quantum_loner said:
im guessing from the 'answers to todays chat' post its more than likely its not going to happen :disbelief
I wouldn't lose hope. I think it's just a question of timing and coordinating everyone's schedules. Like a few of us have said here and in other threads, a script was written and submitted, but has since been put on hold. That doesn't necessarily mean that there will never be a continuation of
Quantum Leap. Both Scott and Dean have expressed numerous times a desire to reprise their roles, for a TV movie at the very least.
Look at the
Superman movie series, for instance: Warner Bros. has gone through so many scripts, actors, directors, and legal complications since the early 1990s that it didn't seem like there would never be a new movie. I can remember reading about the possibility of
Superman: The New Movie way back when I was in high school (1991 or 1992 or so), and then nothing for like 5 years. Then, Kevin Smith had supposedly written a script called
Superman Lives!, based on the 1992/93 "Death and Return of Superman" storyline in the comics, but nothing ever came of that. Then, Tim Burton was announced as one of the top picks for director, with Nicholas Cage in the leading role (thank God
that never came about), and so forth and so on. It's taken well over a decade for Warner Bros. to finally revive the Superman franchise with this summer's
Superman Returns, and from the previews and articles I've read about it, it looks like it's going to be pretty good.
Same thing with the
Indiana Jones movies: after hearing about it on and off for over a decade, it was recently announced that Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford have
finally received a script for Indy 4 that they both like, and along with George Lucas, will hopefully begin production sometime late this year or early next year for a possible summer 2007 release. (2007 might be wishful thinking on my part, though...2008 might be more realistic.)
So, my advice is to just be patient.
Quantum Leap is one of those rare shows like
Star Trek,
Sliders, and
Doctor Who, to name a few, that will always have a huge cult following and enough of a fanbase for the studios to keep the franchises alive. It may take a while longer, but even though I'm one of those people that hasn't gotten overly excited about
A Bold Leap Forward and consciously won't until I start seeing some definitive evidence that it is indeed coming, I truly believe that the
Quantum Leap saga
will "officially" continue someday, somehow, and by someone...
Until then, I and many others will continue contenting ourselves with
The Virtual Seasons! **shameless plug**
Damon