Sigourney Weaver Gives Update on GALAXY QUEST Sequel

Sigourney Weaver, Tim Allen and Alan Rickman were the headlining stars of the 1999 film Galaxy Quest, which turned out to be a cult classic for fans that continued to show it love over the past two decades. The star-studded cast also included Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell, Enrico Colantoni, Missi Pyle, Justin Long, and more. Many fans wondered why after the film had success and a fanbase, we never saw a sequel.

Weaver recently sat down with Collider, and offered up a reason for the delay, as well as what she knows about the sequel, and why it will be difficult after having lost her beloved co-star Alan Rickman in 2016.

“They were in the middle of reviving it. First of all, there was another script. There was a sequel written by our writer, Bob Gordon. The movie was so witty, and when they released it, DreamWorks cut a lot of the wittiest scenes because they wanted to put it out as a children's movie at Christmas. I think that was disappointing for everybody, so he decided not to let them have the second one. However, it was about four years ago, Bob and (producer) Mark Johnson and the whole group, started to develop a series. We lost the wonderful Alan [Rickman] unexpectedly, so that was put in mothballs, but I think they are finally now reviving it.”

She went on to add:

“It will be the story of the old ancient Galaxy Questers being brought into this series with another young cast. I haven't read them, so I don't know the details, but I think that everyone in Galaxy Quest would love to participate because it was such a wonderful experience for us. How they will find someone to play Alan's part, don't know, but I think that they have a very good idea of who to do it. He's irreplaceable, eternally. I think there may be good news on that front, but I haven't heard about it in these six months, so when it's gonna happen, I'm not sure.”

So that’s positive news for fans who are looking forward to the sequel. We don’t know when it will happen, but everything seems to be shifting and moving into place after this past year, so hopefully, we will hear something soon. Are you looking forward to Galaxy Quest 2?