The Quantum Leap reboot series will star Top Gun: Maverick actor Raymond Lee in the lead role. The cult science-fiction TV show Quantum Leap was a television staple in the late ’80s and ’90s. Starring Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, a scientist who inadvertently leaps through spacetime during time travel experiments, the show became a huge success and ran for five seasons and 97 episodes on NBC. The show was hugely influential, blending the genres of sci-fi, romance, drama, and social commentary, and remains one of the most influential TV shows ever. Following rumors of a possible remake or continuation, NBC greenlit an hour-long pilot, also called Quantum Leap, in January 2022.
According to Deadline, Lee, who has previously appeared in episodes of Modern Family and How I Met Your Mother, will play the lead role of Dr. Ben Seong, a world-famous physicist working on a time travel project known as Quantum Leap. The character is said to be a spiritual successor to Beckett, who has been missing for 30 years, and Seong finds himself trapped in the 1980s after he uses the technology on himself.
Produced by Universal Television, the pilot will be written by Steven Lilien and Brian Wynbrandt and will be executive produced by Blindspot’s Martin Gero, as well as original Quantum Leap creator Don Bellisario. Anticipation will no doubt be high for the pilot, and NBC will be hoping that the recent trend of revisiting and resurrecting once-popular franchises proves a fruitful one. This is the perfect opportunity to make Quantum Leap accessible for a brand new audience, while the involvement of Bellisario should be enough to win over fans of the original show.
