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CNN
8 hours ago
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- CNN
Hollywood Minute: Ryan Reynolds' new nature series
Reynolds talks about his new Nat Geo series 'Underdogs,' a fifth and final season for 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,' and The Schwartz is strong with Mel Brooks and 'Spaceballs 2.' Rick Damigella contributed to this story by Douglas Hyde.
Daily Mail
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Nepo baby set to star alongside iconic actor dad in Rick Moranis' comeback Spaceballs 2
The nepo baby son of a Hollywood icon is set to star alongside his dad in Rick Moranis' comeback film, Spaceballs 2. Lewis Pullman - the 32-year-old lookalike son of Independence Day actor Bill Pullman, 71, is said to be in talks to join the cast of the upcoming sequel, per THR. Acclaimed star Bill played a Han Solo-esque character called Lone Starr in Spaceballs back in 1987. Alongside Bill, Mel Brooks will reprise his role as Yogurt while Moranis will once again portray Darth Vader character Dark Helmet. Spaceballs was a parody of the original three Star Wars films and Brooks,98, will be 100 years old when his reprisal of his Yoda-like character Yogurt hits the big screen in 2027. MGM Amazon Studio is producing the film from a script by Josh Gad, Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez, under the directorial vision of Josh Greenbaum. Keke Palmer is also in the sequel and the original director Mel will also reprise his role of President Skroob. The original 1987 film lampooned the sci-fi genre as it poked fun at the Star Wars franchise, primarily, in addition to other classic films like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet Of The Apes, and Star Trek. It was centered around the evil Dark Helmet (Moranis) and President Skroob (Brooks) as they attempt to steal the atmosphere of peaceful planet Druidia. However, they are challenged by protagonist and hero Lone Starr (Pullman) and his sidekick Barf (the late John Candy), and the Druish princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga). Lewis can be seen next in Thunderbolts alongside Florence Pugh and Wyatt Russell. Recently, Lewis has been seen hanging out with fellow nepo baby Kaia Gerber, 23. News broke of Kaia and Lewis' relationship in January, and they have apparently grown close enough that his parents went to see her in a play last month. However when he attended the premiere of his new Marvel movie Thunderbolts* this week, Lewis sidestepped queries about his showbiz romance. When he was asked if he brought a date to the event, he replied: 'No, I don't have a date tonight. My family's my date,' to Entertainment Tonight. His interviewer persisted with another question about 'a certain brunette we would've liked to see you bring along as a date,' and Lewis demurred again. With a slightly abashed smile, he said: 'Well, listen, we're all just lucky to be here on the carpet, hanging, looking forward to the Thunderbolts*.' In January, it emerged Kaia was dating Lewis - after news had broken that her relationship with Elvis actor Austin Butler was over after three years. It was then reported that Kaia had in fact been dating Lewis since December 2024 but initially concealed the romance from the public. 'Kaia and Lewis have actually been together for a while now. They started dating in early December,' an insider alleged. 'They kept it under wraps until the news of her and Austin's split came out. Kaia and Austin have been broken up since October.' 'They run in the same circle and have similar friend groups, and that's how they were introduced,' the source added to Us Weekly. Before her relationship with Austin, 33, Kaia carried on a year-long romance with Euphoria heartthrob Jacob Elordi and then spent three months with Pete Davidson. Meanwhile Lewis previously dated Rainey Qualley, the sister of Margaret Qualley and daughter of Andie MacDowell, from 2020 to 2023. Last month, Lewis' parents were glimpsed arriving at the Matrix Theatre in Los Angeles to see Kaia in the play Evanston Salt Costs Climbing by Will Arbery. She received critical acclaim for her performance from such high-profile outlets as Broadway World and the Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
10 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
‘Spaceballs 2' is coming! Wait, what was so cool about the original ‘Spaceballs'?
'Spaceballs 2' is incoming, director Mel Brooks confirmed Thursday on social media, 38 years after the original 'Spaceballs' crashed onto the space-opera scene. Hey, what's a few decades between friends, amirite? Given that three-quarters of the current moviegoing audience was not even born 38 years ago, a person might wonder why they should care about a 'Spaceballs' sequel. Well! We. Have. Answers. The sequel will have a director and that director is not Brooks, perhaps because Brooks is 98 years old. Plus the jokester hasn't directed a movie since 1995's 'Dracula: Dead and Loving It.' But Brooks was, indeed, the auteur behind 'The Producers,' 'Blazing Saddles' and 'Young Frankenstein,' so he might make it in Hollywood someday. Tell the folks at CAA: 'Spaceballs 2' could be the boost his resume needs. The news so far, according to Variety, is this: Brooks will be back as Yogurt — just plain Yogurt — and Josh Gad will star. Perhaps he'll star as Outerspace Olaf, a mercenary snowman who likes warm hugs and thinks a space princess is a person worth melting for. Gad, Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez are writing the script, and Josh Greenbaum ('Barb and Starr Go to Vista Del Mar') will direct. Please don't argue. It's a known fact that Everybody loves Bill Pullman. The 'Spaceballs 2' team loves Bill Pullman so much that, according to Variety, in addition to inviting him to reprise his character from the original comedy, they have also cast his son Lewis Pullman in a role to be named later. Let's hope the elder Pullman's Lone Starr has eased into retirement and Pullman the Younger gets to play a younger version of the Luke Skywalker-scented hero. Exactly! There's still room to improve! ''Spaceballs' might have been much funnier and more inventive on a much smaller budget,' The Times said in its 1987 review of the movie. 'Occasionally the expense pays off, as in the wonderful opening shot of an insanely elaborate starship that sweeps over us against inky infinity, going on and on ... and on and on! But sometimes the elaborate jokes just clang and clunk, as when Lone Starr jams the Spaceballs radar with real jam — and no peanut butter.' That sounds like an argument for half the budget, double the jokes and a variety of Uncrustables at the craft services table. The year 2027 is so close, yet sounds so far, far away. It also will mark the 40th anniversary of the release of the original 'Star Wars' movie, which was once known simply as 'Star Wars,' not 'Star Wars: Episode 4 — A New Hope.' As the glorious celebrations of Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, Yoda, Obi-Wan and the gang ring out in Hollywood in 2027, 'Spaceballs 2' should land next to them with a resounding fart. A resounding fart joke, at least. Maybe two. Sure, Rick Moranis will be back for 'Spaceballs 2,' per Deadline, reprising the role of Dark Helmet, the villain whose voice resonates and booms when his helmet is down and turns squeaky and annoying when the mask is raised. And Keke Palmer, who was born in 1993, will reportedly have a part as well, though no clues have been given as to who or what she'll play. Just don't have Palmer play Jar Jar Binks' father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate, please, because Dark Helmet already spent that punch line on Lone Starr back in 1987. Jar Jar was, of course, the duck-billed breakout star, sorta, of 1999's 'Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace.' Don't click that link, just take our word for it. That said, you know there just has to be a Jar Jar Binks gag or two in 'Spaceballs 2.' Read aloud with me now: Mesa no tink so, you say? Ex-squeeze me, but yousa be wrong. Terrible tings goen happen if Jar Jar remains nothing more than the most annoying and unnecessary CGI character ever to please George Lucas. Give the Gungan some gas to go with that pidgin English and anything could happen. In our post-#MeToo landscape, rife with 'you can't say that' sensibilities, some 'Spaceballs'-style gags might fall flat. Then again, as The Times said in its 1987 review of the original film, 'This is a multimillion-dollar extravaganza satirizing other multimillion-dollar extravaganzas — which begins to seem a bit like attacking a President by hitting him over the head with another President.' Given that in the occasionally dystopian 2020s, hitting presidents over the head with other presidents is no big deal, the new film might make perfect sense, even if it doesn't improve one bit. Then again, will Yiddish gags play to the keffiyeh-clad youngs? Or will the jokes simply bomb? Only 'Spaceballs 2' will tell.
Newsweek
15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
'Spaceballs 2' Recruiting 'Thunderbolts' Star
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Like father, like Thunderbolt. Lewis Pullman, son of Bill Pullman, is in talks to join his father in "Spaceballs 2". That's the word from The Hollywood Reporter, who says that the younger Pullman will fittingly be playing Starburst, the son of Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and Queen Vespa (Daphne Zuniga). Read More: Mel Brooks Returns to Fan-Favorite 'Spaceballs' Role Lewis Pullman will potentially join a cast that so far is a healthy mix of alum of the original 1987 "Spaceballs" and newcomers to the parody party. Along with the elder Pullman and Zuniga, Mel Brooks will once again play the Yoda-esque Yogurt, and Rick Moranis is ending his long acting hiatus to return as the Darth Vader send-up Lord Dark Helmet. Lewis Pullman, from left, Geraldine Viswanathan, Hannah John-Kamen, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Florence Pugh, Wyatt Russell, and Jake Scheier attend the Walt Disney Studios special screening of "Thunderbolts" at IPIC Fulton Market on Wednesday, April 30, 2025,... Lewis Pullman, from left, Geraldine Viswanathan, Hannah John-Kamen, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Florence Pugh, Wyatt Russell, and Jake Scheier attend the Walt Disney Studios special screening of "Thunderbolts" at IPIC Fulton Market on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in New York. More Christopher Smith/AP Photos Josh Gad and Keke Palmer are leading the cast. Palmer will play a character named Destiny. Gad's character has not yet been disclosed. Amazon MGM's logline calls the follow-up "A Non-Prequel Non-Reboot Sequel Part Two but with Reboot Elements Franchise Expansion Film." "Will & Harper" director Josh Greenbaum is directing the sequel, with a script from Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez, and Josh Gad. The original "Spaceballs" is a hilarious cult classic directed by Mel Brooks. While it's largely a parody of "Star Wars", it also makes sure to poke fun at other science fiction entries like "2001: A Space Odyssey", "Alien", and "Star Trek". Judging by its announcement teaser, 'Spaceballs 2" could be gearing up to target an even broader range of targets. The teaser is a send-up of the famous "Star Wars" opening crawl, and it aptly and hilariously sums up the last few decades of science fiction franchises. First teaser for 'SPACEBALLS 2' In theaters in 2027. — DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) June 12, 2025 Among other things, the "Spaceballs 2" announcement teaser mentions the "Star Wars" sequel trilogy, which brings us back to Lewis Pullman. Considering he will potentially play the son of the first movie's heroes, it's tempting to speculate he'll be a parody of Adam Driver's Kylo Ren. If so, we can only hope that the Schwartz is with Bill Pullman's Lone Starr and he doesn't join his son on any narrow catwalks above any bottomless pits. Of course, since story details are being kept very tightly under wraps at the moment, our concerns may be premature. "Spaceballs 2" does not yet have a firm release date, but it is scheduled to bow sometime in 2027. More Movies: 'Violent Night 2' Brings Back David Harbour as Blood-Soaked Santa Claus The Controversial 2025 Snow White Remake is Coming to Disney+ for Streaming
Geek Tyrant
18 hours ago
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- Geek Tyrant
SPACEBALLS 2: Lewis Pullman to Join Father Bill Pullman and Daphne Zuniga as Queen Vespa Returns — GeekTyrant
Get ready to jam it into ludicrous speed, Spaceballs 2 , the next generation of Lone Starrs is on deck. Lewis Pullman is in talks to join the cast of the long-awaited sequel to Mel Brooks' cult classic Spaceballs , reuniting with his real-life dad, Bill Pullman, who will once again don the vest of Lone Starr. And yes, Daphne Zuniga is also expected to return as the ever-iconic Queen Vespa. For fans of the original 1987 film, this sequel has been a decades-long joke made real, and now, it's happening with family ties front and center. Lewis Pullman, who's built a strong résumé with projects like Top Gun: Maverick , Marvel's Thunderbolts* , and his role in Lessons in Chemistry , is set to play 'Starburst,' the offspring of Lone Starr and Queen Vespa. It's a clever move that keeps the DNA of the original intact while launching a new generation of space parody. Pullman originally kept his career path independent of his father's legacy, but recently opened up about how that perspective has shifted: 'For a long time, I was like, 'I'm gonna do this on my own,' and was very stubborn. And I'm so glad that I got over whatever that was because now it's such a gift to be able to share different experiences with my dad and get advice from him.' Joining the cast is Keke Palmer in a key role named Destiny. Though details are still under wraps, she and Lewis Pullman will headline the film alongside Josh Gad, who co-wrote the script with Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez. Gad is also producing, and Mel Brooks returns as Yogurt, which is just the kind of beautiful continuity we needed in this galaxy of franchise chaos. On top pf that Rick Moranis will be back as Darth Helmet, which is the most exciting news! Amazon MGM Studios is producing the film and aiming for a 2027 theatrical release, and while the plot remains locked away, the studio's tongue-in-cheek description gives fans a good idea of what to expect: 'A Non-Prequel Non-Reboot Sequel Part Two' but with Reboot Elements Franchise Expansion Film.' Josh Greenbaum ( Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar ) will direct, with Imagine's Brian Grazer and Jeb Brody producing alongside Gad, Brooks, and Greenbaum. Executive producers include Kevin Slater, Adam Merims, and the screenwriting duo Samit and Hernandez. Spaceballs 2 is shaping up to be more than what I was hoping for! Source: THR
