A new image, mocking the cast announcement for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, has revealed the full cast of Spaceballs 2, confirming Rick Moranis is back alongside other returnees including Mel Brooks, Bill Pullman, George Wyner and Daphne Zuniga.
Amazon MGM Studios has officially confirmed the cast of Spaceballs 2, which is expected in 2027, and released an image of the stars behind the scenes. Spaceballs 2 will star Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Mel Brooks, Daphne Zuniga, George Wyner, Josh Gad, Keke Palmer, Lewis Pullman, and Anthony Carrigan.
Moranis, Zuniga, Bill Pullman, Brooks, and Wyner are reprising their roles from the 1987 MGM cult comedy classic, while details about the characters being played by the new cast are being kept under wraps. Notably, the photo released by Amazon MGM of the cast’s table read mimics the style and set-up of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens cast photo released more than a decade ago.
Josh Greenbaum is directing Spaceballs 2, with a script by Gad, Benji Samit, and Dan Hernandez. Brooks, Gad, Greenbaum, and Kevin Slater are producing alongside Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, and Jeb Brody, with Samit, Hernandez, and Adam Merims executive producing.
Both the announcement of Spaceballs 2 and now this cast photo confirm that the sequel is embracing the spirit of the original: shamelessly making fun of Star Wars, and likely some other seminal works of science fiction. Luckily, they are intelligently mocking all the content and the way it was marketed over the intervening years since 1987.
The team at Amazon MGM further showcases their understanding of the kind of humor that will make this movie work, teasing in a statement: “While the title and plot details are being kept under wraps, the title is rumored to be the name of the movie, and plot details are being described as information about what happens in the story.”
