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Rick Moranis Returns as Dark Helmet in Spaceballs Sequel

4/19/2026

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Rick Moranis is returning to the big screen to reprise Dark Helmet in Spaceballs: The New One, due for release on April 23, 2027.
Moranis has a 30-year hiatus since Spaceballs (1987); he left in the late 1990s to raise his children after his wife Ann Belsky’s death.
Director Mel Brooks convinced him to return, stressing the importance of his role.
Production began in September 2025; plot details remain undisclosed.

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Rick Moranis is returning to the big screen to reprise Dark Helmet in Spaceballs: The New One, due for release on April 23, 2027.
Moranis has a 30-year hiatus since Spaceballs (1987); he left in the late 1990s to raise his children after his wife Ann Belsky’s death.
Director Mel Brooks convinced him to return, stressing the importance of his role.
Production began in September 2025; plot details remain undisclosed.