Mel Brooks Finally Drops Spaceballs 2 Title in New Clip

Yes, after decades of jokes about a sequel, Spaceballs is actually back. Amazon MGM Studios is making a new movie with Mel Brooks involved, the Schwartz intact, and Rick Moranis and Bill Pullman suiting up again. The plan is to land in 2027, and the rollout so far has been very on-brand: meta, petty, and proudly silly.

Where this all started (and how it snowballed)

• June 2024: The sequel gets announced with Brooks on board as a producer. For context: he directed, co-wrote, and produced the 1987 original that starred John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, and Joan Rivers.
• November 2024: Josh Gad says the draft is done and calls working with Brooks a career high. He is both starring in and producing the new film.
• Mid-2025: Brooks confirms he will reprise Yogurt (his Yoda riff), while Pullman and Moranis return as Lone Starr and Dark Helmet.
• June 12, 2025: Brooks posts the first teaser on X. It looks like a Star Wars title card, runs through how many Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Marvel, and other franchise entries have piled up, then Brooks pops in wearing a Spaceballs sweatshirt to deadpan: after 40 years they asked what fans want, but instead they are making this movie. It closes on Dark Helmet and the familiar message: 'May the Schwartz be with you.'
• September 2025: First table read photo drops. In the black-and-white shot: Moranis, Brooks, Keke Palmer, Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, George Wyner, and Anthony Carrigan, plus Gad and director Josh Greenbaum. There is even a laptop open to a video call. It is a clear nod to the Force Awakens table read photo, which is exactly the kind of nerdy in-joke this franchise lives for.
• December 2025: Pullman says he just spent three months in Australia shooting the sequel with his son Lewis and watched him with 'great joy.' Fun symmetry: Bill did Spaceballs as his second movie at age 32; Lewis is 32 now and plays his character's son.
• April 2026: At CinemaCon, Brooks unveils the title and some footage. Also, yes, Moranis is in the clips as Dark Helmet.
• 2027: The teaser promises the Schwartz 'awakens' sometime that year. No day-and-date yet.

So who is in this thing?

Josh Gad is our new lead and a producer, working closely with Brooks. Mel Brooks is back on screen as Yogurt. Rick Moranis returns as Dark Helmet. Bill Pullman is Lone Starr again. Keke Palmer joins as a character named Destiny, but they are keeping specifics quiet. Lewis Pullman plays Starburst, the son of Queen Vespa and Lone Starr, which is both perfect and a little too tidy, and I mean that as a compliment. Also spotted at the table read: Daphne Zuniga, George Wyner, and Anthony Carrigan. Josh Greenbaum is directing.

The teaser and the release window

The first tease (June 12, 2025) trolls the modern franchise era by rattling off how much content we have endured from a few mega-brands, then punctures its own balloon with Brooks himself: 'After 40 years, we asked, What do the fans want? But instead, we're making this movie.' It ends on 'May the Schwartz be with you,' because of course it does. Still no exact date, but 2027 is the target.

The title reveal (and yes, the money joke)

Brooks addressed the long-running 'Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money' gag at CinemaCon and flipped it in the most Mel Brooks way possible. He says he found the money... in his basement, next to a bag labeled 'Spaceballs: The Money.' The actual title:

'The title is ... Spaceballs: The New One. It's just like the old one, but it's newer.'

CinemaCon footage reportedly included fresh Dark Helmet bits and a final stinger where Helmet stands at a urinal next to a Na'vi from Avatar, slips on 3D glasses, looks down, and says 'I see you' in Na'vi. Subtle? Absolutely not. Effective? Also absolutely.

A quick rewind to the original

Brooks ran the whole show on the 1987 film — directing, co-writing, and producing — with a cast that included John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, and Joan Rivers. The new one is clearly leaning into that legacy while winking at four decades of blockbuster sprawl.

One more neat wrinkle

Bill Pullman got a little sentimental in late 2025: he shot the sequel for three months in Australia with his son Lewis, who now plays Lone Starr's kid. Bill was 32 making his first Spaceballs; Lewis is 32 making this one. He called it like watching himself. That is sweet, and also the kind of casting symmetry you could not script better if you tried.