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Mel Brooks Says 'Spaceballs' Sequel In The Works

Posted by timothy on from the from-suck-to-blow dept.

BlueDino writes "Several news sites are reporting that Mel Brooks will release a sequel to Spaceballs. As far as a release date, Brooks says, 'Best case scenario: a week before the new Star Wars opens. Worst Case Scenario: a year after the new star wars opens.'"

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  1. We knew this.. by xTK-421x · · Score: 5, Funny

    This shouldn't be news to anyone, they already told us it was coming.

    LONE STARR: Thanks. Well, we'd better get going. I wonder, we will we ever see each other again.

    YOGURT: Who knows. God willing we'll all meet again in Spaceballs II: The Search for More Money.

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    1. Re:We knew this.. by Wind_Walker · · Score: 5, Funny
      In an interview with Mel Brooks a while ago (on the order of years) he stated that he would not name a Spaceballs sequel "Spaceballs II", but would instead name it:

      "Spaceballs III: The Search for Spaceballs II"

    2. Re:We knew this.. by DarkHelmet · · Score: 5, Funny

      YESS!!!!! I knew this slashdot username would come in handy one day!

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  2. sooo, ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    we will have a pair of Spaceballs now?...

  3. Obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lonestar shoots first!

  4. How about History Of The World Part 2? by simetra · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Really, that's begging to be made.


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    1. Re:How about History Of The World Part 2? by MustardMan · · Score: 5, Funny

      Jewsssss Innnn Sppaaaaaaccceeeeeee

    2. Re:How about History Of The World Part 2? by Noksagt · · Score: 5, Informative
      Whoever modded this and the other Jews in Space post as Troll has obviously not seen the movie. At the end of History of the World: Part 1:
      See Hitler On Ice! See A Viking Funeral! See Jews In Space!
  5. Haha finally! by TheKubrix · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I remember as a kid when that movie came out there was all these rumors (hey were little kids!) that they were coming out with Spaceballs 3: The search for Spaceballs 2. Anyone else hear that?

    1. Re:Haha finally! by imsabbel · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, it will be spaceballs 1.
      THe current one will be renamed "spaceballs it was always episode 4"

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  6. May the schwartz be with you! by plover · · Score: 5, Funny
    Please let there be lots of killing of the ewok things... please o please... and a JarJar. He's gotta kill a lot of JarJars!!

    Could be the Greatest Movie Ever!

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    1. Re:May the schwartz be with you! by beacher · · Score: 5, Funny

      Don't forget the evil marketing droid army!

  7. /.'ing Those News Sites by BRock97 · · Score: 5, Funny

    My God, they've gone to plaid!

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  8. I disagree. by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If ever there was a series that needed mocking, it's the new starwars series. Anyone who's willing to throw a pie at lucas and his giant ego has got my vote.

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    1. Re:I disagree. by EvilAlien · · Score: 5, Insightful
      Thats a lot of people.

      Doesn't Lucas realize that Empire Strikes Back, with screenwriters Who Aren't Named Lucas and a director Who Isn't Named Lucas, was the best of the Star Wars movies? The awful acting out of Mannequin Skywalker and Amidala good have been hammered out with somebody capable of writing good dialog and a director capable of recognizing stale delivery.

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  9. Jon Candy is dead... by JeeNam · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...so who will play Barf?

  10. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  11. Huh? by WPIDalamar · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought episodes 1 & 2 were already parodys of the star wars universe.

  12. If he's good it won't be the Search for More Money by unlinear · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If Brooks really wants to do a good satire, he'll open SpaceBalls II with a flashback to the Yogurt scene 'SpaceBalls II' and then re-dub the dialogue to have a different title for SpaceBalls. Preferably by one of those bad-asian-flick re-dub voice actors, clearly re-dubbed and badly synched.

    It'd be the perfect jab at Lucas's revisional approach to Star Wars...

  13. Re:Another classic down the blackhole... by SlashdotLemming · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yet another classic ruined by an unnecessary sequel.

    They didn't even make the movie yet and you're already pissing on it.

    Honestly, I hope it blows, and I hope Brooks makes a ton of money, and I hope he makes a third which blows even more, and I want Lucas and Brooks to make a Seinfeldesque bizarro world Christmas special featuring Anakin and Dark Helmet and all their friends that look alike, and I want Kenner to release the special edition "Ruining geek childhood memories" action figure line. I just like seeing all you cranks bitch and moan over pointless things that you have no control over. It's great that you take this all so personally.

  14. CGI Madness by Slendro · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope that Brooks pokes a little fun at Lucas
    by showing a scene from the first Spaceballs with
    tons of excessive CGI characters inserted...

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  15. Re:Another classic down the blackhole... by sgant · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I actually worked on the original Space Balls. I was a production assistant at the now defunct Apogee which did the effects for the film.

    Apogee was the original ILM near Van Nuys airport, but John Dykstra kept it after ILM moved north. It was cool working there seeing some of the original models of the X-wing in the lobby of Apogee.

    But this was way before CGI came to the scene.

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  16. Re:Yay! by Bonker · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Brooks' stuff is uneven, but some of it is great.

    Remember that a great deal of his directoral work is influenced heavily by 30s and 40s movie direction techniques, with long, drawn out pauses, long establishing shots, and great care to extract maximum emotional impact from the viewer. It relies more on in-jokes, subtle ethnic humor, and wild-takes.

    Compare to today's comedies, which are influenced by the dramatically shorter attention span created by TV, Video games, and the intrnet. They rely more on extremely visual humor rather than situational humor and cut establishment to the bare minimum. Satires in particular rely on deadpan 'straight man' jokes, at a pace that seems rapid-fire in comparison to earlier works.

    I'm not saying one format is better. They're just different formats. Don't group Brooks with the Farelli Brothers or Mike Meyers any more than you'd group Peter Jackson with Alfred Hitchcock.

    I submit that 'Men in Tights' would have been an *incredible* film if only it had been edited differently.

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  17. Re:goody by Wireless+Joe · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Mel's great but he jumped the shark after Young Frankenstein, Blazing Sadles and the Producers.

    That's quite a long jump, 1974 (Fankenstein) to 2001 (Producers).

    Isn't it more fair to say that he's had his hits and misses over his 65+ year career?
  18. Spaceballs: Episode -1 by hollismb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course, it has to be a prequel, about how Rick Moranis becomes Darth Helmet, possibly revealing more backstory about his father's sister's uncle's brother's cousin's roomate.

  19. Re:Another classic down the blackhole... by Nexzus · · Score: 5, Funny
    They didn't even make the movie yet and you're already pissing on it.

    Must be that instant cassette feature.

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  20. Mel Brooks needs Gene Wilder by Odd+John · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Mel Brooks was brilliant when he was teamed up with Gene Wilder. That's why Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein were wonderful.

    Mel Brooks without Gene Wilder is mediocre at best.

  21. Re:Another classic down the blackhole... by tomhudson · · Score: 5, Funny
    Honestly, I hope it blows, and I hope Brooks makes a ton of money, and I hope he makes a third which blows even more,
    Remember:
    Lonestar: "we're not doing it for the money, Barf"
    Barf: "We're not?"
    Lonestar: "No, we're doing it for a SHITLOAD of money!"
    Gotta love it :-)
  22. Re:goody by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 5, Insightful
    ' Maybe this will be as good as Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Oh wait, that sucked."

    Newsflash buddy, there's a LOT of people out there who loved Men in Tights.

    Yet another ignorant person who assumes that their opinion is fact...

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  23. Re:goody by pi_rules · · Score: 5, Funny
    Newsflash buddy, there's a LOT of people out there who loved Men in Tights.

    In the future you may want to slide the words "the movie" in there somewhere.