Overview
- The Comic‑Con panel, which took place July 24, featured a surprise onstage appearance by Rick Moranis and a standing ovation that became the event’s standout moment.
- The studio confirmed the sequel’s U.S. theatrical release date of April 23, 2027, while showing exclusive clips in Hall H but withholding a full public trailer.
- Mel Brooks, who is 100, participated through prerecorded video and studio-recorded performance and face-capture work rather than on‑set shooting.
- Josh Gad is a lead creative force on the project as writer, producer and actor; he confirmed he plays a mawg (not John Candy’s Barf) and described the film as a ‘love letter’ to Candy.
- The panel leaned into meta marketing by parodying cinematic-universe rollouts with an ‘Almighty Schwartz Saga’ gag, and the presentation confirmed a mix of returning original cast (Moranis, Brooks, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, George Wyner) and new stars (Keke Palmer, Lewis Pullman, Anthony Carrigan).