The Galaxy Quest revival will be “what The Force Awakens is to Star Wars” says Paul Scheer
Actor Paul Scheer (The League) is ready for a Galaxy Quest series, but unfortunately, the show has been on hold ever since the firing of Paramount TV president Amy Powell. Galaxy Quest, a popular film from 1999 that hilariously spoofed Star Trek is waiting on Paramount to sort out who will be the next person in charge of television for the company. “We currently are in a little bit of a hold pattern because our executive at Paramount, Amy Powell, was fired for some insensitive comments,” Scheer said.
"We want to create this kind of thing that feels like this epic sequel, but a continuation. I compared it to what ‘The Force Awakens’ is to ‘Star Wars.’ It is continuing a story but bringing in new characters. One of my big fears is, what is so great about ‘Galaxy Quest’ is it’s a fish-out-of-water story, and I hate when you just go back to the same fish in the same pond. We need to kind of change it up."
Scheer wants to bring Galaxy Quest to a whole new generation, which is a great idea if his aim to get younger audiences to care about a Star Trek spoof from the late 90s. “My pitch for ‘Galaxy Quest’ was, ‘How can we kind of blow this out and pay off things for the fans that love ‘Galaxy Quest,’ but more importantly — and the thing that I really wanted to do is — appeal to the ‘me’ of now,” he said. “Who’s the 18-year-old version of me that loved ‘Galaxy Quest’ now? What would they want to see? Because I think that that is a movie that we haven’t really made yet: the ‘Tropic Thunder’ in the world of modern-day science fiction.
"When ‘Galaxy Quest’ came out, it was a niche thing, ‘Star Trek’ fandom is a niche thing. Now it is selling out Hall H in Comic-Con, so that’s kind of the impetus for the continuation.”"
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