( CNN ) A TV series based on the 1999 sci-fi film `` Galaxy Quest '' is in the works at Paramount Television . The DreamWorks film centered on the cast of a canceled space TV show who are accidentally sent to a spaceship and must save an alien nation . TV Land 's 'Younger ' renewed for second season . The film 's scribe Robert Gordon is expected to write the TV version and executive produce with the film 's director Dean Parisot , producer Mark Johnson and Johnson 's producing partner Melissa Bernstein . 'The Voice ' coaches CeeLo Green , Gwen Stefani and Usher to return . The film starred Tim Allen , Sigourney Weaver , Alan Rickman , Tony Shalhoub , Sam Rockwell , Daryl Mitchell and Enrico Colantoni . PBS to conduct `` Internal Review '' over Ben Affleck 's request to hide slave-owner ancestry . `` Galaxy Quest '' is the latest movie to be adapted for the small screen . This pilot season , ABC has `` Uncle Buck , '' CBS has `` Rush Hour '' and Fox has `` Minority Report . '' Paramount Television specifically has turned several of the studio 's hit films into TV series . `` School of Rock '' will debut on Nickelodeon later this year , and USA recently ordered a pilot for `` Shooter , '' based on the Mark Wahlberg film . ©2015 The Hollywood Reporter . All rights reserved .
`` Galaxy Quest '' TV series in the works . The show is based on a popular 1980s science fiction novel by Douglas Adams and follows the adventures of an alien named Q who has been stranded on Earth after his spaceship crashed into another planet thousands of