Home > Industry News > Awards TheWrap magazine: “He wasn’t just someone who made comedies. He was comedy” in the ’70s, says Apatow, co-director of “Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!” Mel Brooks is nearly a century old and still working furiously. The legendary comedian behind films such as “Young Frankenstein,” “The Producers” and “Blazing Saddles” is producing and starring in a sequel to “Spaceballs” that is slated to come out next year. Other men retire. Brooks hopes to entertain until the end.