Spaceballs Is Finally Getting a Sequel — Here's Everything We Know
Nearly 40 years later, the Schwartz is back.
Mel Brooks announced in April 2026 that Spaceballs: The New One is officially happening, dropping the film's title alongside a teaser that contains exactly zero footage — just Brooks himself popping up to explain why the long-promised Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money isn't going to be the title after all.
"After all these years, I found the money. It was in my basement," he deadpanned.
The sequel hits theaters April 23, 2027. And yes, some of the original cast are coming back.
Who's In It
Bill Pullman is returning as Lone Starr. Rick Moranis is back. Daphne Zuniga returns as Princess Vespa. And Brooks himself reprises his role as the gold-clad, merchandise-obsessed Yogurt — which tracks given that the original film literally has Yogurt promising a sequel called The Search for More Money in its final scene.
The original film also pointed straight at this moment with Lone Starr asking "I wonder if we'll ever see each other again?" Yogurt's answer: "God willing, we'll all meet again in Spaceballs 2: The Search for Money." It only took 37 years.
New faces joining the franchise include Josh Gad, Keke Palmer, and Lewis Pullman — Bill Pullman's real-life son, who most recently appeared in Marvel's Thunderbolts.
Gad, who co-wrote the screenplay alongside Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez, has been openly enthusiastic about the project since it was announced in June 2024.
"Working with the legendary Mel freaking Brooks to make something worthy of this franchise and his legacy has been a dream come true," Gad wrote on social media, adding that the team is "doing everything in our power alongside Mel to make sure you get what you've waited 37 long years for. EVERYTHING."
Samit and Hernandez bring family comedy credentials — their previous work includes Pokémon Detective Pikachu, The Addams Family 2, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.
Who's Behind the Camera
Brooks is producing, but stepping back from directing this time. Josh Greenbaum takes the helm — known for the 2023 comedy Strays and the 2024 documentary Will & Harper. It's a different energy from Brooks' original, but Greenbaum has shown he can handle irreverent comedy with a genuine heart behind it.
What It's Actually About
Plot details are being kept quiet. What Amazon MGM Studios has shared is that the film is described as a "Non-Prequel Non-Reboot Sequel Part Two but with Reboot Elements Franchise Expansion Film" — which is either a very specific joke about modern Hollywood's obsession with franchise labels or an actual accurate description of what they're making. Probably both.
The film is expected to take aim at the ever-expanding Star Wars universe, which has given Brooks and company significantly more material to work with than existed in 1987.
Why It Took This Long
It's not like no one tried. In 2008, an animated Spaceballs series launched with Brooks producing and several original cast members involved. It pivoted away from the sci-fi space setting of the film and instead did episode-by-episode parodies of whatever was culturally dominant at the time — Lord of the Rings, American Idol, Harry Potter. It lasted one season.
A theatrical sequel was talked about for years but never materialized until now. The original film wasn't actually a box office hit when it came out — it made modest money but didn't set the world on fire. What it became over the decades was something different entirely. A cult classic that people genuinely love and quote constantly, which is a better foundation for a sequel than a film that was just commercially successful and quickly forgotten.
Brooks is 99 years old. The fact that he's still doing this — still sharp enough to be in the room making jokes about finding money in his basement — is its own kind of remarkable.
If you want to revisit the original before 2027 gets here, Spaceballs is currently streaming on AMC+ and Amazon Prime.
May the Schwartz be with you.
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