American science fiction comedy movie; Galaxy Quest directed by Dean Parisot from the screenplay by David Howard and Robert Gordon is a very famous parody of and homage to science-fiction movies. The movie starred Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Sam Rockwell, Alan Rickman, and more.
Galaxy Quest received a modest response from the audience and the critics, eventually finding its place amongst the cult classics. The movie paid homage to Star Trek and its fandom majorly and received big thumbs up from the fandom as well as the cast and crew. Sam Rockwell teased about the return of Galaxy Quest for a sequel.
Sam Rockwell says if there is a sequel for Galaxy Quest, the cast will be on it
In an interview with GQ, actor Sam Rockwell who played Guy Fleegman in 1999’s Galaxy Quest shared that the cast is ready to jump back if there is going to be a sequel. He said,
“It was a really lucky thing, that film. If there was a sequel to Galaxy Quest, we would be on it. We talked about it, maybe like a limited series. Simon Pegg talked about helping with it, actually.”
Tim Allen who played Jason Nesmith in the movie had also hinted about the cast returning for the sequel adding that the crew and everybody involved with Galaxy Quest are fighting to do the moment later when the Thermians come back. Allen added that they have been talking and trying to understand why isn’t the project happening.
The actor also dwelled upon the story moving forward without Alan Rickman and said via CBR,
“There’s been a script and our friend Alan Rickman passed away, so the script involving he and I in the whole story disappeared. The story itself was so clever and so fun. I love that crew and I love everything about Galaxy Quest.”
Deadline reported in April 2023 that Galaxy Quest is being adapted into a TV series for Paramount+. There has been no news about the TV series, which has been through various incarnations including one written by Paul Scheer and then Simon Pegg and later Georgia Pritchett. It is reported that the studios have been struggling to get the project off the ground.
Sam Rockwell willing to play Justin Hammer once again in MCU
In his interview with GQ where the actor breaks down his iconic characters, he spoke about his portrayal of Justin Hammer in Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Iron Man 2. It was reported that the actor had been considered for the part of Tony Stark but eventually ended up playing Justin Hammer and described his character as plucky comic relief but with a little bit of an edge. Tony Stark was played by Robert Downey Jr.
The actor during the discussion explained that he asked his friend Justin Theroux who wrote the script for Iron Man 2 to write him a part in the movie and mentioned to make him a bad guy. Rockwell added that after talking to Jon Favreau and Mickey Rourke they decided to split the part of villain between Rourke and him.
Sam Rockwell was asked if there is a chance of Justin Hammer being back for Armor Wars to which he said,
“Listen man. I mean, I’m around. Let’s do it.”
Rockwell had shared in an interview with Gizmodo that when he took up the role, he knew that there would be a lot of improvisation, which is why he didn’t want his character to have any accent. The actor during his appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon was asked about Armor Wars to which he said that he was waiting for the phone call.
Iron Man 2 is streaming on Disney+.
