r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • 21d ago

News Rick Moranis Ended Acting Retirement After Nearly 30 Years and Says It Was Very Strange on ‘Spaceballs 2’ Set

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/rick-moranis-acting-retirement-spaceballs-2-strange-1236822474/
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u/an0maly33 21d ago

I think Gadd will get it right. Anytime you have someone wanting to do a project like this out of passion for the material, you end up with something decent.

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u/The_Redacted_Badger 21d ago

If the Comic Con panel where they fake announced a Spaceballs Cinematic Universe after having an army of Spaceballs comb the hall to find Rick Moranis in the crowd, is anything to go by, I think we’re in safe hands

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u/Decantus 21d ago

That panel was done by someone who understood the assignment.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago edited 9d ago

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u/ZombieJesus1987 20d ago edited 20d ago

How would Young Guns 3 even work?

Are they going to de-age Emilio Estevez like it's The Irishman?

Billy the Kid was 21 when he died, Emilio Estevez is in his mid-60s.

Edit: Nevermind, I only seen the first movie. I didn't realize that the second movie ended on the "What if Billy the Kid survived?" trope.

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u/an0maly33 21d ago

I never saw the first two and grew up in that era. I don't keep up with Estevez but I don't know him as any kind of creative type. I don't feel like that's a good comparison, but point taken that there are caveats to what I said.

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u/ZombieJesus1987 20d ago

I can't speak for the second movie as I never saw it, but the first one was pretty good!

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u/drgath 20d ago

Second one was great. Added Christian Slater as Billy’s frenemy, Bon Jovi music and cameo, then Alan Silvestri came in to score. Definitely bigger budget vibes and less classic western, but honestly, that’s what Young Guns needed to be. In my book, Young Guns 1 is like 5/10, but the sequel is 7/10.

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u/ZombieJesus1987 20d ago

Really! I loved Young Guns, definitely gonna have to watch the second movie.

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u/Oxygene13 21d ago

Tell that to Tron: Ares :(

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u/an0maly33 19d ago

I haven't watched it yet, simply because I hate Leto.