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Josh Gad Had to Explain Star Wars to Mel Brooks For Spaceballs Sequel
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scrn loglineComedy legend Mel Brooks, 98, needed a 40-minute Star Wars crash course from Josh Gad to greenlight the long-awaited Spaceballs sequel.beat sheet- Josh Gad, tapped to write and star in the Spaceballs sequel, had to painstakingly explain the entire Star Wars canon to Mel Brooks, who hadn't kept up with the newer films.
- The sequel is being developed at Amazon MGM Studios and will serve as 'a love letter to not only Spaceballs, but to all things Mel Brooks,' according to Gad.
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Josh Gad Had to Explain Star Wars to Mel Brooks For Spaceballs Sequel
ComicBook.comStory by Ashley Turner
scrn logline
Comedy legend Mel Brooks, 98, needed a 40-minute Star Wars crash course from Josh Gad to greenlight the long-awaited Spaceballs sequel.
beat sheet
- Josh Gad, tapped to write and star in the Spaceballs sequel, had to painstakingly explain the entire Star Wars canon to Mel Brooks, who hadn't kept up with the newer films.
- The sequel is being developed at Amazon MGM Studios and will serve as 'a love letter to not only Spaceballs, but to all things Mel Brooks,' according to Gad.
call sheet
Josh Gad, Mel Brooks, Amazon MGM Studios, Hulu, Spaceballs, Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money, Spaceballs: The Schwartz Awakens, History of the World Part II, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Star Wars, Angry Birds Movie 3, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Will & Harper, Behind the Mac: Skywalker Sound, Star Wars LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, 1600 Penn, Central Park, Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem