Paramount+ will quickly be taking us to the ultimate frontier, however do not count on the USS Enterprise to point out up any time quickly, as Starfleet has been changed with the greenback retailer model within the streamer’s latest sci-fi addition. Whereas Star Trek may need a protracted and storied historical past as a sci-fi traditional, the most effective Star Trek motion pictures is not a Star Trek film in any respect. That is proper, Paramount+ is reminding subscribers to by no means give up, as a result of the most effective spoof movies ever made, and a real sci-fi traditional, is touring at mild pace onto the streaming service subsequent month.
In addition to internet hosting the whole Star Trek library, Paramount+ will even be the brand new streaming dwelling for one of the best unofficial Star Trek movie: Galaxy Quest. The film is sort of a Star Trek fan movie, if that fan movie had a multi-million greenback funds and an A-list forged. Galaxy Quest blasts onto Paramount+ on September 1. Launched in 1999 and directed by Dean Parisot, Galaxy Quest is a fan favourite within the sci-fi style. The movie stars Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, and Daryl Mitchell. It follows the celebs of a ’70s sci-fi TV sequence who discover themselves occurring an actual area journey when a race of aliens asks them to assist save their species. The official synopsis reads:
“The celebs of a Seventies sci-fi present — now scraping a residing by re-runs and sci-fi conventions are beamed aboard an alien spacecraft. Believing the forged’s heroic on-screen dramas are historic paperwork of real-life adventures, the band of aliens flip to the ailing celebrities for assist in their quest to beat the oppressive regime of their photo voltaic system.”
Galaxy Quest was an honest hit when it was launched in 1999. The movie garnered nice critiques, boasting a 90% Rotten Tomatoes ranking. Nevertheless, like many cult sci-fi movies, it didn’t ship shock waves on the field workplace. The movie grossed simply $90 million worldwide in opposition to a funds of $45 million. Fortunately within the years following its theatrical launch, Galaxy Quest has gained a major cult following.
Will ‘Galaxy Quest’ Ever Get a Sequel?
Being a cult traditional is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it nonetheless implies that a movie was finally profitable, and that it’s getting the eye and like it ought to have acquired in theaters. Nevertheless, many cult classics are then compelled to sit down in sequel purgatory. Sadly, Galaxy Quest isn’t any totally different. Given the movie’s cult standing, there have been many calls from the fan base for a Galaxy Quest 2. Nevertheless, given its poor field workplace, studios are seemingly hesitant to greenlit a sequel, lest it face a poor field workplace turnout a second time round.
There have been makes an attempt to revive the Galaxy Quest franchise, and a sequel/spin-off is reportedly nonetheless within the works in some shadowy nook of Hollywood. Nevertheless, the chance of it ever really making it past the celebs is fractional.
Galaxy Quest
- Launch Date
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December 25, 1999
- Runtime
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102 minutes