We've known that there's been a Galaxy Quest TV series in the planning for some time now, but it's never really been clear on whether the project is a sequel series or a total reboot.

Amazon announced it back in 2015, and the original cast looked like they were ready to sign on, but following Alan Rickman's tragic passing in 2016 it looked like things were changing direction.

Veep and Fresh Off the Boat's Paul Scheer was brought on as a writer in August, and finally it looked like things were going ahead with a steady pair of hands.

Now, judging by his interview with Slashfilm, there is officially a story in place – and the show will continue the story of the characters from the movie.

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"Right now, I just handed in my first script to Amazon," he said. "I'm excited about it.

"It's a bigger idea that's kind of morphed and changed a little bit. Not much. It's going to be so long before people get to see it, I don't want people to get too burnt out on me telling you what it's about before it gets to that point.

"It was really important to do service to a Galaxy Quest story that gives you everything that you want and indoctrinates people who have never seen Galaxy Quest into what the fun of that world is [...] and also to continue the story of our original characters and have consequences from the first film."

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Galaxy Quest centred around the cast of a Star Trek-style TV series who suddenly find themselves having to pilot a real-life spaceship for a group of aliens who mistook their series for a genuine documentary.

And although the original characters (NB: we don't know if that means original cast, but fingers crossed) will apparently be back, there will also be a secondary cast that we assume are there for the new viewers in particular to latch on to.

Explaining how that will work, Scheer said: "It's separate kind of adventures that kind of merge, and I'm looking at this first season not as episodic, but as a serialised story.

"I really wanted to capture the difference between the original cast of Star Trek and the JJ Abrams cast of Star Trek. I think that, to me, is my entry point. Sci-fi heroes are rock stars now."

As exciting as this all sounds, make note of the bit about this series taking a long time to come to air. We're still (sadly) a way away from seeing anything yet.

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