est ▁is ▁the ▁film ▁debut ▁of ▁both ▁Long ▁and ▁Rain n ▁Wilson ▁( as ▁the ▁Th erm ian ▁L ahn k ). ▁ ▁Production ▁ ▁Development ▁ ▁The ▁original ▁spec ▁script ▁by ▁David ▁Howard ▁was ▁titled ▁Captain ▁Star sh ine . ▁Howard ▁stated ▁he ▁got ▁the ▁idea ▁while ▁at ▁an ▁I MAX ▁presentation , ▁and ▁while ▁waiting ▁for ▁the ▁show ▁to ▁start , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁tra ilers ▁for ▁an ▁up coming ▁" Amer icans ▁In ▁Space " ▁film ▁featured ▁the ▁voice ▁of ▁Leonard ▁N imo y , ▁a ▁leading ▁actor ▁from ▁Star ▁Tre k . ▁The ▁tra iler ▁got ▁Howard ▁thinking ▁about ▁how ▁the ▁other ▁Star ▁Tre k ▁actors ▁had ▁become ▁p ige on ho led ▁in ▁these ▁types ▁of ▁roles ▁since ▁the ▁can cellation ▁of ▁Star ▁Tre k , ▁and ▁then ▁came ▁up ▁with ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁what ▁if ▁there ▁were ▁real ▁al iens ▁involved . ▁From ▁there , ▁he ▁considered ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁script ▁" that , ▁in ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁ways , ▁just ▁wrote ▁itself , ▁because ▁it ▁just ▁seemed ▁so ▁self - ev ident ▁once ▁the ▁idea ▁was ▁there ". ▁ ▁Produ cer ▁Mark ▁Johnson , ▁who ▁had ▁a ▁first ▁look ▁deal ▁with ▁Dream Work s , ▁did ▁not ▁like ▁Howard ' s ▁script , ▁but ▁was ▁still ▁fasc in ated ▁with ▁its ▁concept ▁featuring ▁space ▁al iens ▁who ▁mis con str ue ▁old ▁episodes ▁of ▁a ▁television ▁series . ▁Johnson ▁purchased ▁the ▁script ▁and ▁had ▁Bob ▁Gordon ▁use ▁its ▁concept ▁to ▁create ▁Gal axy ▁Qu est