In the last thirty years, have you asked yourself, Where the hell is Rick Moranis? You're not alone. The comedy legend, known for formative movies such as Little Shop of Horrors and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, largely stepped away from Hollywood in the 1990s. But next year, he'll make his triumphant return in Spaceballs: The New One. Anthony Breznican joined the cast at Comic-Con this past weekend and got some of the most meaningful words we've heard from Moranis on the record in decades. Read it below. —Brady Langmann, senior entertainment editor
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Moranis gets lost and found, Mel Brooks stays mint-in-the-box, and Josh Gad IS Ebenezer.
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Uh-oh. Rick Moranis is missing.
It is the night before the Spaceballs sequel panel at San Diego Comic-Con, and the beloved seventy-three-year-old actor—who hasn’t appeared onscreen in a movie for nearly thirty years—is preparing for his long-awaited comeback. When the sequel, subtitled The New One, debuts in April 2027, Moranis will reprise his role as the haughty, dastardly Dark Helmet, a Darth Vader wannabe who first menaced the screen in Mel Brooks’s now-classic 1987 Star Wars spoof. At Comic-Con, the world is finally going to meet him again, for the first time, for the last time. Or something like that.
Except, there’s a problem. “Serious question. Does anyone know where Rick is?” announces Bianca Espirito-Santo Swartz (more on that coincidental last name later), who is the producer of the live event. For the last hour, she has been wrangling the actors, comedians, writers, and producers onto the Comic-Con stage to practice the beats of the presentation. She stands on the platform at the head of the room with a giant version of her looming on the screen behind her, very Citizen Kane-like. The mic booms her voice out over the 6,500 mostly empty seats of Hall H, and the clock ticks toward 10 p.m., when they’ll have to clear out for the next Q&A’s walk-through.
There is an empty chair for Moranis next to Keke Palmer, who stars as Destiny, a new character in the sequel, and Daphne Zuniga, who returns as the Leia parody Princess Vespa—now promoted to Queen Vespa. Both women sit quietly, glancing side to side as tensions momentarily rise and The Search for Rick begins.
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When we’re heading to the beach, sand is our main concern. From the act of walking on it for the afternoon to the days afterwards where we’re trying to get it out of every crevice, every inch of cloth—sand is the main adversary. And sure, you can wear a running sneaker or a Chuck Taylor to the beach if it’s a last-minute thing. But, sneakers or (God forbid) socks in the sand should not be a first choice. You should always, always consider a proper pair of beach shoes first.
In the spirit of never beating a classic, we’re most often opting for a sandal or espadrille at the beach. Better yet: an espadrille sandal. If you’re looking for something more beach-adjacent, a leather sandal or boat shoe might better suit you.
Whether you’re posted up on the French Riviera or at your local state beach park, these are the best shoes to beach in.
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One character was raring to end his time on House of the Dragon last week. He looked around at all the carnage, saw that he was the only one left really fighting for anything, and decided that he would spend his every breath waging war on fate itself.
“I have been a servant all my life,” Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel) told his sidekick, Gwayne Hightower (Freddie Fox). “I have defined myself by oaths, through unyielding devotion, and the highborn have made much of me while it pleased them to do so. But I will not let them dimmish me now… I am the realm’s greatest warrior, and I will die as such.”
I can’t blame him, even though these on-the-ground moments below a war of dragons in the sky were antithetically some of the best moments of season 3 so far. The deposed King Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) and Larys Strong’s (Matthew Needham) quippy dynamic out on the road provided the humor that A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms used to its advantage this past spring. It’s also the closest this series has gotten yet to Game of Thrones’s journey following Arya and the Hound around non-castle Westeros. Same goes for Cole. When the “real plot” of House of the Dragon came to a screeching halt after episode 3, the few scenes in which Cole was able to reckon with his diminishing place in the war’s grand narrative were another potential gold mine for emotional storytelling.
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