The Heartwarming Reason Why ‘Spaceballs 2’ Went to Comic-Con
When Spaceballs: The New One hits theaters next April, it will be the first time in over 30 years that Rick Moranis has appeared on the big screen. The star of Ghostbusters, Little Shop of Horrors, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, and, yes, Spaceballs, famously took a hiatus from acting in the 1990s to raise his kids after his wife passed away. This sequel will now be his big return and, to prove just how big of a deal that was, the team behind the Spaceballs sequel set their sights on one place: San Diego Comic-Con.
- ▪When Spaceballs: The New One hits theaters next April, it will be the first time in over 30 years that Rick Moranis has appeared on the big screen.
- ▪The star of Ghostbusters, Little Shop of Horrors, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, and, yes, Spaceballs, famously took a hiatus from acting in the 1990s to raise his kids after his wife passed away.
- ▪This sequel will now be his big return and, to prove just how big of a deal that was, the team behind the Spaceballs sequel set their sights on one place: San Diego Comic-Con.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 23 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ From Spaceballs to Avengers – Comic-Con delivers a knockout punch — The Sydney Morning Herald
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When Spaceballs: The New One hits theaters next April, it will be the first time in over 30 years that Rick Moranis has appeared on the big screen. The star of Ghostbusters, Little Shop of Horrors, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, and, yes, Spaceballs, famously took a hiatus from acting in the 1990s to raise his kids after his wife passed away. This sequel will now be his big return and, to prove just how big of a deal that was, the team behind the Spaceballs sequel set their sights on one place: San Diego Comic-Con. We’ve already covered some of the excellent moments that happened when Spaceballs: The New One took over Hall H at Comic-Con this past weekend, but Esquire has a fantastic look behind the scenes of the whole thing.
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