The 1987 film Spaceballs was easily described just by saying "Mel Brooks does Star Wars." The goofy parody is getting a sequel after almost 40 years, which is in development now. Josh Gad will star and is writing the screenplay. But could we have a real Spaceballs sequel without Mel Brooks? Brooks is 98 years old and officially retired, but is enthusiastically involved in the movie, at this point critiquing and editing Gad's writing.
Gad know he couldn't do Spaceballs justice without Brook's blessing, but did not expect him to be so involved in the production at his age. He describes how he approached Brooks with the idea, taking 40 minutes to explain what's happened in the Star Wars saga since the original trilogy at Brooks' insistence. Read what happened at that meeting, and how Brooks is contributing to Spaceballs 2 at Cracked. We don't yet know when to expect the finished movie.