Overview

• Production is officially underway, marked by a black-and-white table-read image that parodies the Star Wars: The Force Awakens cast photo.
• Rick Moranis resumes live-action work to reprise Dark Helmet, reuniting with Mel Brooks, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga and George Wyner.
• Newcomers Josh Gad, Keke Palmer, Lewis Pullman and Anthony Carrigan join the ensemble, with specific roles not yet announced.
• Josh Greenbaum directs from a screenplay by Josh Gad, Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez, while the title and plot remain under wraps behind jokey "Schwartz shield" secrecy.
• Producers include Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer and Ron Howard alongside Mel Brooks, Gad, Greenbaum and others, with a wide theatrical debut targeted for 2027.