Reclusive Comedy Icon Emerges for First Film in 30 Years

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After a 30-year hiatus, beloved comedian Rick Moranis is finally returning to the big screen.

The 72-year-old actor is reprising his role from Spaceballs, the 1987 space parody that gradually became a cult favorite.

In Spaceballs: The New One, Moranis returns as Dark Helmet, a parody of Darth Vader and the Spaceballs’ chief enforcer.

He appears alongside original co-stars Bill Pullman, Mel Brooks, George Wyner, and Daphne Zuniga.

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