At first we didn't believe it. Then we couldn't believe it. Hell, there were some among us who maybe didn't even want to believe it. But, somehow, Spaceballs returned. And now, over a year after we learned of Mel Brooks, Josh Gad, and Josh Greenbaum's Spaceballs 2 plans, and just a few short months after the bombshell dropped that Rick Moranis would be coming out of retirement to star alongside Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, and Brooks himself in the surprise sci-fi spoof sequel, we've got our first look at the old gang back together again — along with some new faces — at the movie's first table read. Check it out below;
When even the table read photo is a spoof (this time of J.J. Abrams' cast read-through for The Force Awakens), you know you're in pretty safe comic hands. Now sure, this shot of the cast and crew of Spaceballs 2 sat around a table with Mel Brooks Zooming in via laptop doesn't tell us a hell of a lot about what to expect from the return of Lone Starr, Dark Helmet, and the denizens of the Spaceballsverse. But what it does do is serve as a handy reminder of the sheer volume of talent involved in this thing. Not only are Brooks' President Skroob/Yogurt, Moranis' Dark Helmet, Pullman's Lone Starr, Zuniga's Princess Vespa, and George Wyner's Colonel Sanders all back for this one, but we're also getting Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar's Josh Greenbaum behind the camera, working from a script by Josh Gad and Detective Pikachu duo Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez. And in front of the camera, Gad and the OGs are joined by Nope's Keke Palmer, Thunderbolts* star — and Bill's son — Lewis Pullman, and Barry and Superman standout Anthony Carrigan.
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