Galaxy Quest is not only a really good Star Trek parody, but entertaining science fiction. Now it’s being worked on for a series.
In recent years, the Star Trek universe has blossomed on television with series like 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 those doubts were confirmed by the Picard entry Nemesis. At the time, however, a science fiction comedy was released that recalled the franchise’s best days – by parodying them. The film in question is Galaxy Quest – Planlos durchs Weltall with Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman. Now, after many attempts, the cult movie is being developed as a series.
What’s known about the science fiction series
For eight years there have been plans for a Galaxy Quest series, then on Amazon, with the original crew. However, the project was frozen after the death of Alan Rickman. Several drafts have been worked on over the years, and now Paramount, the studio also pushing Star Trek, wants to actually make the series happen, reports industry site Deadline
As a result, it’s unclear whether the series is intended to be a reboot or set in the same timeline as the film.
If you haven’t seen Galaxy Quest yet …
The title of the film refers to the fictional science fiction series Galaxy Quest, a sort of Starship Enterprise. The cast of Kirk stand-in Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen), Gwen DeMarco (Sigourney Weaver), Guy Fleegman (Sam Rockwell), Leonard Nimoy knockoff Sir Alexander Dane (Alan Rickman) and Fred Kwan (Tony Shalhoub) are still living off the fading glory of their canceled show and cavorting at fan conventions. One day, they are contacted by a group of aliens who have received Galaxy Quest in space and believe the series is real. Their planet is threatened by malevolent beings and it is now up to the group to get a grip on the washed-up stars and their egos and show what they are made of …
Since its launch, Galaxy Quest has enjoyed a pretty good reputation, even among Star Trek fans. The series will probably draw comparisons to Avenue 5 and especially The Orville. The latter, a sci-fi parody of Star Trek, has quickly become one of the best unofficial Trekkie series.
