Overview
- Amazon MGM Studios revealed the title and screened the first footage to exhibitors following Wednesday’s CinemaCon presentation in Las Vegas, setting a April 23, 2027 release.
- Rick Moranis returns as Dark Helmet in his first live-action film role in nearly three decades, joining fellow original stars Mel Brooks, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga and George Wyner.
- New cast members include Josh Gad, Keke Palmer, Lewis Pullman and Anthony Carrigan, with characters kept secret by the studio.
- Director Josh Greenbaum leads from a script by Gad, Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez, while Brooks produces and reprises his on-screen role but does not direct.
- The sizzle reel pokes fun at modern franchises such as Star Wars, Avatar and Harry Potter, and plot specifics remain under what the studio calls an industrial-strength Schwartz shield.