QUANTUM LEAP sequel series greenlit

The Quantum Leap sequel has been formally greenlit for a first season by NBC.

The new series picks up thirty years after the events of the original show (which ran for five seasons from 1989 to 1993) and sees Raymond Lee playing Dr. Ben Seong, who steps into the revived Quantum Leap Accelerator after it is brought out of retirement. He is both continuing the original project of leaping into different people in various timeframes, putting things right where they originally went wrong. However, he also has a secondary mission: to track down the missing Dr. Sam Beckett, who vanished at the end of the original show's run. Scott Bakula, who played Sam in the original show, has reportedly been contacted with a view to potentially reprising his role at some point.

Seong is guided on his mission by Addison (Caitlin Bassett), who will likely serve in a similar role to Sam's helper "Al" in the original series, who was able to appear to him as a hologram only he could see or hear. Dean Stockwell, who played Al in the original series, sadly passed away last year, so will not return in the new series.

Additional castmembers include Ernie Hudson as Herbert "Magic" Williams (who appeared, with a different actor, in a single episode of the original series), Nanrisa Lee as the Quantum Leap head of security and Mason Alexander Park as the head of the AI program.

Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt are serving as writer-showrunners for the new series, with original Quantum Leap creator Don Bellisario serving as creative consultant and producer alongside original executive producer Deborah Pratt.

The show has completed filming its pilot and will likely be eyeing a late 2022/early 2023 debut on NBC and streaming service Peacock.