Helen Shaver will direct the pilot and executive produce the semi-reboot of NBC’s beloved 1990s sci-fi series “Quantum Leap”.
Shaver has helmed episodes of multiple critically acclaimed series including “Station Eleven,” “Lovecraft Country,” “Maid,” “Westworld,” “Snowpiercer,” “Vikings” and “Orphan Black”.
Universal Television will produce the pilot which begins thirty years after Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished.
Now a new team has been assembled to restart the project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.
Bakula is not attached to reprise his role or produce but is aware of the reboot and has reportedly had conversations about potentially getting involved.
The series is written and executive produced by “La Brea” co-showrunners Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt. Also onboard as executive producers are “Blindspot” creator Martin Gero and original series creator Don Bellisario and original writer/EP Deborah Pratt.
Source: Deadline
