‘Galaxy Quest’ Being Developed for Television at Paramount

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Deadline is reporting that Paramount Television is developing a small screen version of their film Galaxy Quest with Robert Gordon, the original writer of the film, to provide the script for the pilot. Gordon is also set as executive produce the series along with the original director Dean Parisot and producer Mark Johnson.

The film centered around the cast of a highly popular sci-fi adventure series “Galaxy Quest” which was canceled. Actors Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen), Gwen DeMarco (Sigourney Weaver), Sir Alexander Dane (Alan Rickman), Tommy Webber (Daryl Mitchell) and Fred Kwan (Tony Shalhoub) continue their careers by making appearances at sci-fi conventions and store openings in costume and character. They are wallowing in despair and at each other’s throats until aliens known as Thermians arrive and, having mistaken the series for fact and consequently modeling their entire culture around it, take them into space to save them from the genocidal General Sarris and his armada.

No word on if any of the original cast would return. More as it becomes available

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