GALAXY QUEST TV Spin-Off Officially Moving Forward For Paramount+

GALAXY QUEST TV Spin-Off Officially Moving Forward For Paramount+

After a previous attempt to get a small-screen take on Galaxy Quest off the ground in 2015, Paramount is moving forward with a new TV adaptation of the fan-favorite sci-fi spoof...

By MarkCassidy - Apr 19, 2023 08:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: Via SFF Gazette

"By Grabthar's Hammer, by the Sons of Warvan, you shall be avenged."

Another attempt to get a Galaxy Quest TV series off the ground and into the cosmos is officially underway, this time for the Paramount+ streaming service.

Multiple trades are reporting that Paramount+ and Paramount Television Studios are in the very early stages of adapting the 1999 sci-fi comedy for the small screen. As things stand, the only member of the original creative team attached is Mark Johnson, who produced the movie and will serve as an executive producer on the series.

The search is currently underway for a writer to pair with Johnson, but it sounds like that's about as far as things have gone.

The movie stars Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell and Enrico Colantoni as a bunch of actors from a cancelled Star Trek-like TV series who are mistaken for real space-heroes by a group of aliens who need their help to defeat a tyrannical foe.

Amazon was developing a sequel show that would have reunited the cast back in 2015, but plans fell by the wayside after Rickman's death.

It's not clear if this show would introduce an entirely new crew or recast the original characters, but we'll be sure to keep you updated.

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bobevanz
bobevanz - 4/19/2023, 8:32 AM
If I had more free time, I could pump these articles out when the news actually breaks, but I'm lazy lol
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 4/19/2023, 8:38 AM
@bobevanz - They are posted when the news breaks... to the relevant sites.

SheepishOne
SheepishOne - 4/19/2023, 8:46 AM
I heard this will actually based on the "Galaxy Quest" show-within-the-show. As in, it won't be about Jason Nesmith, Alexander Dane, etc. It will be about Peter Quincy Taggart and the NSEA Protector and will be satire in the same vein as The Orville.

Not sure if that's correct, but that's the word on the street.
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 4/19/2023, 9:13 AM
@SheepishOne - I hope not, I hate that idea.
SheepishOne
SheepishOne - 4/19/2023, 10:10 AM
@WarMonkey - Same. Personally, I think any sequel/spinoff is about 20 years too late.
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 4/19/2023, 8:50 AM
Saw the movie for the first time on a plane on the way to a family holiday and loved it.

Rewatched it recently and thought it was still good.

Check out Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary on Prime, definitely worth watching if your a fan of the movie
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 4/19/2023, 9:13 AM
@SimplyAz - That's one of my favorite documentaries, it's so well done!
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 4/19/2023, 9:23 AM
@WarMonkey -

Definitely and quite emotional as well.

Repian
Repian - 4/19/2023, 8:52 AM
Ryan Reynolds to play Jason Nesmith.

He can look like an old Hollywood glory. A show actor who only goes to conventions.
Origame
Origame - 4/19/2023, 11:17 AM
@Repian - too fit. He is meant to be a parody of the kind of actor like William Shatner who only sticks to appearances at conventions and let himself go.
MasterMix
MasterMix - 4/19/2023, 9:10 AM
Love Galaxy Quest! The perfect gateway to Star Trek. Don't screw this up
marvel72
marvel72 - 4/19/2023, 9:20 AM
The movie was good, shame Alan Rickman won't be returning.

ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 4/19/2023, 12:23 PM
Rickman was a large part of why the movie was so funny. Hope this is as remotely as funny as the film.
dragon316
dragon316 - 4/19/2023, 2:17 PM
Not sure how I feel about spin-off series if original cast is not part of it I understand how they feel about it for fans of movie may not like it if original cast is not part of it
RolandD
RolandD - 4/19/2023, 4:25 PM
Fell in love with Sigourney Weaver as a blonde. Every pic I looked at to try to post one here had a messed up address so they wouldn’t post I’m done looking for another one. Lol
McMurdo
McMurdo - 4/19/2023, 4:51 PM
NEVER GIVE UP.....NEVER SURRENDER.






Justin Long must cameo.
Goldboink
Goldboink - 4/19/2023, 5:27 PM
@McMurdo -
Justin Long must star in it. All growed up and an officer on the bridge.
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