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UPI
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
Watch: Mel Brooks, Josh Gad officially announce 'Spaceballs' sequel
1 of 3 | Mel Brooks has announced he is working on a new "Spaceballs" film. File Photo by Paul Treadway/ UPI | License Photo June 12 (UPI) -- Filmmaker and actor Mel Brooks and actor-writer Josh Gad officially announced that a sequel to the 1987 Star Wars spoof Spaceballs is officially in the works. "After 40 years, we asked, 'What do the fans want?'" Brooks said in a video released on social media Thursday. "But, instead, we're making this movie. May the Schwartz be with you." The words, "The Schwartz awakens in 2027," then appeared across the screen. I told you we'd be back Mel Brooks (@MelBrooks) June 12, 2025 "I was that child who saw Spaceballs before I ever saw Star Wars and then wondered why anyone would do a dramatic remake of the Mel Brooks classic," Gad wrote in a separate post. "It is therefore the greatest gift of my life to now help take the reins and work alongside Mel and this incredible group to do a sequel to the movie that first inspired George Lucas." reported Brooks, Bill Pullman and Rick Moranis are set to reprise their roles of Yogurt, Lone Star and Dark Helmet. The original movie also co-starred Daphne Zuniga and John Candy, who died in 1994, as well as featured the voice of the late Joan Rivers.
NBC Sports
09-06-2025
- Business
- NBC Sports
Former Commanders president Jason Wright believes NFL is moving toward foreign investment
The NFL continues to position itself for foreign fans. It also may eventually be looking for foreign owners. Dade Hayes of via Sports Business Journal, recently explained that former Commander president Jason Wright sees the ball moving toward international cash. Speaking at the Gabelli Funds' annual Media & Sports Symposium in New York, Wright said that based on his 'experience in NFL circles suggests the league is close to opening itself up to foreign investment.' 'I think you will see the smaller, scrappier leagues start to bring in sovereign investment more directly first, because the need is there,' Wright said. 'A slower mover like the NFL doesn't have to until it has to, and so they'll be a later mover, but you'll see it sort of come up the funnel in terms of maturity and size and scale of the leagues.' Wright nevertheless sees it as inevitable that the NFL will look to international sources to 'expand[] the money pool.' He thinks it could start with partnership deals 'with companies and brands that we know foreign governments are behind and supporting.' Whether it's naming-rights deals or 'marquee partnerships' at the team or league level, 'that's the way you test the waters on this.' 'Without speaking outside of school, those discussions have been happening in the background,' Wright said. 'You'll start to see partnerships like that emerge on the sponsorship side, and that'll be the first indicator.' It's no surprise. The NFL, like any other business, always wants more. Last year, the door opened for private-equity investments. Eventually, foreign interests will be embraced — in some capacity. Then, there will be foreign ownership of teams. If/when the NFL puts one (or four) teams in Europe, it makes perfect sense for the owners to come from the nations that host the franchise. For the same reason that British soccer fans often bristle at American interlopers who become team owners, the locals may be more likely to take to a new NFL team if one of their own is in charge. Then there's the ever-present possibility that the Saudi Public Investment Fund will turn its attention to football. With the stroke of an oil-enriched pen, the PIF could start a competing pro football league in the U.S. The moment the NFL thinks that's coming is the instant the NFL should find a way to give the PIF a piece of the pie. It wouldn't have to be full or partial ownership of any specific team. The league could, for instance, create a de facto 33rd franchise where the Saudis acquire a 1/32nd share of every team by paying to the existing owners an amount that would simulate an expansion fee — at a significant premium. Like, perhaps, $20 billion. Which, if divided by 32 teams and exchanged for a 1/32nd share, would mean $625 million to each team and a valuation of each franchise at $20 billion.
News18
07-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Nick Jonas To Play KISS Frontman Paul Stanley In Biopic? Know Here
Last Updated: Nick Jonas is in final talks to play KISS frontman Paul Stanley in the biopic 'Shout It Out Loud', directed by McG, focusing on KISS's early years. Nick Jonas has reportedly been lined up to play KISS frontman Paul Stanley in a new biopic. The pop star/actor is believed to have been tapped to portray the band's frontman in 'Shout It Out Loud', which will be directed by McG and will chart the rock band's rise to fame. The Hollywood Reporter reports Jonas is in 'final talks" to take on the role of Stanley, while movie bosses are still looking for an actor to play the singer's bassist bandmate Gene Simmons. The group is helping to develop the project while Stanley and Simmons are among the producers along with McG. reports Jonas plans to take on singing duties in the film and needs time to train his voice to be able to emulate Stanley's signature vocals. Longtime KISS manager Doc McGhee previously revealed the movie would focus on the band's first four years together after forming in the 1970s. Speaking to Talking Metal in 2021, he explained: '[The script is] completely done … And the script is about the first four years of KISS. Basically, it's before they were famous – it was up to Cadillac High [KISS' famous gig in a high school gym in Cadillac, Michigan in 1975] , that kind of thing. And I think it's a very interesting look at the formation of KISS, the mindset of how that came about, the social pressure that everybody was in in the '60s and '70s that brought something like KISS to the forefront, that it could actually happen. So it's a very interesting, and I think it's a well-written movie." Stanley has also previously spoken about the movie, telling broadcaster Kylie Olsson in 2021: '[The movie is] definitely happening. And that's gonna be really interesting. The script was really good. And we really waited until we felt comfortable." He added of actors who could play him in the film: 'I will tell you this: for casting to be accurate in terms of age, we are looking at actors in their early 20s. Honestly, I don't know a whole lot of actors in their early 20s. When people get asked these kinds of questions, they'll say, 'Oh, Brad Pitt,' or this one or that one." 'Well, those guys are in their 50s or 60s, so you're talking about another generation of actors. And I'm the first to say I'm not up on a lot of them. But as the casting process goes on, I'll certainly be there and watching. It'll be interesting to see how someone else- be it the casting people or the director – how they view who I am and who they see doing that. I think I'll learn a lot about their perception of me by who they cast." First Published:
News18
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Nick Jonas To Play Paul Stanley In KISS Frontman's Biopic? Here's What We Know
Last Updated: The biopic will follow the first four years of KISS, before they reached superstardom. Nick Jonas has reportedly been lined up to play KISS frontman Paul Stanley in a new biopic. The pop star/actor is believed to have been tapped to portray the band's frontman in 'Shout It Out Loud', which will be directed by McG and will chart the rock band's rise to fame. The Hollywood Reporter reports Jonas is in 'final talks" to take on the role of Stanley, while movie bosses are still looking for an actor to play the singer's bassist bandmate Gene Simmons. The group is helping to develop the project while Stanley and Simmons are among the producers, along with McG. reports Jonas plans to take on singing duties in the film and needs time to train his voice to be able to emulate Stanley's signature vocals. Longtime KISS manager Doc McGhee previously revealed the movie would focus on the band's first four years together after forming in the 1970s. Speaking to Talking Metal in 2021, he explained, '[The script is] completely done … And the script is about the first four years of KISS. Basically, it's before they were famous – it was up to Cadillac High [KISS' famous gig in a high school gym in Cadillac, Michigan in 1975], that kind of thing…" He added, 'And I think it's a very interesting look at the formation of KISS, the mindset of how that came about, the social pressure that everybody was in in the '60s and '70s that brought something like KISS to the forefront, that it could actually happen. So it's a very interesting, and I think it's a well-written movie." Stanley has also previously spoken about the movie, telling broadcaster Kylie Olsson in 2021, '[The movie is] definitely happening. And that's gonna be really interesting. The script was really good. And we really waited until we felt comfortable." He also spoke about actors who could play him in the film and said, 'I will tell you this: for casting to be accurate in terms of age, we are looking at actors in their early 20s." He mentioned, 'Honestly, I don't know a whole lot of actors in their early 20s. When people get asked these kinds of questions, they'll say, 'Oh, Brad Pitt,' or this one or that one. Well, those guys are in their 50s or 60s, so you're talking about another generation of actors. And I'm the first to say I'm not up on a lot of them." 'But as the casting process goes on, I'll certainly be there and watching. It'll be interesting to see how someone else- be it the casting people or the director – how they view who I am and who they see doing that. I think I'll learn a lot about their perception of me by who they cast," he concluded. First Published:
Perth Now
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Nick Jonas 'to play KISS frontman Paul Stanley in biopic'
Nick Jonas has reportedly been lined up to play KISS frontman Paul Stanley in a new biopic. The pop star/actor is believed to have been tapped to portray the band's frontman in 'Shout It Out Loud', which will be directed by McG and will chart the rock band's rise to fame. The Hollywood Reporter reports Jonas is in "final talks" to take on the role of Stanley, while movie bosses are still looking for an actor to play the singer's bassist bandmate Gene Simmons. The group is helping to develop the project while Stanley and Simmons are among the producers along with McG. reports Jonas plans to take on singing duties in the film and needs time to train his voice to be able to emulate Stanley's signature vocals. Longtime KISS manager Doc McGhee previously revealed the movie would focus on the band's first four years together after forming in the 1970s. Speaking to Talking Metal in 2021, he explained: "[The script is] completely done … And the script is about the first four years of KISS. Basically, it's before they were famous - it was up to Cadillac High [KISS' famous gig in a high school gym in Cadillac, Michigan in 1975] , that kind of thing ... "And I think it's a very interesting look at the formation of KISS, the mindset of how that came about, the social pressure that everybody was in in the '60s and '70s that brought something like KISS to the forefront, that it could actually happen. So it's a very interesting, and I think it's a well-written movie." Stanley has also previously spoken about the movie, telling broadcaster Kylie Olsson in 2021: "[The movie is] definitely happening. And that's gonna be really interesting. The script was really good. And we really waited until we felt comfortable." He added of actors who could play him in the film: "I will tell you this: for casting to be accurate in terms of age, we are looking at actors in their early 20s. "Honestly, I don't know a whole lot of actors in their early 20s. When people get asked these kinds of questions, they'll say, 'Oh, Brad Pitt,' or this one or that one. "Well, those guys are in their 50s or 60s, so you're talking about another generation of actors. And I'm the first to say I'm not up on a lot of them. "But as the casting process goes on, I'll certainly be there and watching. It'll be interesting to see how someone else- be it the casting people or the director - how they view who I am and who they see doing that. I think I'll learn a lot about their perception of me by who they cast."
