It’s only a passing nugget in a brand new interview with producer Mark Johnson. However because it’s been 10 years since we first heard a few potential TV present based mostly on the much-loved 1999 cult classic Galaxy Quest, any replace in any respect is price seizing upon.
Chatting with Deadline, Johnson was requested about the latest iteration of the venture. In 2023, we discovered it was nonetheless within the works at at Paramount+, the house of Star Trek‘s latest TV renaissance. He couched his response in a method that additionally lined a TV present based mostly on the latest Oscar-winning drama The Holdovers: “Each are being written, so we’ll see.”
A minimum of he didn’t say “the Galaxy Quest TV present is lifeless within the water,” which could be what some followers had began to suppose. The present was first introduced a decade in the past; a quick Variety article revealed April 21, 2015, wrote that “Robert Gordon, who co-wrote the DreamWorks function with David Howard, is in negotiations to work on the TV adaptation, as are unique director Dean Parisot and government producers Mark Johnson and Melissa Bernstein.” No additional particulars got, however the commerce speculated it might be a re-telling of the film’s story unfold out throughout a season of episodes.
(For the three individuals who haven’t seen Galaxy Quest, it’s concerning the washed-up stars of a cult-beloved sci-fi collection; aliens, believing the present to be actual, recruit the actors to assist win a real-life intergalactic battle.)
Just a few months later, in August 2015, Entertainment Weekly reported the Galaxy Quest TV present was in improvement at Amazon.
By 2017, comedian Paul Scheer had come aboard the venture. He spoke about it to Slashfilm then and defined a bit extra about his imaginative and prescient. “Proper now, I simply handed in my first script to Amazon, so I’m in that zone. I’m enthusiastic about it … The factor I carry on saying about it, with out giving an excessive amount of away—as a result of it’s going to be so lengthy earlier than folks get to see it, I don’t need folks to get too burnt out on me telling you what it’s about earlier than it will get to that time— however for me, it was actually essential to do service to a Galaxy Quest story that provides you the whole lot that you really want and indoctrinates individuals who have by no means seen Galaxy Quest into what the enjoyable of that world is … and likewise to proceed the story of our unique characters and have penalties from the primary movie.”
He additionally famous that the present can be “mixing two casts. It’s separate sort of adventures that sort of merge, and I’m taking a look at this primary season not as episodic, however as a serialized story. So, the one method I’ve been taking a look at it’s, utilizing the whole lot from the primary film and making the explanations for the whole lot not simply—I wish to keep away from something that may very well be considered as a reboot for reboot’s sake. There are actual causes behind these decisions—possibly an excessive amount of so.”
Speaking to the Wrap in 2018, Scheer mentioned it might be a good-natured spoof not simply of Star Trek, but additionally Star Wars and nerdy fandom at massive.
“My pitch for Galaxy Quest was, ‘How can we sort of blow this out and repay issues for the followers that love Galaxy Quest, however extra importantly—and the factor that I actually needed to do is—enchantment to the ‘me’ of now. Who’s the 18-year-old model of me that liked Galaxy Quest now? What would they wish to see? As a result of I believe that that could be a film that we haven’t actually made but: the Tropic Thunder on the planet of modern-day science fiction … When Galaxy Quest got here out, it was a distinct segment factor, Star Trek fandom is a distinct segment factor. Now it’s promoting out Corridor H in Comedian-Con, in order that’s sort of the impetus for the continuation.”
That each one sounded very promising, however after 2018, Galaxy Quest roughly went radio silent. Then in 2023—after covid, however simply earlier than the summer season of business strikes—fans got a fresh update.
Variety wrote that the present had shifted to Paramount+, with solely Johnson nonetheless hooked up. That article additionally famous that the unique push to adapt the film had light after the loss of life of Alan Rickman, however he handed in early 2016—lengthy earlier than Scheer, who’s seemingly not concerned, was speaking about his pitch for the present.
Selection’s 2023 story mentioned Paramount+ and Paramount Tv Studios had been “within the nascent phases of adapting the cult traditional comedy movie right into a tv present.” It additionally famous “there have [since 2015] been numerous writers hooked up to the venture, although none of their variations have in the end gone ahead.”
At present’s Deadline interview with Johnson notes that Paramount Tv Studios is not any extra, however by Grabthar’s Hammer, the Galaxy Quest TV present is seemingly nonetheless holding on. If there are any future developments in addition to the truth that it’s “being written,” we will definitely hold you posted. Do you suppose there’s hope for this one—and can or not it’s definitely worth the wait if it ever occurs?
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