There's been some scuttlebutt on the internet since a Reddit post went up yesterday claiming that while Mel Brooks was on Adam Carolla's "Take a Knee" podcast he said he's working on "Spaceballs 2," and has approached Rick Moranis to reprise his role as Dark Helmet in the sequel to the 1987 film. While the original post didn't include a sound bite or quote from the interview, this wouldn't be the first time Brooks floated out the concept of making "Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money" a reality; he told Parade Magazine last year that he would love to do "Spaceballs 2" as long as Moranis would come out of retirement to do it: "I've asked him plenty of times and he's been really strict about it."
Brooks' latest "Spaceballs 2" chatter is only available to paid subscribers of Carolla's podcast, but you can read his full quote on the subject below. The topic comes up after Carolla and Brooks converse about all the amazing people he's worked with who have passed away and whether he'd like to make another big movie.
"Maybe I could do another musical, maybe I could do another movie," Brooks said. "I was thinking about 'Spaceballs' the other day. In 'Spaceballs,' in the movie, Bill Pullman says to me, Yogurt, just plain Yogurt, he says 'Do you think we'll ever meet again?' and I say 'Well, I don't know...maybe in Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money.' And I'm thinking now, if I did a movie that came out right after 'Star Wars' comes out...maybe a couple of months later...I'd have a big weekend, you know? No matter what, even if it fell on its ass and didn't get its money back...but that first weekend, the anticipation of seeing 'Spaceballs 2,' would...I still have Daphne Zuniga and I still have Rick Moranis if he'd do it, and I've still got me."
I think the world will go on spinning with a "Spaceballs 2" in our lives. And since both John Candy (Barf) and Joan Rivers (the voice of Dot Matrix) are dead, I think it's best to let this sleeping dog lie and respect Moranis' retirement. Sorry, Mel, pick another project..."Young Frankenstein 2" sounds just dandy to me.
Thanks to CinemaBlend for the heads up.
