‘Star Wars’ Spoof ‘Star Worlds’ in the Works From ‘Scary Movie’ Duo – Variety

A spoof of the Star Wars franchise is in development with Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, whose credits include the Scary Movie franchise, Epic Movie and Vampires Suck.

The duo will write and direct the project, titled Star Worlds Episode XXXIVE=MC2: The Force Awakens The Last Jedi Who Went Rogue. Covert Medias CEO Paul Hanson (District 9) is producing the film alongside Broken Road Productions Todd Garner (True Memoirs of an International Assassin).

The film is currently in pre-production targeting a fall shoot. Star Worlds is being fully financed by Covert Media, whic will launch worldwide sales on the film at the Berlin Film Festival this week.

Jason and Aaron are a powerhouse duo who have proven time and time again that they are fully tapped into the what audiences love, Hanson said. Their fearless take on pop culture has us beyond thrilled to tackle the worlds most popular franchise with the two of them leading us into a galaxy far, far away.

The film is the second project announced under the two-year first look deal between Covert and Broken Road. The partnership announced the underwater thriller Resurface in May at the Cannes Film Festival.

Executive producers on Star Worlds include Coverts Elissa Friedman, Media Content Capitals Sasha Shapiro and Anton Lessine and Broken Roads Jeremy Stein.

Mel Brooks spoofed the first three Star Wars movies in 1987 with Spaceballs, which starred Brooks, Bill Pullman, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Daphne Zuniga and Dick Van Patten. Spaceballs grossed $38 million domestically for MGM.

Friedberg and Seltzer are represented by Fourth Wall Management and Paradigm. The deal was negotiated by Coverts Chet Devaskar and Paradigm on behalf of the filmmakers.

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