News MST3K Mystery Science Theater 3000 Returning With Four New Episodes Starring Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett The three alums via their company, RiffTrax, are partnering with Shout! Studios By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on February 2, 2026 Screenshot: MST3K Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: MST3K MST3K is coming back, baby! The show where a slew of characters, human and puppet alike, watch and comment on wonderfully awful old films has been going in fits and starts for almost 40 years, and this time around it will see the return of Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett. The trio will be reprising their previous roles: Nelson as Mike Nelson; Murphy as Tom Servo and Professor Bobo; and Corbett as Crow T. Robot and Brain Guy. The three are also returning as creative leads via their company, RiffTrax. “Getting a chance to revisit MST after all this time has really energized all of us at RiffTrax,” Nelson told Variety in a statement. “And for my part, hey, I truly did miss standing next to plastic puppets. It’s been too long.” RiffTrax is partnering with Shout! Studios to bring the episodes to fruition, and the news comes a couple of weeks after we found out that MST3K creator Joel Hodgson sold his joint-interest rights to Shout! “We’re excited to join forces with RiffTrax as Mike, Kevin, and Bill return to the Satellite of Love for a new chapter of MST3K.” Matt Arsulich, associate vice president of product management at Shout! Studios, said in a statement. “This partnership reinforces our dedication to growing valuable entertainment properties by serving their fandoms with high-quality storytelling.” There’s also a Kickstarter up to help with funding, hosted by RiffTrax. (The original goal was $20,000, though at the time this post goes online, the amount raised is $276,000 with 42 days to go. The new episodes will go under the banner, Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments, and original series star Mary Jo Pehl will also return as Pearl Forrester. We don’t have any details yet on what movies the four episodes will cover, though we know they will be shot in Minneapolis and released later this year on RiffTrax’s website. [end-mark] The post <i>Mystery Science Theater 3000</i> Returning With Four New Episodes Starring Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett appeared first on Reactor.