This page updated July 11, 2002
Quantum
Leap Lives!!!
Slight
update: We now have an updated address for Don Bellisario, courtesy of
Margaret Colchin of the Project
Quantum Leap fan club!
***
We
have won. At 12pm, Eastern Standard Time, on July 9, 2002, scifi.com posted
the official announcement that there is now a two-hour television movie
based on the the Quantum Leap series in development. Donald P. Bellisario
has signed on as the executive producer, but we are still awaiting word
on whether Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell will reprise their roles as
Sam Beckett and Al Calavicci.
Here
are all the links I know of so far that contain information about the news:
SciFi.com
(official
announcement)
BBC
News
(scroll
down to fourth paragraph; info in paragraph not necessarily true)
Cinescape
(first
report)
Cinescape
(on
speculation of Scott's involvement)
Coming
Soon!
Hollywood
Reporter
(subscription
needed to read full article)
SyFy
Portal
(my
personal favorite--very Quantumy)
TrekToday
TV
Guide
Yahoo!
Zap2it
***
Since
this news was announced, the Leapers have had split reactions. Half are
celebrating their success, while the other half are being very pessimistic
because of some of the things said in the above articles. So, I would like
to make a statement here and state our new goals for the Revival Initiative.
We
have strived for years (well, not me personally, but that is because I
am a newer fan) to get Quantum Leap revived.
We
have written letters, signed petitions, speculated on whether Sam will
Leap home when Quantum Leap is finally revived. Perhaps we have never fully
thought about the whole "Will Scott and Dean be in the movie?" because
we were so busy just fighting to get Quantum Leap revived. And now that
it finally has, that question is now taking precedence.
Yes,
we all wonder how this continuation of Quantum Leap will turn out, but
we must not be pessimistic and lose hope. Instead, we now have new goals
for this campaign that must be reached.
We
must send letters to Bonnie Hammer (President of the Sci-Fi Channel and
the woman who made the decision to revive Quantum Leap), thanking her for
her decision to revive Quantum Leap and to ask that Scott and Dean take
part in the revival; to Don Bellisario, congratulating him on this great
news; to Scott Bakula, to congratulate him and to encourage him to take
part in the revival; to Dean Stockwell (who's current address we now have),
to congratulate him and to ask if he will be a part of the revival.
We
must also celebrate. Pat ourselves on the back for a job well done. Without
us writing letters, Universal and Sci-Fi would never have seen the interest
in the show and would never have seen that a revival needed to be done.
Also,
many people are taking the words of the writers of the different news articles
as fact. The only words we should be taking as fact are the direct quotes
from Bonnie Hammer herself. If you only read her quotes, you will not see
the words "cameo" and "remake".
ABOUT
THE CHOICE TO REVIVE QUANTUM LEAP
"QUANTUM
LEAP is absolutely a classic. It’s done well on our channel in repeats
and we’ve always wanted to do a QUANTUM LEAP reunion movie. And then when
we started thinking about it and then we merged back with Universal, we
said, ‘Wow, let’s do a two-hour movie. Let’s see who we can attract from
the original series and let’s start our own. So we’re thrilled about that
because [QUANTUM LEAP] is so pure sci-fi, but so mainstream that I think
we’re going to pull in a whole new audience."
***
ABOUT
WHETHER SCOTT BAKULA WILL OR WILL NOT BE INVOLVED
"You
never know. You never know."
***
ABOUT
THE DECISION TO REVIVE OLD UNIVERSAL TITLES
"Projects
such as QUANTUM LEAP and TREMORS exactly why SCI FI is excited about being
part of the Universal family. We have an opportunity to access the rich
Universal library - which includes a vast array of horror and sci-fi titles
– to create new television experiences for a contemporary audience."
***
ABOUT
WHAT THE MOVIE WILL BE
"...updated,
fun and maybe with a female leaper, too, this time."
***
I
see nothing here saying that Scott will not be involved. I see nothing
here that says they want to remake the series. In fact, Ms. Hammer said--quote,
"...we’ve always wanted to do a QUANTUM LEAP reunion movie."
And
if you check out the other "Breaking News" article on Cinescape that talks
about Battlestar Galactica, you'll see the difference between their decision
to *remake* Galactica and to *revive* Quantum Leap.
Also,
although there were no actual quotes given, it has been confirmed by Hollywood
Reporter, Sci-Fi Channel, and TV Guide that Donald P. Bellisario has already
signed on as executive producer.
With
that said, let the second phase of the Quantum Leap Revival Initiative
begin!
--R.
Joy Helvie--
AKA
(Joy
Cogan, tina_als_girl)
(Webmistress)
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