Our beautiful dream spy on deep cover duty at Dreamworks has sent Father Geek a coded message containing the following information. Good work Galaxina!
Filming is underway on DreamWorks Pictures’ science fiction comedy adventure "Galaxy Quest," starring Tim Allen , three-time Oscar® nominee Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman ("Die Hard," "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves"). Principal photography began today, Monday, April 19th, in Los Angeles, under the direction of Dean Parisot ("Home Fries"). Joining the main cast are Tony Shalhoub ("Men in Black," "Big Night"), Daryl Mitchell "10 Things I Hate About You"), Enrico Colantoni and Sam Rockwell (Woody Allen’s "Celebrity"). Academy Award® winner Mark Johnson ("Rain Man") and Charles Newirth ("Forrest Gump") are producing the film from a screenplay by David Howard and Robert Gordon. The executive producer is Elizabeth Cantillon, with Suzann Ellis and Sona Gourgouris serving as co-producers.
"Galaxy Quest" follows the adventures of five people who, for four years, donned their uniforms and set out on thrilling and often dangerous missions in space—then the series was canceled. Twenty years later, the five stars of the classic ‘70s series "Galaxy Quest" are still in costume, making appearances at science fiction conventions for legions of die-hard fans—but some of those fans are a little more far out than the actors could ever have imagined. A group of aliens who have mistaken the television transmissions for "historical documents" arrive at a convention and whisk "Captain Peter Quincy Taggart" (Tim Allen) and his "crew" into space to help them in their all-too-real war against a deadly adversary.
The behind the scenes team includes visual effects from the Oscar®-winning team from Industrial Light & Magic, under the supervision of Stefen Fangmeier ("Twister," "Small Soldiers") and Bill George ("Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace"). Special animatronic and creature effects will be handled by multiple Academy Award® winner Stan Winston ("Jurassic Park"). The director of photography is Jerzy Zielinski ("Powder"); the production designer is Linda DeScenna ("Patch Adams"); the costume designer is two-time Oscar®-winner Albert Wolsky ("Bugsy," "All That Jazz"); and the editor is Don Zimmerman ("Patch Adams," "Liar, Liar").
"Galaxy Quest" is being filmed on five soundstages at Warner Hollywood Studios, as well as on locations in and around Los Angeles, and in Goblin Valley, Utah.
Seductively yours,
Galaxina
