Oh, boy! NBC's Quantum Leap revival is officially making the jump from pilot to series, with Raymond Lee starring in the lead role.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, NBC has handed out a formal series order to the Quantum Leap revival, with a view to airing the new series as part of its 2022-23 fall schedule. The network released a photo from the sequel, which recently wrapped production, spotlighting the show's new central character Dr. Ben Seong played by Raymond Lee.
Caitlin Bassett, Ernie Hudson, Mason Alexander Park, and Nanrisa Lee costar in the sequel series, which is said to follow "a new team that has been assembled to restart the Quantum Leap project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the accelerator and vanished."
Original Quantum Leap star Scott Bakula is not currently attached to the revival despite the actor previously revealing that he had been involved in conversations about returning. He also said he had spoken to series creator Donald P. Bellisario periodically over the years and encouraged him to move forward with his ideas for the long-dormant series.
The revival was formally picked up to pilot in January, with Bellisario onboard as an executive producer. Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt serve as writers and executive producers alongside fellow executive producers Martin Gero and Deborah Pratt, who narrated the opening of the original show, which ran on NBC for five seasons, between 1989 and 1993.
The original series starred Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, a physicist who created a time machine that allowed the user to travel through time within their own lifetime. After finding himself adrift in the Quantum Leap machine with no way home, Dr. Beckett resolved to put things right that once went wrong… hoping that his next leap would be the leap home.
Quantum Leap joins several other series to be given a second chance, though it seems that for every terrific and twisted Twin Peaks-level continuation, there's a disappointing Heroes Reborn. The minds behind these projects continue to test the water with audience reaction to see what works and what doesn't — and such will be the case again here.
Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, NBC has handed out a formal series order to the Quantum Leap revival, with a view to airing the new series as part of its 2022-23 fall schedule. The network released a photo from the sequel, which recently wrapped production, spotlighting the show's new central character Dr. Ben Seong played by Raymond Lee.
Caitlin Bassett, Ernie Hudson, Mason Alexander Park, and Nanrisa Lee costar in the sequel series, which is said to follow "a new team that has been assembled to restart the Quantum Leap project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the accelerator and vanished."
Original Quantum Leap star Scott Bakula is not currently attached to the revival despite the actor previously revealing that he had been involved in conversations about returning. He also said he had spoken to series creator Donald P. Bellisario periodically over the years and encouraged him to move forward with his ideas for the long-dormant series.
The revival was formally picked up to pilot in January, with Bellisario onboard as an executive producer. Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt serve as writers and executive producers alongside fellow executive producers Martin Gero and Deborah Pratt, who narrated the opening of the original show, which ran on NBC for five seasons, between 1989 and 1993.
The original series starred Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, a physicist who created a time machine that allowed the user to travel through time within their own lifetime. After finding himself adrift in the Quantum Leap machine with no way home, Dr. Beckett resolved to put things right that once went wrong… hoping that his next leap would be the leap home.
Quantum Leap joins several other series to be given a second chance, though it seems that for every terrific and twisted Twin Peaks-level continuation, there's a disappointing Heroes Reborn. The minds behind these projects continue to test the water with audience reaction to see what works and what doesn't — and such will be the case again here.
Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.
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