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Jack Wagner joined General Hospital as Frisco Jones. When he left, he thought his soap opera past was behind him. He had no interest in joining Melrose Place. At first, he nearly skipped the audition.

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Wagner reflected on his acting career during his interview on the Still The Place podcast. He spoke to hosts Courtney Thorne-Smith, Daphne Zuniga, and Laura Leighton about his audition for Melrose Place. Wagner almost didn’t star on the sexy primetime drama. He didn’t want to do another soap like Gh.

It wasn’t the genre that he was against. Wagner feared that he would get typecast. When his agent suggested the role as Dr. Peter Burns, he tossed the thought aside. Wagner was asked to audition for the show. His initial reaction was, “No chance. I’m not doing it. It feels like a soap.”

Then, there was one thing that changed his mind.

It’s been three decades since Melrose Place debuted on Fox — and Mondays haven’t mellowed one bit. They’re still a bitch.

Since last July — though not always on Mondays — Melrose Place stars Courtney Thorne-Smith, Daphne Zuniga and Laura Leighton have been reuniting weekly for their iHeartRadio podcast, Still the Place. Each episode takes a nostalgic stroll down 4616 Melrose memory lane, as the trio revisits and recaps their old episodes.

“It was pre-cell phone, it was pre-streaming, it was appointment television. It’s when you got together to watch a television show with your friends so you could remember watching a show where you were in your life and who you were with,” Leighton says. “And that’s a unique thing we don’t get any more with television.”

Their journeys often include candid conversations with former castmates, including Thomas Calabro, Andrew Shue, Grant Show, Vanessa Estelle Williams, Doug Savant,...

Jack Wagner and Josie Bissett in The Wedding March [Image Hallmark on YouTube]

In a recent podcast, Melrose Place co-stars Jack Wagner and Josie Bissett opened up, saying they want to work on another Hallmark movie together.

Moreover, Wagner shared that he is “in negotiations” with Hallmark, hoping to do a seventh Wedding March movie. Meanwhile, the last one in the series, Sealed With a Kiss: Wedding March 6, premiered around four years ago.

Photo: Jack Wagner Credit: Copyright 2017 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: David Dolsen

What is it about these movies that makes the co-stars want to make another together? Meanwhile, they probably aren’t alone, as Andrew Walker, Tyler Hynes, Cindy Busby and Peter Benson also starred.

Jack Wagner & Josie Bissett want to do another Wedding March movie together Jack Wagner and Josie Bissett [Image Hallmark Channel on YouTube]

While the sixth movie in the Wedding March series was billed as the “final installment,...

While Lucille Ball is etched into the side of Sitcom Mount Rushmore, by the mid-1980s, the TV comedy well had run dry. Check out her acting IMDb in the 1980s — it’s a complete blank for the first half of the decade. She’d been off TV since a bit in a Cher variety special in 1979. Sure, she had plenty of residuals to keep the lights on, but she “wanted to go back to work because I like to work," she told The Abbotsford News, as reported by MeTV.

“I had no idea what I wanted to do until I saw my first shopping bag lady in New York,” Ball confessed. “When I started passing her and not giving a second look, I got worried that something was wrong with me. The lady had become part of the scenery, and I wasn’t caring. So when CBS called and...

On this day in 1986, a gang of sassy teens snuck into the Park Plaza Mall for a night of partying, hook-ups, and maybe a little light property damage. Unfortunately for them, the mall’s new security system wasn’t just state-of-the-art, it was armed, dangerous, and very eager to enforce after-hours rules with deadly precision.

Welcome to Chopping Mall, the gloriously schlocky sci-fi slasher that gave us killer robots, exploding heads, and the absolute blueprint for shopping mall carnage in horror cinema.

Directed by Jim Wynorski and produced by Roger Corman’s wife Julie Corman, Chopping Mall took a simple premise – teens locked in a mall with killer security droids – and ran full-tilt into cult-movie gold. With laser-eyed ‘Protectors’ going haywire thanks to a freak lightning storm, the film delivers a perfect cocktail of ‘80s neon, gore, and robot death-ray madness.

But what’s endured just as strongly as the...

A revival of the beloved '90s daytime soap opera, Melrose Place went into development at CBS in early 2024. The announcement revealed that original stars Heather Locklear, Laura Leighton, and Daphne Zuniga were onboard to reprise their respective fan-favorite roles. There's since been no concrete update on the status of the revival, and it appears things might be stalling in development. However, the show could feature another original member as Jack Wagner, who played Dr. Peter Burns, has expressed openness to reprising his role in the reboot. Wagner, who, these days, is best recognized for his role on Hallmark Channel’s When Calls the Heart, equallyhighlighted a key challenge the reboot must overcome.

The “Schwartz” will be with Tubi viewers on March 1 as one of the best space comedy parody movies will be streaming on the free service that day. Mel Brooks’ iconic 1987 film, Spaceballs, which spoofs the sci-fi staples like Star Wars, Star Trek,and 2001: A Space Odyssey, hits the free streamer next month.

The star-studded cast features Rick Moranis as Dark Helmet, Bill Pullman as Lone Star, John Candy as Barf, Daphne Zuniga as Princess Vespa, and Joan Rivers as the voice of Dot Matrix. Tim Russ, who would later star as the Vulcan Lieutenant Tuvok in Star Trek: Voyager,even has a bit part in the film.

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Before you read a 40th anniversary piece about the 1985 film “Vision Quest,” it would be malpractice to not watch star Matthew Modine as Louden Swain jogging along in a rubber suit to the sounds of Journey’s “Only the Young.”

Anyway, you’re in luck, here’s a link to that scene right now:

“There’s a song from a band named Pony Up, they wrote a song called ‘Matthew Modine,’” said Modine during a recent interview with IndieWire, reflecting on this particular scene. “And they talk about me running in my jogging suit and how they want to sexually violate me. It’s a filthy song, but it’s really funny. It came out when my son was in high school and he was just absolutely horrified because all his friends were listening to it. That’s not what you want to hear.”

No, if you’re Matthew Modine’s son,...

There's been talk of a potential Spaceballs sequel for many years, and we recently got confirmation that a follow-up to Mel Brooks' '80s Star Wars spoof is officially in the works.

The movie is in development at Amazon MGM Studios, with Josh Gad set to star and produce alongside Brooks. Josh Greenbaum will direct the film from a screenplay by Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez, and Gad.

Gad aside, no cast members have been announced, but we're now hearing that the studio has reached out to a major up-and-coming star for an undisclosed role in the movie.

In THR's profile of Wicked star Ariana Grande, the trade mentions that the recent Academy Award-nominee has been offered a number of roles which she has yet to commit to, including a part in Spaceballs 2.

"A disaster wedding comedy, a female detective romp set in a Housewives-style reality show, and a Spaceballs sequel.

Ariana Grande has been the talk of Hollywood lately thanks to her standout performance as Glinda the Good in last year's Wicked. This awards season, she's up for multiple trophies, including Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards, where she'll compete against the likes of Zoe Saldaña and Isabella Rossellini, to name a couple. Her stock has risen so much that now the former Nickelodeon star is apparently being offered a slew of roles, including one in the upcoming Spaceballs 2.

According to a new in-depth profile on Grande published by The Hollywood Reporter, the actress and singer is so hot right now following the success of Wicked that she's been approached about numerous follow-up roles. These include, the profile says, "a disaster wedding comedy, a female detective romp set in a Housewives-style reality show, and a Spaceballs sequel." However, Grande, now 31, isn't too eager to just accept anything that comes her way.

Frozen star Josh Gad is currently working on the long-awaited sequel to the beloved Mel Brooks comedy, Spaceballs, and has now said exactly what fans wanted to hear about the project. During a recent appearance on Sirius Xm’s The Spotlight with Jessica Shaw, Gad revealed that, not only is Spaceballs 2 a direct sequel to the 1987 original, it will take major inspiration from Mel Brooks’ entire back catalog and will be “worth the near-40 year wait. Discussing the follow-up, Gad revealed some insight into where he’s at with the project, with the studio now “getting the budget together” and “going out to cast” for Spaceballs 2.

"That's the first time I've ever said that. I hope I don't get in trouble for it. Please forgive me, Amazon. We are very much in the weeds, hoping to shoot by the end of the year. This is very much a sequel.

When Mel Brooks made Spaceballs, he didn’t need a Star Wars refresher course; it had only been a few years between Brooks' 1987 film and the end of the original Star Wars trilogy in 1983. However, when Josh Gad recently pitched a sequel to the comedy classic, nearly 40 years had passed along with countless films, shows, games, and books in the Star Wars franchise. Brooks was the first to admit that he hadn't exactly kept up with the galaxy far, far away. So when Gad pitched Spaceballs 2, he had to do so while also bringing the famed filmmaker and comedian up to speed, which seems like a Herculean task.

Gad revealed on the Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast that getting Brooks' approval for the project (and having him sign on as a producer) required the Frozen star to engage in a frenetic, one-man, 40-minute pitch. Gad elaborated to host...

Mel Brooks, who helmed the classic “Star Wars” parody “Spaceballs,” has not returned to the franchise since his 1987 feature. And at a pitch meeting for the “Spaceballs” sequel, it was up to producer and star Josh Gad to catch Brooks up on the happenings of “Star Wars” during the last 38 years.

“Mel is incredibly involved,” Gad said during an appearance on the “Let’s Talk Off Camera” podcast. “I’ll share a funny story that I haven’t yet shared. When we were pitching him the original conceit for what we wanted to do with the film, at the beginning he goes, ‘I’m just telling you now, I want you to really go into detail because I don’t know a lot about the new ‘Star Wars’ films.’ And I said, ‘Okay.’”

Gad explained that he pitched to Brooks for around 40 minutes and that he seemed to be impressed...

A long time ago in a galaxy not so far away, Mel Brooks blessed Star Wars fans with the ultimate parody… but he hasn’t kept up with the franchise since.

Josh Gad, who is developing a sequel to Brooks’ Spaceballs (1987), revealed that he had to explain the latest Star Wars installments when pitching his take on the follow-up to the beloved parody.

“Mel is incredibly involved,” he said on the Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast. “I’ll share a funny story that I haven’t yet shared. When we were pitching him the original conceit for what we wanted to do with the film, at the beginning he goes, ‘I’m just telling you now, I want you to really go into detail because I don’t know a lot about the new Star Wars films.’ And I said, ‘okay.'”

Gad said he pitched Brooks for “40 minutes,...

As fall turns into winter, and a chill enters the air, horror fans begin to feast on their favorite holiday horrors. Black Christmas, Gremlins, and Silent Night, Deadly Night are all seasonal staples, and more contemporary offerings, such as Krampus and Better Watch Out, have become new classics. Yet for additional helpings of festive frights, perhaps the following double-feature could be considered; both The Dorm That Dripped Blood and Trapped Alive even hail from the decade where Christmas Horror, as a subgenre, began to take shape and resemble its more modern form.

The Dorm That Dripped Blood also goes by Pranks, The Third Night, and Death Dorm. The later title is what appears on the source print for Synapse Films’ uncut restoration, however, the longer name is what sticks best, even for those who have never seen this 1982 obscurity. And for a lot of folks who have watched the film,...

Doug Savant, who played Matt Fielding, a gay character on Melrose Place, recently explained why he avoided discussing his own sexuality while on the show. He felt it was important to stay true to the role he was portraying.

On the Still The Place podcast, Savant talked with former co-stars Laura Leighton, Courtney Thorne-Smith, and Daphne Zuniga about the challenges of playing a gay character as a straight actor during a time when TV had very little representation.

When we were shooting all those things and the trailers for the show, I said to Sam, our publicist, ‘Do you care to talk about how we’re going to handle this going forward, that there was a gay character?'”

I knew it was exceptional, and I thought people would be interested. But she goes, ‘Well, no, it’s not a big deal. You’re an actor, you’re just playing a character.

Doug Savant from Melrose Place explains why he avoided answering questions about his sexuality while playing Matt Fielding, a gay character, on the ’90s teen drama. He said he felt it was his responsibility to stay connected to his on-screen role.

On the Still The Place podcast, Savant shared with former co-stars Laura Leighton, Courtney Thorne-Smith, and Daphne Zuniga what it was like to play a gay character as a straight man during a time when TV still lacked diversity.

When we were shooting all those things and the trailers for the show, I said to Sam, our publicist, ‘Do you care to talk about how we’re going to handle this going forward, that there was a gay character?'”

I knew it was exceptional, and I thought people would be interested. But she goes, ‘Well, no, it’s not a big deal. You’re an actor, you’re just playing a character.

Melrose Place‘s Doug Savant recalls why he evaded questions regarding his sexuality while playing gay character Matt Fielding on the ’90s sudsy teen drama, saying he “felt a responsibility” to not distance himself from his on-screen portrayal.

“I think the most shocking revelation was when the call is coming from inside the house,” Savant began telling former co-stars — wife Laura Leighton, Courtney Thorne-Smith, and Daphne Zuniga — on the Still The Place podcast about what it was like playing a gay character as a straight man amid a television landscape still lacking diversity.

The Desperate Housewives star recounted an instance with a publicist working at the Pat Kingsley-founded Pmk, who repped executive producer Aaron Spelling, in which he said she did not understand the gravity of the representation. “I had said to Sam, our publicist, ‘Do you care to talk about how we’re going to handle this going forward,...

Spaceballs 2, the sequel to Mel Brooks' 1987 satirical space opera, was announced earlier this year and, from the sounds of it, things are getting closer and closer to the starting point thanks to writer Josh Gad, who recently provided fans with one heck of a galaxy-sized update. Gad famous for voicing the character of Olaf in Disneys Frozen franchise is penning the script along with Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez (Detective Pikachu), and will also star in and produce the long-awaited follow-up, which also has Brooks on board as a producer, and Josh Greenbaum (Strays) sitting in the director's chair.

Sitting down with Forbes to discuss his new comic book series, The Writer, Gad was asked what he could share about the progression of Spaceballs 2, which hails from Amazon MGM Studios. No release date has been set, and while he couldnt go into too many details thanks to being...

A Spaceballs sequel is currently in the works with Josh Gad on board to star, produce, and co-write the script. While not many details are yet known about the new film, it's sounding like some new information is soon to be announced.

In a new interview with Forbes to promote his Dark Horse comic, The Writer, Gad shared a big update on the project. He confirmed that there's a finished draft of the screenplay for Spaceballs 2 that's left everyone who's seen it so far feeling "blown away." Stressing that he's spending "every hour of every day" working on the sequel, Gad hinted that the film will soon be ready to start with production.

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In 1987, comedy legend Mel Brooks released Spaceballs, a parody of Star Wars that pit space rogue Lone Star (Bill Pullman) and his furry companion Barf (John Candy) against the vile Darth Helmet (Rick Moranis). Star Wars mania had by no means abated by that point — Return of the Jedi had come out four years before — but Spaceballs didn't get its own cult of fans until it came out on home video, which is how watched it when I was a tiny baby in the 1990s. I actually think I watched Spaceballs before I watched Star Wars, and it's still probably first in my heart.

Brooks made a couple of attempts over the years to get a sequel to Spaceballs made, but nothing took; according to Forbes, Moranis once pitched him on a movie called Spaceballs III: The Search for Spaceballs II, but it never came together. And so a couple...

Josh Gad is working on a sequel to Spaceballs alongside Josh Greenbaum and Mel Brooks.

The actor will produce and star in the film for Amazon MGM Studios and recently revealed that the script’s first draft had been completed.

“Without MGM taking me into their Culver prison cells, I can tell you that the draft is done,” Gad told Forbes. “Everybody who’s read it has been blown away. The process of working on this with and alongside Mel Brooks has been one of the highlights of my career.”

Gad says the whole experience has been “sort of a fever dream” and noted that Brooks “has been so unbelievably supportive, involved, and electrified by this because it’s the one that surprisingly got away.”

“It’s a dream to be able to finally make the reality prophesied by Yogurt in the first movie happen. I can’t say more than that,...

Fifteen months ago, during a recap episode of the “Drama Queens” podcast, guest Michaela McManus asked co-hosts Bethany Joy Lenz and Sophia Bush whether they’d ever write a book. Lenz responded that she often writes, and that she would love to tell her story. And then she revealed to listeners something shocking about herself. “I was in a cult for 10 years,” she said. “That would be a really valuable experience to write about — and the 10 years of recovery after that. There’s there’s a lot to tell.”

Four weeks later, she talked about the experience at length for the first time, speaking with Variety over Zoom. As she sat outside her Nashville home, we spoke for 45 minutes about the shame she felt, how her “One Tree Hill” cast tried to help and how she ultimately overcame the fear she had about leaving the group.

Now, 11 months after that interview,...

Yes, a Spaceballs sequel is now in the works, with director Josh Greenbaum now offering some insight into what audiences can expect from this long-awaited (but perhaps unnecessary?) follow-up to the Mel Brooks comedy classic. In a new interview with Esquire, Greenbaum confirmed that spaceballs 2 will be a true sequel, and will poke fun at more modern science fiction. Particularly the Star Wars franchise.

Theres been a ton of Star Wars content. Its just exploded beyond the fact that there have been not three but six Star Wars films madeand thats just in the Star Wars universe. So theres a lot of new [material to satirize], but we also certainly focus on continuing the old, so it is a true sequel.

There has, of course, been a whole lot more Star Wars stuff since the before times of 1987, with Disney now in charge of new movies and shows. The House of Mouse...

A good tasty noir, like “Love Lies Bleeding,” always feels contemporary, even if set in the past; that’s because it should feel as urgent as the love-and-death stakes it’s about. “Killer Heat,” on the other hand, while not quite so old-fashioned that it creaks, definitely plays like a mirage of detective noirs you’ve seen before. To start with: Could there be a worse title? It makes the movie sound like some straight-to-tape potboiler from the ’80s starring Jim Belushi and Daphne Zuniga. “Killer Heat” opens with the voice of its star, Joseph Gordon-Levitt (who has a way of sounding like Keanu Reeves’ brainier brother), delivering one of those logy “hardboiled” philosophical nuggets to the audience (“The Icarus myth was set on the island of Crete. And apparently no one there had learned much from his story…”).

But just as you’re ready to nod out, Gordon-Levitt, as...

Courtney Thorne-Smith looked back at her career and recalled a particular moment she experienced when she started.

The Melrose Place alum is opening up about an inappropriate encounter with a director in a movie she did as a teenager.

“One of my first movies, I was 17 years old, and I was in Tahoe. And the storyline was, I was 17, and I was playing against this guy who was in his late thirties,” she did on the Still the Place podcast she co-hosts with Daphne Zuniga and Laura Leighton. “We did sleep together in the script, and I wore one of his button-down shirts afterward.”

Thorne-Smith said what she arrived on the set of the production she was uncomfortable with the “really sexy negligee” costume she would have to wear and told the director that was not in the script.

“And he said, ‘Well, it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter,...

Josh Gad has enjoyed every second of working with comedy legend Mel Brooks. The pair are busy developing Spaceballs 2, the long-awaited sequel to Brooks' 1987 space opera parody of the original Star Wars trilogy.

During an interview on the Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa podcast (via People) to promote his new children's book PictureFace Lizzy, Gad touched on how collaborating with Brooks on Spaceballs 2 has so far been an "incredible" honor. "Mel is 98 years young and I can't go into detail just how involved he is, but let's say very, and it's been such a thrill to get to see him literally still on form in every single way," said the actor. "He is so effortlessly funny and so unbelievably brilliant."

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The cast of Melrose Place, which reunited for the first time in years, teased the status of the series’ upcoming revival on a panel at ’90s Con Florida, held in Daytona Beach Sept. 14.

“Everyone has agreed to do it,” star Daphne Zuniga said, via People. “Laura and I worked on this for a little bit now. It is in talks. Business affairs and lawyers and all those types are talking about it, and they do want to do it.”

Joined by fellow castmates Heather Locklear, Josie Bissett, Brooke Langton, Laura Leighton and Grant Show, Zuniga added that they’re waiting for the talks to go through. Her colleague, Leighton, added that there were “many moving parts and pieces.”

“The stars need to align, but we want it as much as the fans want it,” she said.

In April, Deadline exclusively reported that a revival was in the works for the...

Image Source: Amazon Fortunately, at the age of 98, Mel Brooks can still be called a living legend. Between his film, television, and recording careers, he’s been entertaining us for decades, giving us classics like The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and the Star Wars parody Spaceballs. And since Star Wars has stood the test of time, so has Spaceballs, which is still finding new audiences today. Daphne Zuniga played the film’s princess, and she still speaks glowingly of the experience. At a GalaxyCon Oklahoma City panel’s Q&a session recently, Zuniga expounded on what it was like working with someone who is as funny — and also as serious — as Mel Brooks. (Click on the media bar below to hear Daphne Zuniga) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Daphn_-Zuniga_Spaceballs_.mp3

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One Tree Hill is coming back, as lead actresses Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton confirmed. The two are set to reprise their roles as Brooke Davis and Peyton Sawyer and the news brought happiness to not only the show's fans but the original stars, as well.

One Tree Hill, which originally aired on The WB and later on The CW, came from controversial creator Mark Schwahn. Amid many accusations of assault and harassment from the cast and crew, his career has fizzled out, and he is no longer involved with the new project. Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton Morgan will executive produce the sequel, alongside Danneel Ackles, who played Rachel Gatina, which is revived thanks to Netflix and Warner Bros. Television. So far, it's unclear whether Ackles, or any of the original stars, are set to return but the news drew big reactions from the cast.

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One Tree Hill is making a comeback!

It was revealed on Friday (August 30) that Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton are developing a sequel series for Netflix, where they are set to reprise their roles and executive produce.

The new series is said to pick up 20 years later and centers on Brooke and Peyton. It is expected to see them dealing with “love, insecurities and grief” while raising their now-teenaged children.

Danneel Ackles is also set to executive produce, alongside husband Jensen Ackles, and she is also in talks to return.

After the news was announced, several actors who have either starred or guest-starred on the show throughout the years have reacted to the exciting news, with some even offering to reprise their roles!

Keep reading to find out more…

Sophia and Hilarie, who co-host the Drama Queens podcast with former co-star Bethany Joy Lenz, both posted the same photo on Instagram,...

There’s only one Tree Hill, and it’s Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton‘s onscreen home again.

As Deadline revealed today, a One Tree Hill sequel series is in development at Netflix with Bush and Burton reprising the roles of Brooke Davis and Peyton Sawyer, in addition to serving as executive producers.

The pair celebrated the return to their TV roots, posting a recent cast reunion photo with Danneel Ackles and Bevin Prince.

“What if you really can go back home? If there’s an opportunity to team with brilliant creatives and build a space where all our friends can show off their talents? Own our history? Reclaim our turf? Honor our fans? Sign us up,” the pair wrote in a joint statement posted individually to their respective Instagram accounts.

“There’s only one Tree Hill, after all,” they continued. “And you — the #OTHfam — have shown us that it’s not just an idea.

Frozen and Beauty and the Beast star Josh Gad has confirmed that he is still currently working on a sequel to the beloved Mel Brooks comedy, Spaceballs (via Collider). Not only did Gad quietly confirm the exciting news during a recent appearance at Fan Expo Canada in Toronto, but he also revealed what Brooks himself said to him (via @AgentsFandom) about his Spaceballs 2 script...

Josh, you've got your finger on the pulse.

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Released way back in 1987, Spaceballs was co-written, produced and directed by Mel Brooks, and takes satirical aim at the Star Wars franchise alongside other well-known sci-fi properties.

Frozen star and Annie Award winner Josh Gad reveals he is writing the long-awaited Spaceballs sequel.

Per Collider, Gad quietly confirmed the project during a discussion with moderator Victor Dandridge at Fan Expo Canada in Toronto. It was also reported that Gad recalled Brooks telling him, "Josh, you've got your finger on the pulse," when discussing the project, although no other details about the Spaceballs sequel are available at this time.

Josh Gad shares what Mel Brooks told him while he was pitching 'Spaceballs 2':"Josh, you've got your finger on the pulse!"(via: @VantageInhouse at Fan Expo Canada) pic.twitter.com/sjs7TYEWTg Agents of Fandom (@AgentsFandom) August 25, 2024

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Mel Brooks' satirical style of humor has made him one of the most popular comedy directors of all time. Brooks' quick wit and punchy dialogue keeps audiences laughing, especially with some iconic comedic actors. By parodying different genres, Brooks endlessly finds new material.

Mel Brooks is one of the most popular comedic filmmakers of all time, and his movies are filled with classic quotes that can still get laughs decades later. Mel Brooks' best movies showcase his satirical style of humor. He has lampooned different film genres many times, but his parodies go deeper than most. He has a knack for getting at the heart of what makes people interested in certain stories.

As well as having an unmatched satirical wit, Brooks has a natural ear for comedic dialogue. His movies burst at the seams with punchlines, each stacked on top of one another in quick succession, competing for the audience's attention with visual gags.

As a Melrose Place reboot is in the works at CBS, the original series is getting a new audio boost.

Three of the show’s original stars Daphne Zuniga, Laura Leighton and Courtney Thorne-Smith are launching a rewatch podcast of the Fox drama.

Still The Place launched today, on the 32nd anniversary of the show’s launch. It comes from iHeartPodcasts.

Leighton, who played Sydney Andrews, Thorne-Smith, who played Alison Parker and Zuniga, who played Jo Reynolds will dissect each episode from the very beginning, share behind-the-scenes stories and interview special guests from the original cast and crew.

It comes after Deadline revealed in April that a reboot featuring Leighton and Zuniga, as well as Heather Locklear, was in the works at CBS Studios and was being shopped to networks and streamers.

The reboot is being written by Lauren Gussis, creator/executive producer on the Netflix/CBS Studios series Insatiable,...

Spaceballs is getting a sequel with original actors possibly returning, including Bill Pullman and Daphne Zuniga. Mel Brooks is working on Spaceballs 2 at Amazon, with Josh Gad set to star and Brooks returning as producer. Rick Moranis' return as Dark Helmet is crucial for Spaceballs 2, although Moranis has retired from acting.

Spaceballs is getting a sequel 37 years after the film's release, and with Spaceballs 2, the potential for several of the original actors to reprise their roles. Spaceballs 2 is currently in development at Amazon MGM Studios, with Josh Gad set to star and Mel Brooks returning as a producer. Gad is co-writing a script with Benjit Samit and Dan Hernandez. It will be directed by Josh Greenbaum, although specific plot details are being kept under wraps.

This isn't the first attempt to extend Spaceballs as there was a short-lived animated television series that lasted for one season, in which Brooks, who co-created the series,...

When writer/director Mel Brooks' "Spaceballs" comedy spoof of "Star Wars" was first released in 1987, fans of the 'space opera' genre were delighted with the film, but most reviewers dismissed the feature as lame 'shtick', thinking the whole "Star Wars" 'thing' had run its course and best left forgotten. But the fans were right, the film was successful and now producer Brooks with backing from Amazon MGM is finally moving forward at ‘ludicrous speed’, to prep a sequel, to be directed by Josh Greenbaum:

The original "Spaceballs", currently streaming on Max, sees many of the main cast pass away, including John Candy as 'Barf'...

... Joan Rivers as 'Dot Matrix', Dom DeLuise as 'Pizza The Hut'...

...and Phil Hartman as 'Dink'.

But Bill Pullman as 'Lone Star' and Daphne Zuniga as 'Princess Vespa' are still working.

As for Rick Moranis, who reprised his role as ‘Dark Helmet’, for...

“May The Schwartz Be With You.”

We've been hearing rumors of a potential Spaceballs sequel for many years, and it's now been confirmed that a follow-up to Mel Brooks' '80s Star Wars spoof is officially in the works.

The movie is in development at Amazon MGM Studios, with Josh Gad set to star and produce alongside Brooks. Josh Greenbaum will direct the film from a screenplay by Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez, and Gad.

Plot details are still under wraps, but the original movie was a full-on farce, following the general plot of Star Wars: A New Hope while also making fun of other space-set or sci-fi properties such as Star Trek, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes and Alien.

Spaceballs starred Bill Pullman as Lone Star, the late John Candy as Barf, Daphne Zuniga as Princess Vespa, Rick Moranis as Lord Dark Helmet, and Brooks in a...

Josh Gad confirmed to be working on Spaceballs 2 alongside Amazon MGM Studios. Original writer Mel Brooks producing the sequel, with plenty to work with in Star Wars expansion. Writers and director of Spaceballs 2 have extensive experience in comedy and sci-fi genres.

A Spaceballs sequel is now in development, it has been confirmed. Following Frozen and Beauty and the Beast star Josh Gads recent cryptic tease, The Hollywood Reporter has now revealed that the actor is working on Spaceballs 2 alongside Amazon MGM Studios. Original writer and director and comedy icon Mel Brooks is producing the project with Gad, with Josh Greenbaum set to direct the comedy sequel from a script by Gad, Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez.

Plot details currently remain unknown, but we can no doubt expect the follow-up to once again poke fun at the Star Wars franchise as well as wider science fiction, bringing in some general pop culture along for the ride.

The Schwartz awakens! That's right folks, 80s Star Wars satirical spoof Spaceballs is getting a sequel at long last. And before you say "Oh no, not again," John Hurt style, per Deadline's reporting, a veritable galaxy of talent are working to take us back to that galaxy very, very, very, very far away. Frozen's Josh Gad — who not-so-subtly teased the project on Instagram last week (see below) — is attached to produce and star the Amazon bound project, Og Spaceballs writer-director Mel Brooks is also aboard as a producer, and Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar director Josh Greenbaum is set to direct from a script by Gad and Detective Pikachu duo Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez.

Mel Brooks' original 1987 Spaceballs followed Luke Skywalker-esque hero Lone Starr (Bill Pullman), his Mog sidekick Barf (John Candy), and Druish princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) as the trio worked together to...

A Spaceballs sequel is in the works at Amazon MGM Studios with Josh Gad to star, directed by Josh Greenbaum and produced by Mel Brooks. The original 1987 comedy film directed by Brooks parodied Star Wars and other sci-fi classics, with Brooks playing multiple roles. The sequel will be based on a screenplay by Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez, and Gad, continuing the comedic legacy of Spaceballs.

A Spaceballs sequel is in development at Amazon MGM Studios. The 1987 comedy film directed by Mel Brooks parodied Star Wars, Star Trek, and other science-fiction classics. Brooks also played multiple roles in Spaceballs, including Yogurt and President Skroob.

According to Variety, Josh Gad will star in the sequel, which will be produced by Brooks. It will be directed by Josh Greenbaum and based on a screenplay written by Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez, and Gad.

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The Schwartz is with Amazon MGM Studios, where a sequel to the 1980s parody film Spaceballs is in early development, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Josh Gad and Mel Brooks are producing the project that has Gad attached to star. Josh Greenbaum is helming the comedy from a script by Gad, Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez.

Plot details for the sequel to the Star Wars-spoofing comedy feature have not yet been shared. Kevin Salter will serve as executive producer on the new one.

Writing partners Samit and Hernandez are known for their work on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle: Mutant Mayhem, Pokemon Detective Pikachu, Addams Family 2 and the forthcoming Disney+/Lucasfilm special Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy.

Originally released by MGM in 1987 — a decade after George Lucas’ sci-fi classic Star Wars debuted to become a culture-defining smash — Spaceballs starred Bill Pullman, John Candy, Rick Moranis and Daphne Zuniga, as...

At long last, Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money might finally become a reality. According to Jeff Sneider, Josh Gad is set to star in a Spaceballs sequel directed by Josh Greenbaum (Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar) for Amazon MGM Studios. Gad also co-wrote the script with Benji Samit (Detective Pikachu) and Dan Hernandez (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem) and will produce the project alongside Mel Brooks.

Plot details for Spaceballs 2 are being kept under wraps at this time, but the original 1987 movie starred Bill Pullman as Lone Star, John Candy as Barg, Daphne Zuniga as Princess Vespa, Rick Moranis as Lord Dark Helmet, and Mel Brooks as President Skroob and Yogurt. Although the film was primarily a parody of Star Wars, it also included some humourous nods to Alien (with John Hurt reprising his famous role) and Star Trek.

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The beloved comedy Spaceballs may finally be getting an official sequel. It's been reported that Spaceballs 2 is in the works and its lead star has been revealed.

Per a new report by The InSneider, a Spaceballs sequel is moving forward at Amazon MGM Studios. The new film will feature Josh Gad in a lead role, and the actor is also set to produce alongside original Spaceballs helmer and producer Mel Brooks. According to the report, Josh Greenbaum is directing the sequel, which was co-written by Gad, Benji Samit, and Dan Hernandez. Kevin Salter is executive producing.

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Released in 1987, Spaceballs was written by Brooks, Ronny Graham, and Thomas Meehan. The film lampooned the sci-fi genre, primarily the Star Wars franchise, though...

Josh Gad is attached to produce and star in a Spaceballs sequel in early development at Amazon MGM Studios, which Mel Brooks will also produce, Deadline can confirm.

Amazon declined to comment.

Josh Greenbaum (Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar) will direct from Gad’s script written with Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez (Detective Pikachu). Details as to the plot are under wraps. Kevin Salter will serve as executive producer on the project.

Directed by Brooks, the original Spaceballs was a send-up of the sci-fi genre released by MGM in 1987. The film’s plot revolves around the evil Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) and President Skroob (Brooks), who attempt to steal the atmosphere of the peaceful planet Druidia, only to be thwarted by the hero Lone Starr (Bill Pullman), his sidekick Barf (John Candy), and the Druish princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga).

Others in the cast included Joan Rivers and Dick Van Patten.

A “Spaceballs” sequel is in development at Amazon MGM Studios. Josh Gad is set to star, and will produce alongside Mel Brooks.

Josh Greenbaum will direct the film from a screenplay by Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez, and Gad, while Kevin Salter will executive produce. The project is in early stages, and plot details are being kept under wraps. Amazon declined to comment.

Writing duo Samit and Hernandez are best known for their work as screenwriters for “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” “Pokemon Detective Pikachu,” “Addams Family 2,” and the upcoming Disney+/Lucasfilm special “Lego Star Wars: Rebuild The Galaxy.”

The original 1987 MGM film “Spaceballs” starred Bill Pullman as Lone Star, John Candy as Barf, Daphne Zuniga as Princess Vespa, Rick Moranis as Lord Dark Helmet and Brooks as President Skroob and Yogurt. The space opera is a parody of both the “Star Wars” franchise and other popular sci-fi franchises like “Star Trek” and “Alien.

Josh Gad teases possible sequel to Spaceballs in cryptic image of redacted script. Mel Brooks parody classic Spaceballs remains a fan-favorite, with fans eagerly awaiting Spaceballs 2 since 2013. Rick Moranis, who took part in original Spaceballs movie, expressed interest in returning for potential sequel, sparking more excitement.

Frozen and Beauty and the Beast star Josh Gad has seemingly just teased a sequel many years in the making...Spaceballs 2. Taking to social media to share the front page of a heavily redacted script, Gad wrote in a caption alongside the image; "Just handed in a film script that I think may be the funniest and best thing I've ever worked on and I am so freaking excited. Working with my boys @cubanmissiledh and @benjisamit has been heaven on Earth and many other planets as well. Love you boys!"

You can check out the cryptic image shared by Gad below...

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