May the Schwartz be with you!
Mel Brooks confirmed Thursday that he’s returning as Yogurt in the upcoming “Spaceballs” sequel, set to hit theaters in 2027.
The 98-year-old actor shared the news of the second film with a message that began with the infamous “Star Wars” opening crawl.
“Thirty-eight years ago, there was only one ‘Star Wars’ trilogy,” the message began.
“But since then, there have been…” the text continued, followed by a list of movie franchises including the “Star Wars” prequels and sequels, “Dune,” “Jurassic Park,” “Avatar,” “Harry Potter,” “Alien,” and, as the message joked, “36 MCU movies with two different Robert Downey Jr.’s.”
“But in thirty-eight years there has only ever been one… SPACEBALLS,” the opening crawl added, followed by, “Until now..”
A video message then popped up of Brooks saying, “After 40 years we asked what do the fans want, but instead, we’re making this movie.”
“May The Schwartz be with you!” the EGOT winner added.
“I told you we’d be back,” Brooks captioned the clip on X.
Amazon MGM Studios is making the sequel to the 1987 cult classic that parodies “Star Wars” and other films that came out during that era of cinema.
Brooks directed, wrote, produced and starred as dual characters Yogurt and President Skroob in “Spaceballs.”
Josh Greenbaum (“Will & Harper”) is set to direct the sequel with a script from Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez and Josh Gad, who will star.
Other cast members are still unknown.
A tentative logline jokingly describes the film as, “A Non-Prequel Non-Reboot Sequel Part Two but with Reboot Elements Franchise Expansion Film,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The original “Spaceballs” also starred Bill Pullman as Lone Star, John Candy as Barf, Daphne Zuniga as Princess Vespa, Rick Moranis as Lord Dark Helmet, George Wyner as Colonel Sandurz, Dick Van Patten as King Roland and Joan Rivers as the voice of Dot Matrix.
Voice projects aside, Brooks has not appeared in a movie since his cameo in 2005’s “The Producers,” the movie adaptation of the 2001 Broadway musical which was based on Brooks’ 1967 film of the same name.
Gad, 44, teased the “Spaceballs” sequel on SiriusXM’s “The Spotlight with Jessica Shaw” in January, revealing that production was “getting the budget together” and “going out to cast.”
“We are very much in the weeds, hoping to shoot by the end of the year,” Gad noted at the time.
He also described the “Spaceballs” follow-up as “very much a continuation of that movie, and, more than that, it’s a celebration of all things Mel Brooks.”
“Spaceballs 2” will be released in theaters in 2027.