NBC has made a quantum leap into the 2022/23 TV season by placing an early series order to reboot the late 1980s/early 90s sci-fi series.
This is the network’s second series order for the upcoming season, having previously given its Night Court revival the green light.
In the new quantum leap, it’s been 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett (played by Scott Bakula in the original series) climbed into the Quantum Leap Accelerator and disappeared. Now a new team has been assembled to restart the project in hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.
Raymond Lee (Kevin Can F**k Himself, photo above) plays Dr. Ben Seong who is both a man of faith and a world famous physicist working on the time travel project called Quantum Leap.
The cast also includes Ernie Hudson (Grace and Frankie) as Magic, a military veteran and leader of the Quantum Leap project; Mason Alexander Park (Cowboy Bebop) as Ian, the chief architect of Quantum Leap’s AI program; Newcomer Caitlin Bassett as Addison, a project leader who runs the cutting-edge technology used to communicate with a person traveling in time; and Nanrisa Lee (Bosch) as Jenn, the head of security at Quantum Leap’s headquarters.
God Friended Me’s Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt are executive producers on the Universal Television production, while Blindspot creator Martin Gero and original Quantum Leap creator Don Bellisario and EP/co-narrator Deborah Pratt will also serve as EPs .
Scott Bakula is headlining the NBC rodeo pilot Unbroken and reportedly has no involvement in the new Quantum Leap.
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