In recent years, the Star Trek universe has blossomed on television with series such as Discovery, Picard and Strange New Worlds. If we jump back two decades, things look different: Around the year 2000, the future of the science fiction series was seriously questioned and these doubts were confirmed by Picard’s use of Nemesis. Back then, however, was a sci-fi comedy that harked back to the franchise’s best days – by parodying them. This is Galaxy Quest – Aimless through space with Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman. After many attempts, the cult film is now being developed as a series.
What is known about the science fiction series
For eight years there have been plans for a Galaxy Quest series, then still on Amazon, with the original crew. However, the project was frozen after Alan Rickman’s death. Several drafts have been worked on over the years, now Paramount, the studio that is also pushing Star Trek, really wants to make the series, reports the industry website Deadline :
Mark Johnson, who also produced the movie, is on board
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It’s therefore unclear whether the series is intended to be a reboot or set in the same timeline as the film.
In case you haven’t seen Galaxy Quest yet…
The title of the film refers to the fictional science fiction series Galaxy Quest, a type of spaceship Enterprise. The cast around the Kirk replacement Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen), Gwen DeMarco (Sigourney Weaver), Guy Fleegman (Sam Rockwell), the Leonard Nimoy blend Sir Alexander Dane (Alan Rickman) and Fred Kwan (Tony Shalhoub) is still eating from the fading fame of their canceled show and frolic at fan conventions. One day they are contacted by a group of aliens who received Galaxy Quest in space and believe the series is real. With their planet threatened by malevolent beings, it’s up to the group to take down the shabby stars and their egos and show what they’re made of…
Since launch, Galaxy Quest has had a pretty good reputation, including among Star Trek fans. The series will likely draw comparisons to Avenue 5 and The Orville in particular. The latter, a sci-fi parody of Star Trek, has quickly become one of the best unofficial Trekkie series.
There is no launch date for the Galaxy Quest series yet.