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Spaceballs Animated Series in Production
Keith Russell writes "CNN is reporting that production has started on Spaceballs: The Animated Series, which will start a 13-episode run on G4 next year. Brooks himself will provide the voices of 'two characters', although they don't mention Yogurt or President Skroob by name." From the article: "Like the 1987 movie, which parodied well-known science-fiction movies, 'Spaceballs: The Animated Series' will spoof current blockbusters as well as every genre of entertainment from movies and reality TV to culture and politics. It is set to debut on cable network G4 in fall 2007. Production has already started on an initial batch of 13 episodes."
This version does specify Yogurt and Skroob.
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'Spaceballs: The Animated Series' will spoof current blockbusters as well as every genre of entertainment from movies and reality TV to culture and politics.
But will it spoof the spoof genre? Or is that like crossing the streams?
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
The search for more money?
SPACEBALLS??!?
Oh, shit! There goes the planet.
"Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised."
-Marilyn Manson
Yeah, that whole multiple-award-winning, multi-bazillion-dollar-earning "The Producers" musical must have really ruined the guy. He must be crying himself to sleep in his money bin.
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Any news on Spaceballs: The Flamethrower?
What ever happened to the Spaceballs sequel that was announced a couple years ago?
Mel Brooks Writing Spaceballs Sequel
Source: Ain't-It-Cool-News
September 28, 2004
In a Q&A with Playbill magazine, Mel Brooks says that he's currently working on a Spaceballs sequel. Here's the clip from the interview which starts off by talking about the big screen adaptation of The Producers.
Playbill: Will you have a role in it?
MB: It's doubtful, but I'm writing myself back into the Spaceballs sequel that I'm now writing, so you haven't seen the last of my face. Why another Spaceballs? It wouldn't feel right have anyone else play Yoghurt and the first one was the best experience I've had making a movie since Blazing Saddles.
Playbill: When can we expect that?
MB: Best case scenario: a week before the new Star Wars opens. Worst Case Scenario: a year after the new star wars opens.
.... As I read this:
Barf: I know we need the money, but...
Lone Starr: Listen! We're not just doing this for money... We're doing it for a SHIT LOAD of money!
Barf: Oh, you're right. And when you're right, you're right. And you - you're always right.
This is my opinion. To make sure you don't steal it, it's covered by the DMCA.
You are forgetting that the Broadway Play was simply an accurate recreation of the 1968 ORIGINAL Movie (starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder). And, Gene Wilder's sniveling character did work on film.
For the record, I thought the 2005 version of the movie was pretty good. Mel had to update some of the jokes for 2005, (but he kept the 'blonde bombshell'). Very funny. He also wrote a couple of pretty good new songs.
It's a little known bit of trivia, but when Mel Brooks went to George Lucas asking permission to make the parody (not required but all the cool guys do it) George said sure, on one condition: You can't make any Spaceballs merchandise. Why? Because as pointed out in the movie, "Merchandising, merchandising, where the real money from the movie is made." George didn't want to lose out on a Star Wars lightsaber sale for a Spaceballs-the lightsaber sale.
That's why it's so heavily referenced in the movie; Spaceballs-the T-shirt, Spaceballs-the Coloring Book, Spaceballs-the flame thrower, Spaceballs-the towel, Spaceballs-the etc. Because they can't (couldn't) actually make a single item.
So does that same limitation exist? Could "Spaceballs-the animated series" be considered merchandising? Or did they get a new deal for parodying "Star Wars, the animated series" without limitations?