This past week, Dara Taylor (Ironheart, The Tender Bar, Straw, The Invitation, , The Noel Diary, Meet Me Next Christmas, Echo Boomers) has recorded her score for the upcoming sci-fi comedy Spaceballs: The New One. The film is directed by Josh Greenbaum (Will & Harper, The Short Game) and stars Mel Brooks, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, George Wynder & Daphne Zuniga who reprise their roles from Brooks’ 1987 classic (scored by John Morris). They are joined by new cast members Keke Palmer, Lewis Pullman, Anthony Carrigan and Josh Gad. No plot details have been announced yet. Gad also co-wrote the screenplay with Dan Hernandez & Benji Samit (Pokémon Detective Pikachu,, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem). Greenbaum, Brooks & Had are also producing the project with Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer & Ron Howard (Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind), Jeb Brody (Sunshine Cleaning, After the Hunt) and Kevin Salter (Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!, History of the World: Part II). Taylor has previously scored Greenbaum’s last three narrative features. Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (with Christopher Lennertz), Strays & The Dink. Gad has posted pictures from the sessions at Abbey Road Studios in London on social media. Spaceballs: The New One is scheduled to be released in theaters nationwide on April 23 ,2027 by Amazon MGM Studios.
Taylor’s third collaboration with Greenbaum, The Dink, will premiere on July 24 on Apple TV.
