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Rick Moranis Returns at CinemaCon, and the ‘Spaceballs 2’ Announcement Stole the Show

The legacy sequel hits theaters April 23, 2027

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This past Wednesday (April 15), the title for the long-awaited sequel to Spaceballs was revealed at CinemaCon. During the Amazon MGM Studios presentation for the upcoming film, Mel Brooks appeared in a pre-taped segment in which he explained that the follow-up to his 1987 classic would not be called Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money, as previously suggested.

The reason, Brooks says, is that, after all these years, he finally found the money—it was in his basement the whole time. Instead, the new installment will simply be called Spaceballs: The New One.

Rick Moranis Returned at CinemaCon,........

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