Mel Brooks Reveals Spaceballs 2 Plans

With the new Star Wars breaking box office records, it just makes sense for a new spoof to come, and Mel Brooks said that a Spaceballs squel is in the early stages of development.

The 1987 film Spaceballs became a cult classic for actor/director Mel Brooks because it took the iconic Star Wars films of the original trilogy, and turned them upside down. From John Candy as the mawg Barfolomew to Rick Moranis as a wannabe Darth Vader, the film included the right things to make us laugh and groan accordingly.

With Disney's revival of the saga, it makes sense that Brooks would want to try to bring the crew back together for a sequel to Spaceballs. That might be a challenge as several of the original cast has either stopped acting (Moranis) or died (Candy, Dick Van Patten, Joan Rivers, Dom DeLuise) But that won't stop Brooks from trying.

Speaking to Adam Carolla on the "Take a Knee" podcast, Brooks revealed that the sequel is tentatively called Spaceballs: The Search for More Money and could start filming early next year. In 2014, Brooks saidthat original writer Thomas Meehan had some ideas for a sequel.

"And I'm thinking now, if I said, if I did a movie that came out right after Star Wars comes out, you know,maybe a couple of months later, Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money, I'd have a big weekend, you know, no matter what, even if it fell on its ass and you know, didn't get that money back," Brooks said on the podcast.

"But that first weekend, the anticipation of seeing Spaceballs 2, would, you know...I still have Daphne Zuniga and I still have Rick Moranis if he'd do it, and I've still got me."

So are you excited to see the sequel to Spaceballs? What elements of The Force Awakens would you like to see them spoof?