A long time ago, in a galaxy not too far away, Mel Brooks was blessed star wars Fans of the ultimate parody… but it hasn't kept up with the franchise since.
Josh Gad is developing a sequel to Brooks' film Space balls (1987) revealed that he had to explain the matter last star wars installments when offering his take on the follow-up to the beloved parody.
“Mel is incredibly involved,” he said on the show. Let's talk off camera Podcast. “I'll share a funny story that I haven't shared yet. When we showed him the original idea of what we wanted to do with the movie, he initially said, 'I'm just telling you now, I want you to really go into detail because I don't know much about it.'” New star wars Movies. I said: Okay.
Gad said he pitched Brooks for “40 minutes,” adding, “It literally feels like I'm a combat vet going to war in front of one person. I'm sweating it out, getting into every line, every beat, every comedy bit, every reveal. I'm drawing it all out and talking About how this speaks to a specific person star wars moment, etc. Then there is silence, and at the end he says: “Wonderful.” Josh, it feels like you have your finger on the pulse! That's the greatest compliment I could ever get, even though it has no context for Mel. He really trusted everything I had to say.
Inspired by George Lucas's original star wars triple, Space balls It follows the titular planet president Scroop (Brooks) as he orders the evil Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) to kidnap Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) in exchange for air supplies from her oxygen-rich planet Druidia. Rebel space pilot Lone Star (Bill Pullman) comes to the rescue with his half-man, half-dog partner Barf (John Candy). Brooks also co-wrote and directed the film.
Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Lauren Yarnell and John Candy in “Spaceballs” (1987) (MGM/Courtesy Everett Collection)
In June, Deadline confirmed that Gad was attached to produce and star in A.J Space balls An Amazon MGM Studios sequel from director Josh Greenbaum from a screenplay by Gad, Benjy Samit and Dan Hernandez. Brooks also produces.
Gad said in November that the first draft was complete, noting that “everyone who read it was blown away. The process of working on this with Mel Brooks by his side was one of the highlights of my career.”
With six further installments in the Lucas original star wars In addition to numerous films and spin-offs, Gad and his writers have plenty of material at their disposal.
