Commander Peter Quincy Taggart and the crew of the NSEA Protector are headed to the small screen. Paramount Pictures' 1999 sci-fi cult classic "Galaxy Quest" is being developed as a TV show by Amazon.
Entertainment Weekly first broke the news last week and said the online streaming outlet is working with Paramount Pictures on the project.
"Unlike many high-concept movies, the story behind 'Galaxy Quest' seems suitable for a TV series as it was for a theatrical film," the website said.
The 1999 flick starred Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman, Sam Rockwell and Tony Shalhoub who were actors on a "Star Trek"-like TV show. They are abducted by aliens who mistake the show as a documentary and enlist their help thinking they are actual space travellers.
The sci-fi comedy is a parody of classic sci-fi series and films and the legions of die-hard fans and conventions it spawned. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 90 percent rating based on 115 reviews while it earned a score of 70 out of 100 on Metacritic.
It also enjoyed box office success grossing $90,683,916 worldwide out of a $45 million budget, according to Box Office Mojo.
"While it's unclear if the original cast will be utilized, original director Dean Parisot, co-writer Robert Gordon and executive producers Mark Johnson and Melissa Bernstein are on board," according to Variety.
It's unknown if Amazon's "Galaxy Quest" TV show will follow the original movie's plot.
The announcement follows reports from earlier this year in April, when Paramount said it was looking for networks interested in developing the film for the small screen, according to CNET.
"If 'Galaxy Quest' is officially greenlit to pilot and then to series, the project will be the latest movie-to-TV adaptation to hit the small screen," EW said.
"Next season, there's CBS' 'Rush Hour' and 'Limitless,' and Fox's 'Minority Report,' to name but a few in the pipeline."
Amazon and Paramount TV have yet to comment on the "Galaxy Quest" TV show.
