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NFT: History of the World Part II is happening

bigblue5611 : 10/19/2021 8:12 pm
Hulu abs Mel Brooks developing an 8 episode sequel to the original movie. Can’t wait for this.

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Mel Brooks is finally delivering on a long-awaited promise — one fans have been looking forward to for forty years, in fact. Variety reports that Hulu is currently developing a sequel series to History of the World, Part I, the comedian's 1981 historical spoof starring Dom DeLuise, Gregory Hines, and Madeline Kahn (among others), parodying epic Hollywood spectaculars of old.

The series, appropriately titled History of the World, Part II, will feature Brooks not only as an executive producer — alongside Nick Kroll, Wanda Sykes, Ike Barinholtz, David Stassen, and Kevin Salter — but as a writer, making it the ninety-five-year-old’s first project since 2009. The writer’s room for the eight-episode series is set to begin this month, with production slated to begin in the spring of 2022, serving as a direct sequel to the 1981 film.

“I can’t wait to once more tell the real truth about all the phony baloney stories the world has been conned into believing are History!” Brooks said in a statement.

The Sequel! - ( New Window )
Give me a break  
Jolly Blue Giant : 10/19/2021 8:24 pm : link
I’d be excited if it was 20 years ago and you still allowed to tell jokes. Good luck with that in 2021.
Wow  
bwitz : 10/19/2021 8:25 pm : link
Is anyone from the original still alive beside Brooks?
Mel Brooks  
pjcas18 : 10/19/2021 8:28 pm : link
has to be 100 years old.

he cannot be in this. Is he? who is his co-star? Betty White?
RE: Mel Brooks  
bigblue5611 : 10/19/2021 8:33 pm : link
In comment 15422115 pjcas18 said:
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has to be 100 years old.

he cannot be in this. Is he? who is his co-star? Betty White?


He’s 95, and I believe he will star in it.

As for the “give me a break” above, come on…it’s Mel f’n Brooks…
I'm not usually one to make these sorta comments  
j_rud : 10/19/2021 8:40 pm : link
but a 3 decades late parody movie shot through the lense of Hollywood's current woke political climate? Nah, I'm good.
No Gregory Hines. No Madeline Kahn  
Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 10/19/2021 8:42 pm : link
Going to be rough.
I love History of the World Part I  
Ben in Tampa : 10/19/2021 8:46 pm : link
The Inquisition…

What a show!

The Inquisition…

Here we go!

We know your wishin…

That we’d go awayyyyy

But the Inquisition’s here and it’s here to stay!
The high inquisitor Torquemada  
Ben in Tampa : 10/19/2021 8:48 pm : link
Do not beg for forgiveness

Torquemada!

Do not ask for mercy

Torquemada!

Let’s face it… you can’t Torquemada anything!
Everybody got that?  
bigblue5611 : 10/19/2021 8:54 pm : link
Yesssss

Sounds like steam escaping
Brooks hasn’t don’t anything in well over a decade  
bigblue5611 : 10/19/2021 8:56 pm : link
I have to believe he wouldn’t sign on to this if he thought he’d be that censored with what he could do…. He’s 95, why would he do it without being able to do it the way he wanted?
Whenever the Giants play the Lions  
Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 10/19/2021 8:58 pm : link
I clearly state that I cannot go to the Lions, because they only eat Christians, and I am a Jew - Jewish person - and that Sammus Davis Jr. will vouch for me.
RE: No Gregory Hines. No Madeline Kahn  
Jim in Fairfax : 10/19/2021 9:37 pm : link
In comment 15422127 Bobby Humphrey's Earpad said:
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Going to be rough.

No Harvey Korman
No Cloris Leachman
No Dom Delouise
No Ron Carey
No Sid Caesar
No Orson Welles
.  
RIZZBIZZ : 10/19/2021 10:24 pm : link
Mel: I am a stand up philosopher
Bea Arthur: oh! A bullshit artist!
Some of you are watching the wrong stuff if you think only  
Mad Mike : 10/19/2021 10:40 pm : link
politically correct "woke" content gets made. That said, the original was 40 years ago, and since then Brooks has made crap of increasing crappiness. (I'll give you Spaceballs if you liked it. I think it's pretty mediocre, but there's at least something there. Since then though...). I predict this will be pretty bad, by no fault of anyone but Brooks himself.
RE: Some of you are watching the wrong stuff if you think only  
bigblue5611 : 10/19/2021 10:51 pm : link
In comment 15422215 Mad Mike said:
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politically correct "woke" content gets made. That said, the original was 40 years ago, and since then Brooks has made crap of increasing crappiness. (I'll give you Spaceballs if you liked it. I think it's pretty mediocre, but there's at least something there. Since then though...). I predict this will be pretty bad, by no fault of anyone but Brooks himself.


You didn’t like the Robin Hood spoof?!
I so want to love this  
Matt M. : 10/20/2021 3:02 am : link
But, I can't help but think it will be terrible.
You mean we're finally going to get to see  
truebluelarry : 10/20/2021 7:21 am : link
Jews In Space?
:)
RE: Brooks hasn’t don’t anything in well over a decade  
Jolly Blue Giant : 10/20/2021 7:48 am : link
In comment 15422137 bigblue5611 said:
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I have to believe he wouldn’t sign on to this if he thought he’d be that censored with what he could do…. He’s 95, why would he do it without being able to do it the way he wanted?

I don’t know, to leave his grand kids some extra money before he goes?
RE: You mean we're finally going to get to see  
Victor in CT : 10/20/2021 8:12 am : link
In comment 15422279 truebluelarry said:
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Jews In Space?
:)


I thought the exact same thing! LOL
The curb / producers series  
mattlawson : 10/20/2021 8:40 am : link
Was great
RE: RE: Brooks hasn’t don’t anything in well over a decade  
bigblue5611 : 10/20/2021 10:20 am : link
In comment 15422292 Jolly Blue Giant said:
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In comment 15422137 bigblue5611 said:


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I have to believe he wouldn’t sign on to this if he thought he’d be that censored with what he could do…. He’s 95, why would he do it without being able to do it the way he wanted?


I don’t know, to leave his grand kids some extra money before he goes?


I'm sure he has plenty of money.
It's one of my all time favorites.  
Heisenberg : 10/20/2021 10:24 am : link
It seems that this will probably be mostly written and performed by other folks. I'm good with that.
we never needed a movie more than this  
djm : 10/20/2021 10:51 am : link
give em hell, Mel.
ageism  
djm : 10/20/2021 10:52 am : link
alive and well. The guy has earned the clout to make this movie. Who cares how old he is? If he can do it, d go ahead and do it.

You can also use new actors.
RE: Some of you are watching the wrong stuff if you think only  
Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 10/20/2021 11:14 am : link
In comment 15422215 Mad Mike said:
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politically correct "woke" content gets made. That said, the original was 40 years ago, and since then Brooks has made crap of increasing crappiness. (I'll give you Spaceballs if you liked it. I think it's pretty mediocre, but there's at least something there. Since then though...). I predict this will be pretty bad, by no fault of anyone but Brooks himself.


All of the Moranis stuff in Spaceballs is gold. GOLD.

KEEP FIRING A-HOLES!
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