'Blazing Saddles' Gets A New Intro On HBO Max Providing "Proper Social Context"
Streaming service HBO Max has added a Blazing Saddles intro to Mel Brooks' classic western explaining the "proper social context" for the movie.
Read More
Mel Brooks Is Bringing His 'Young Frankenstein' Musical To Television [TCA 2020]
Mel Brooks is producing a Young Frankenstein musical TV special that will bring the Broadway adaptation of the classic comedy to ABC.
Read More
'Mel Brooks: Unwrapped' Trailer: HBO Documentary Looks Back At Legendary Comedy Filmmaker's Career
HBO has released the Mel Books Unwrapped trailer for the long-in-the-making documentary about the life and career of the legendary comedy filmmaker.
Read More
'Toy Story 4' Rounds Up Comedy Legends Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Betty White, And Carol Burnett As Forgotten Toys
Comedy legends Betty White, Carol Burnett, Carl Reiner, and Mel Brooks have been added to Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 4 cast. Find out who they'll play here.
Read More
'Blazing Saddles' At 45: The Legendary Comedy Is Both Hilarious And Troublesome In 2019
Nearly a half-century ago, Mel Brooks made a legendary comedy that has aged both well and poorly. Here are our thoughts on Blazing Saddles at 45.
Read More
Mel Brooks Says He's Talking To MGM About 'Spaceballs 2'
Comedy legend Mel Brooks, who is now 90 years old, says he's currently having conversations with MGM about making a long-awaited sequel: Spaceballs 2.
Read More
'Young Frankenstein' Returning To Theaters For One Night Only In October
In honor of the late Gene Wilder, you can see Young Frankenstein in theaters again for one night only this October at participating theaters around the US.
Read More
How Did This Get Made: A Conversation With Mel Brooks, Executive Producer Of 'Solarbabies'
In this How Did This Get Made Mel Brooks interview, the comedy legend talks about his horrific experience producing Solarbabies.
Read More
How Did This Get Made: A Conversation With Metrov, Writer Of Solarbabies
In this edition of How Did This Get Made, Blake Harris talks to screenwriter Metrov about the making of Solarbabies. Read this Solarbabies oral history.
Read More
Joshua Budich's 'Spaceballs' Posters Back On Sale, Spoofing Olly Moss 'Star Wars' Prints
Joshua Budich has created a set of Spaceballs posters which are a parody of the Olly Moss original Star Wars trilogy print set. See them and learn more.
Read More
Cool Stuff: 'Spaceballs' The LEGO Sets
There's plenty of Star Wars LEGO sets on shelves, but what we really need are some Spaceballs LEGO sets, and now you can try to help make them a reality.
Read More
'Hotel Transylvania 2' Trailer: Mel Brooks Is A Grumpy Old Vampire
The cast of Hotel Transylvania returns, bolstered by Mel Brooks as seen (or, more accurately, heard) in this Hotel Transylvania 2 trailer.
Read More
Mel Brooks Teases Fans With Talk Of 'Spaceballs 2: The Search For More Money'
In a new interview, Mel Brooks talks about the possibility for the long discussed sequel Spaceballs 2 The Search For More Money. Could it happen? We discuss
Read More
Sequel Bits: 'Mission: Impossible 5', 'Pitch Perfect 2', 'Paranormal Activity 5', 'Inferno', 'Creed'
Not only is Beca back for Pitch Perfect 2, so is her signature plastic cup. Also after the jump: Felicity Jones will join Tom Hanks in Inferno Mel Brooks signs on for Hotel Transylvania 2 Stephen Hawking would like to be a Bond baddie The Paranormal Activity franchise is going 3D The Wanted 2 script is…
Read More
'Spaceballs' And 'Blazing Saddles' Posters For San Francisco Double Feature
Two Mel Brooks classics are screening as a double feature at San Francisco's Castro Theater Friday and Spoke Art has commissioned two really cool posters for the occasion. The films are Blazing Saddles and Spaceballs and the artist is Brandon Schaefer. Check both images out below. Here are the posters for Friday's double feature (which…
Read More
POTD: Mel Brooks And David Lynch Get Honorary Degrees From AFI
It's easy to overlook the fact that David Lynch's career is inexorably linked to Mel Brooks. The two men don't seem to have much in common. But when Lynch's first feature Eraserhead was on screens, one of Brooks' producers, Stuart Cornfeld, saw the film and recommended Lynch as someone to work with. That ended up…
Read More
/Filmcast Ep. 80 - Invictus (GUEST: Anne Thompson From IndieWire)
This week, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley discuss the creative bankruptcy of the Death at a Funeral Remake, gush about Herzog's Bad Lieutenant, and review The Mel Brooks Collection on Blu-Ray. Special guest Anne Thompson from Indiewire joins us. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at…
Read More
Geek Deal: The Mel Brooks Collection On DVD For $39
Amazon is offering The Mel Brooks Collection as the Gold Box Deal of the Day, for only $39.99 (60% off the MSRP). The Mel Brooks Collection includes eight Brooks comedies: Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, To Be or Not to Be, History of the World Part 1, The Twelve…
Read MoreMel Brooks On Get Smart
The Los Angeles Times has an interesting interview with Get Smart creator (and did I mention comic genius) Mel Brooks. Here are a couple highlights: "Someone called me up and said, 'They're making a movie of 'Get Smart.'' I said, 'Oh, really? What are they going to call it?' They said, ''Get Smart.'' I said,…
Read More