Tim Allen says he's been desperate to bring a Galaxy Quest sequel to light and has been working behind the scenes to put the movie into orbit following multiple setbacks.
The Last Man Standing actor spoke to ComicBook.com about the potential for a follow-up to the 1999 science fiction comedy film. Allen said he and everyone involved have mapped out a direction for the potential sequel: "Consistently, this crew and everybody else with Galaxy Quest has been fighting to do this 'moments later' when the Thermians come back," he said. "We literally just talked about this yesterday, a group of us here, and we don't know why [it hasn't happened]."
Allen also revealed that the passing of English actor and Harry Potter star Alan Rickman, who played Alexander Dane in Galaxy Quest, altered the direction for a potential sequel as he was key to the story they hoped to tell in it. "There's been a script and our friend Alan Rickman passed away, so that script involving he and I in the whole story disappeared. The story itself was so clever and so fun," he said. "I love that crew and I love everything about Galaxy Quest." Rickman, who also starred in Die Hard and Alice in Wonderland, died in 2016.
Tim Allen's Galaxy Quest History
Directed by the Academy Award-winning Dean Parisot, Galaxy Quest gained immediate acclaim following its Christmas Day release in 1999, especially from Star Trek fans as the movie parodied and paid homage to the popular science fiction franchise. Allen played the lead role in the movie, Jason Nesmith. The film also starred Sigourney Weaver as Gwen DiMarco and Tony Shalhoub as Fred Kwan.
Galaxy Quest collected over $90 million at the box office and largely received praise from critics. Allen won a Saturn Award for Best Actor thanks to his lead role. There have been talks for much of the last decades about a revival of Galaxy Quest in some capacity, whether through a sequel or a TV series. In 2015, Paramount Television and the film's production team announced they were working on a TV series that would be developed by Amazon Studios. However, Rickman's death, Allen's busy schedule and management changes at Paramount eventually shelved the idea.
Allen is currently promoting his upcoming Christmas comedy miniseries, The Santa Clauses. The show is based on The Santa Clause film series and features Allen as Scott Calvin/Santa Claus, as well as Toy Santa who was the antagonist in the 2002 film, The Santa Clause 2. The Santa Clauses also features Elizabeth Mitchell as Carol Calvin/Mrs. Claus, Eric Lloyd as Charlie Calvin and NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning who appears as himself and as a potential Santa Claus replacement. Allen's teenage daughter, Elizabeth Allen-Dick, is also in the film as Scott Calvin's daughter, Sandra.
The Santa Clauses premieres on Disney+ on Nov. 16 when fans can stream its first two episodes. Viewers can also stream Galaxy Quest on Hulu and Amazon Prime Video.
Source: ComicBook.com