--- description: Mel Brooks may be writing a sequel to Spaceballs, and the title says everything you need to know: Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money. title: Mel Brooks Might Finally Give Us 'Spaceballs 2' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd37c693e2946f6e7/69877e225f570fc92cb15267/mel-brooks.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mel Brooks Might Finally Give Us _Spaceballs 2_  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 7, 2015 3:44 PM CUT  Mel Brooks prior the 40th anniversary screening of "Young Frankenstein" by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater, on Sept. 9, 2014. Mel Brooks prior the 40th anniversary screening of "Young Frankenstein" by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater, on Sept. 9, 2014.Richard Harbaugh—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 7, 2015 3:44 PM CUT Mel Brooks may be writing a sequel to _Spaceballs_, and the title says everything you need to know: _Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money_. Speaking on Adam Carolla’s _Take a Knee_ podcast last week, Brooks, according to [E! Online](http://www.eonline.com/news/622887/spaceballs-2-a-go-mel-brooks-talks-sequel-its-perfect-obvious-title-and-rick-moranis "undefined"), said: “If I did a movie that came out right after _Star Wars_ comes out, you know,maybe a couple of months later, _Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money_, I’d have a big weekend, you know, no matter what, even if it fell on its ass and you know, didn’t get that money back.” The working title is a reference to the sequel that the _Star Wars_ parody saw for itself when it came out in 1987. J. J. Abrams’ _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ is set for release on Dec. 18\. After the first new Star Wars film in 10 years, it’s only natural that Brooks would follow up with a remake of his own cult hit. Fans can only hope. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3699935/mel-brooks-space-balls-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3699935/mel-brooks-space-balls-2/"},"headline":"Mel Brooks Might Finally Give Us Spaceballs 2","datePublished":"2015-02-07T15:44:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:14:02.424Z","description":"The Search for More Money","url":"https://time.com/3699935/mel-brooks-space-balls-2/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd37c693e2946f6e7/69877e225f570fc92cb15267/mel-brooks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd37c693e2946f6e7/69877e225f570fc92cb15267/mel-brooks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mel Brooks","caption":"Mel Brooks","creditText":"Richard Harbaugh—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3699935/mel-brooks-space-balls-2/","name":"Mel Brooks Might Finally Give Us Spaceballs 2"}}]}] ```