The Latest Breaking News from Mel Brooks

Comedy legend Mel Brooks will return as Yogurt in Spaceballs 2, confirmed by Amazon MGM Studios on 12 June 2025. Now 98, Brooks will also produce the sequel, which begins filming later this year with original stars Rick Moranis and Bill Pullman

Rick Moranis returns to live-action in Spaceballs 2, reprising his iconic role as Dark Helmet in the sci-fi comedy sequel—his first major film role in over 25 years, from Amazon MGM Studios.

Rick Moranis is reportedly set to come out of retirement for the long-awaited sequel

Spaceballs 2 is coming, with Mel Brooks returning as Yogurt, but one joke from the announcement is convincing me the sequel will be hilarious.

I'm more excited about this than Star Wars

The actor-writer-director, who will turn 99 this month, is set to return for an in-development follow-up to his 1987 spoof comedy

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From extraordinary interviews with Bowie to green-lighting Ab Fab and Have I Got News For You, Yentob changed the course of not just arts programming but television itself

Approaching an incredible 98-year-old, the EGOT winner (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) remains one of Hollywood's most celebrated satirists, whose films continue to provoke laughter—and occasionally controversy—decades after their release.