Rick Moranis appeared as Dark Helmet in Spaceballs 2 footage that screened at CinemaCon 2026.
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Spaceballs 2 marks Moranis' first live-action performance in a movie in 30 years.
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Moranis appeared at CinemaCon alongside Spaceballs costars Bill Pullman and Daphne Zuniga to promote the upcoming sequel.
Rick Moranisis back.
TheHoney, I Shrunk the Kidsactor appeared on stage during Amazon MGM's CinemaCon presentation on Wednesday to promoteSpaceballs 2, the long-awaited sequel to Mel Brooks' 1987 sci-fi parody.
Moranis is reprising his role as Dark Helmet, marking his first live-action performance in a movie since 1997'sHoney, We Shrunk Ourselves.
Dark Helmet's face is covered by his mask for most of the rapid-fire trailer for the film, but in a key scene at the end, Moranis stands at a urinal, and a massive Na'vi fromAvatararrives at a much-taller urinal right next to him.
Flabbergasted, Moranis says, "I see you" in the Na'vi language — a reference to the repeated mantra throughout James Cameron's sci-fi saga — and puts on 3D glasses as he gazes at the alien's groin.
In a pre-recorded video, Brooks also revealed its official title:Spaceballs: The New One.
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Moranis was joined on stage by his originalSpaceballscostarsBill Pullmanand Daphne Zuniga, as well as newSpaceballs 2cast members Lewis Pullman (the son of Bill) andJosh Gad(who also co-wrote and produced the project). Director Josh Greenbaum also joined the cast at the presentation.
TheGhostbustersactor's last live-action theatrical film role came in 1996'sBig Bully. He also lent his voice to Disney's 2003 animated movieBrother Bearand its 2006 direct-to-video sequel. He also briefly reprised hisSCTVcharacter, Bob McKenzie, for the 2007 one-off TV specialBob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary. He voiced Dark Helmet in a dream sequence in a 2018 episode ofThe Goldbergsand appeared in a 2020 Mint Mobile commercial opposite Ryan Reynolds.
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Moranis stepped back from screen acting after his wife, costume designer Ann Belsky, died from breast cancer in 1991. "I was working with really interesting people, wonderful people,"he toldTHRin 2015. "I went from that to being at home with a couple of little kids, which is a very different lifestyle. But it was important to me. I have absolutely no regrets whatsoever. My life is wonderful."
Spaceballs 2hits theaters on April 23, 2027.
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