Thanks to the 40-year gap between Spaceballs films, the sequel may actually be at a unique advantage when it hits theaters in 2027.

Mel Brooks' 'Spaceballs' put a comedic dent in the sci-fi genre when it crashed onto the space-opera scene in 1987. Now, prequels and sequels later, it's back.

This time he’ll just be acting, though, with Josh Greenbaum ( Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar) directing from a script by Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez, and Josh Gad. Gad is also expected to star, but that has yet to be officially confirmed.

Spaceballs 2' is bringing back Rick Moranis and Bill Pullman, enlisting Keke Palmer to star alongside the original cast members, sources say.

Thunderbolts* star Lewis Pullman is set to join his father, Bill Pullman, in the long-awaited sequel to Spaceballs. We also have confirmation that Daphne Zuniga will be back as Princess

(There's also no shortage of Brooks-ian humor unrelated to parody, like the line telling Dr. Phillip Schlotkin, the best plastic surgeon in the known universe and Beverly Hills, to "go back to the golf course and work on your putts.