Production is underway for the sequel “Spaceballs 2,” marking Moranis’ first live action film role since 1997. I’m a single parent, and I just found that it was too difficult to manage raising my kids and doing the traveling involved in making movies,” Moranis said at the time. And the little bit of a break turned into a longer break, and then I found that I really didn’t miss it. In the last few years I’ve been offered a number of parts in movies, and I’ve just turned them down. Moranis isn’t the only star from the original film who’ll be reprising his role in the upcoming sequel.