Josh Gad says everyone thinks his Spaceballs 2 script has the Schwartz
After spending years combing the desert with a literal comb for any bleeps, sweeps, or creeps that could clue us into what's happening with , Josh Gad has delivered some news: People who've read his script for the film think it's good. Speaking to , Gad, who co-wrote, is producing, and stars in the sequel, says, "Without MGM taking me into their Culver prison cells, I can tell you that the draft is done." Furthermore, the very supportive people who have read it have "been blown away," presumably by a scene in which Pizza the Hut throws himself up.
Mel Brooks, who is producing the project with Gad, has been pushing up a hill for what seems like decades. But it really kicked into gear in 2015 when Brooks announced he wanted to make . That version never manifested, but Amazon MGM Studios announced the sequel starring Gad earlier this year. The script comes from Gad and scribes Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, and director Josh Greenbaum will direct.
Gad describes putting the film together as a "fever dream," calling Brooks "so unbelievably supportive, involved, and electrified by this because it's the one that surprisingly got away."
"It's a dream to be able to finally make the reality prophesied by Yogurt in the first movie happen," Gad says. "I can't say more than that. I can't tell you anything beyond [the] process at this point, but I can tell you every hour of every day right now is spent making this project closer and closer to reality — and I think we're nearing the end zone here."
