demurred. “I’ve asked him plenty of times and he's been really strict about it,” Brooks said. Moranis gave up acting in the mid-90s and save for some voiceover work, he has not returned to the screen, but in a 2013 interview with Heeb magazine, Moranis said he was open to hearing well-developed pitches: “What is it? Is it happening? Is there a script? What’s the part? Who else is in it? Where is it? How long is it gonna take? You know, I need a little bit more information.”
The interview also revealed, though, that Moranis and Brooks were unable to reach a deal on a Spaceballs sequel years ago. “Mel wanted to do a sequel after it became a cult video hit,” said Moranis. “It wasn’t a box office hit. It was a cult video hit, and MGM wanted to do a sequel. And my idea for it was Spaceballs III: The Search for Spaceballs II. And I was unable to make a deal with Mel. I couldn’t make a deal.”
That doesn’t mean a deal isn’t possible now, though, and Spaceballs 2 could theoretically happen. May the Schwartz be with them.
Mel Brooks just gave Spaceballs fans a new reason to look forward to the new Star Wars movie.
The 88-year old director stopped by Adam Carolla’s Take A Knee podcast and mentioned that the forthcoming J.J. Abrams directed prequel, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, could be the perfect time to release a Spaceballs sequel.
“In Spaceballs, in the movie, Bill Pullman says to me, Yogurt, just plain Yogurt, he says ‘Do you think we'll ever meet again?’ and I say ‘Well, I don’t know…maybe in Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money,” Brooks told Carolla on the podcast, which is only available to paid subscribers, but was posted on Splitsider. “I’m thinking now, if I said, if I did a movie that came out right after Star Wars comes out, you know, maybe a couple of months later, Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money, I’d have a big weekend, you know, no matter what, even if it fell on its ass and you know, didn’t get that money back.”
The Star Wars parody, which was written and directed by Brooks, who also starred in the film, featured Bill Pullman as Lone Starr, a Han Solo-ish character flying through space in an aerial RV, sent on a mission to rescue Princess Vespa, played by Daphne Zuniga.
There are a few problems with making a sequel to the cult classic, though, namely that both John Candy, who played Barf, a half-man, half-dog mawg (he is his own best friend), and Joan Rivers, who voiced Princess Vespa’s android-in-waiting, Dot Matrix, have passed away. Their absence would mean a very different Spaceballs, but it’s still possible that Brooks could write around their characters and it sounds like Brooks is up to the challenge. “I still have Daphne Zuniga and I still have Rick Moranis if he’d do it, and I’ve still got me,” Brooks said in the podcast.
Just last year, Brooks said he wouldn’t make a Spaceballs sequel without the involvement of Moranis. “Without Rick, I wouldn’t do it,” he told Parade magazine. “I’ve got the helmet in storage, just waiting for him. It’ll fit nobody else. Rick is five-five-and-a-half. It’s a perfect fit for the big helmet. He was such a genius.”
Brooks also noted that he had asked Moranis many times to consider returning to the role of Dark Helmet and Moranis has always demurred. “I’ve asked him plenty of times and he's been really strict about it,” Brooks said. Moranis gave up acting in the mid-90s and save for some voiceover work, he has not returned to the screen, but in a 2013 interview with Heeb magazine, Moranis said he was open to hearing well-developed pitches: “What is it? Is it happening? Is there a script? What’s the part? Who else is in it? Where is it? How long is it gonna take? You know, I need a little bit more information.”
The interview also revealed, though, that Moranis and Brooks were unable to reach a deal on a Spaceballs sequel years ago. “Mel wanted to do a sequel after it became a cult video hit,” said Moranis. “It wasn’t a box office hit. It was a cult video hit, and MGM wanted to do a sequel. And my idea for it was Spaceballs III: The Search for Spaceballs II. And I was unable to make a deal with Mel. I couldn’t make a deal.”
That doesn’t mean a deal isn’t possible now, though, and Spaceballs 2 could theoretically happen. May the Schwartz be with them.
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