Going back to plaid. There’s no statute of limitations for sequels. It’s becoming more common for follow-up movies to arrive decades after the original, especially for classic genre films like Ghostbusters and Beetlejuice .
Now, apparently, that even extends to parody movies. Scary Movie has a reboot slated for next year, and Spaceballs , the 1987 Mel Brooks Star Wars satire, is getting rebooted too. A new hint at the project’s scope reveals that it’s doing more than just lampooning the past 40 years of Star Wars; it’s attempting to be a true sequel by taking on the entire sci-fi genre.
Is that the right move? Is it even possible to pull it off? Here’s a breakdown of the big swing the movie is taking. Spaceballs did a lot with only three Star Wars movies. What happens now that there have been six more? In an interview with Esquire , Spaceballs 2 director Josh Greenbaum gave an update on the movie.
“Back in the day, we didn’t have Netflix. You just went to your seven VHS tapes that you had in your house—and [ Spaceballs ] was one that was on repeat,” he said. “So I started speaking with Josh Gad and then, of course, Mel Brooks to work on this.
I’ve been working with him. He’s ninety-eight, and he’s still the funniest and sharpest person. It’s a total joy.
” But Spaceballs 2 will do more than just poke fun at the never-ending deluge of Star Wars material that’s arrived since 1987. “There’s been a ton of Star Wars content,” Greenbaum said. .
