The 1999 film Galaxy Quest may soon join the likes of Minority Report, Limitless, and Rush Hour as the newest film-to-TV adaptation.

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EW reports Amazon Studios is working with Paramount Television, the film's director, Dean Parisot, the film's co-writer, Robert Gordon, and executive producers Mark Johnson and Melissa Bernstein to make Galaxy Quest series. Gordon is writing the pilot episode, with Parisot again directing.The original film was a comedy centered on the actors of a Star Trek-like show who were mistaken for an actual crew by aliens and called upon for help. Its cast was comprised of several well-known actors, including Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, and Sam Rockwell. Whether or not the original cast would return for the series remains unknown.

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