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[Dan]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/050120l.php

Mel Brooks' wacky 1987 "Star Wars" comedy spoof "Spaceballs," is being retooled for the small screen via a three-way project involving the producer, MGM TV and little-known German company BFC reports Variety.

The idea it seems is to do an animated TV series that makes fun of the latest wave of sci-fi and fantasy icons, including the "Star Wars" prequels and "The Lord of the Rings." Brooks is busy on the film version of his Broadway hit "The Producers" until June, when he'll concentrate more fully on "Spaceballs."

Brooks and the original film's co-writer Thomas Meehan will produce the hour-long pilot and supervise the writing of the 13 half-hour episodes.

Brooks will return to voice two of the returning characters, President Skroob and Yogurt. MGM will distribute the series internationally with the exception of Germany.

I take it this means the sequel/prequel/whatever that Brooks was talking about last year is now off the docket.

I don't know about this at all. I'd be interested if it were just going to be spoofing Star Wars and maybe other vague fantasy/sci-fi conventions, but specifically tackling stuff like LOTR while still using Spaceballs characters? That doesn't work for me. Spaceballs was created to spoof a very specific thing, and while it also had little gags about Alien and Planet of the Apes, those were offshoots and not a main focus, which is what the LOTR spoofing sounds like it will be.

I don't know, it could be good but this seems like a weird conglomeration of disparate ideas created by some committee. I'm not interested in seeing Yogurt suddenly become a Gandalf mockery.

 

[megateto]

Spaceballs was created to spoof a very specific thing, and while it also had little gags about Alien and Planet of the Apes, those were offshoots and not a main focus, which is what the LOTR spoofing sounds like it will be.

Don't forget about the Vulcan neck pinch¡¡¡

Oh, and...

Merchandising¡
Merchandising¡
Merchandising¡

Maybe they can get a nice blend of sci stuff with LOTR. They just have to visit the proper planet, for example. Remember the really short version of LOTR that came up some days ago? Imagine that with an spaceship...

 

[GamePnoy74]

Heh, I was hoping there would acutally be a Spaceballs movie sequel called 'The Search for More Money.'