Nearly 30 years since his last onscreen acting gig, Rick Moranis is expected to reprise his role as Dark Helmet from 1987’s Spaceballs .

After Deadline reported in June that Moranis is coming out of retirement for Spaceballs 2 , the sequel’s co-writer and potential star Josh Gad stopped short of confirming the actor’s return as he teased what attracted Moranis to the project.

“Well, I am not going to comment on whether or not Rick Moranis is returning, but hypothetically, if he were to return, I would say it’s because Rick would have felt like this was a project worthy of his return,” he told ScreenRant .

“So watch this space. But what I can say is it is surreal. It’s surreal because I grew up with Spaceballs and when the movie was prophesized in the first film, when Y

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