icon Rick Moranis made at CinemaCon 2026 in on Wednesday, ahead of his big screen comeback in Spaceballs 2.
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Rick Moranis Returns: Spaceballs 2 at CinemaCon!
Ghostbusters icon Rick Moranis made a rare appearance at CinemaCon 2026 in Las Vegas on Wednesday, ahead of his big screen comeback in Spaceballs 2.The actor, 7...
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The actor, 72, walked away from the spotlight to focus on raising his children after his wife Ann Belsky died of breast in 1991.
His last live-action movie performance came in 1997's Honey We Shrunk Ourselves.
But last year it was revealed that he would take part in Spaceballs 2, the upcoming sequel to the classic 1987 spoof Spaceballs by .
And on Wednesday he joined his original Spaceball co-stars Bill Pullman and Daphne Zuniga, as well as his new cast members Lewis Pullman (Bill's son) and Josh Gad, during Amazon MGM's CinemaCon presentation to promote the long-awaited sequel.
Gad co-wrote and produced the project, alongside Brian Grazer, Brooks, and director Josh Greenbaum.
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Ghostbusters icon Rick Moranis, 72, made a rare appearance at CinemaCon 2026 in Las Vegas on Wednesday, ahead of his big screen comeback in Spaceballs 2
Last year it was revealed that he would take part in the upcoming sequel to the classic 1987 Star Wars spoof Spaceballs by Mel Brooks; Seen in a still from the 1987 film
Moranis is reprising his role as Dark Helmet in the movie.
The actor looked sharp in a dark blazer worn over a grey sweater and blue button-up.
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The original 1987 movie featured Moranis as a Darth Vader parody called Lord Dark Helmet, amid a cast including Pullman, John Candy and Joan Rivers.
Candy and Rivers are both dead, but Pullman and Moranis are returning for the sequel as well as Zunga and George Wyner, also from the original feature.
Among the other new cast members in Spaceballs 2 are Keke Palmer and Anthony Carrigan via Deadline.
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