Code Quantum Reboot: release date, story, cast, all about the new series

For some, Code Quantum symbolizes part of their childhood (or rather adolescence). broadcast from france September 1993 He told his story in Serie Club and M6 Samuel Beckettsaid Sam andAlbert Calavicci. The first travels back in time, from one era to the next, and the other accompanies it in the form of a hologram that only he (with a few exceptions) can see.

Code Quantum, currently airing on M6 group channels, will soon be reborn as an official sequel. His hero is no longer Samuel Beckett, but another scientist. Ben SeongThirty years later, traveling back in time with the same machine as its predecessor. And he too will find himself stuck in the company of a holographic “guardian angel.” Therefore, the scenario unfolds in the continuity of the previous series.

series producer universal television and funded by NBC which will air on the Atlantic next fall. The show is directed by Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt (God Friended Me, Gotham, Hawaii 5-0, Alcatraz). In this file, you’ll find everything there is to know about both the old and new series and Code Quantum, as well as a list of cast members for the new production.

Quantum Code, what is this series?

For current quarantines, Code Quantum, called Quantum Leap across the Atlantic, is part of A-Team (Agency all risks) Knight Rider (K2000), Magnum, Baywatch (Warning to Malibu), Airwolf (Supercopter) and of course MacGyver. Charismatic heroes from the series that perfectly symbolize the atmosphere of the 80s. A complicated past full of secrets. But such a big heart is dedicated to helping widows and orphans. “Hopeless. Victims of a cruel and cruel world,” Knight Rider claims. While punishing bad guys, of course.

Code Quantum therefore met these features. A charismatic hero whose past is marred by family dramas (brother’s death in Vietnam, father’s heart attack, sister beaten by her husband). The name of this hero, brought to the screen by Scott Bakula, who won 5 awards (including Golden Globes) for this series, is Samuel Beckett. Each episode (or double episode) has a mission: to fix a mistake from the past that has ruined a person’s or family’s life.

Quantum Code ran for a total of five seasons. 97 episodes (including three double episodes, including the pilot). It aired on NBC from March 25, 1989 to May 5, 1993 in the United States. It remained in the collective memory for various reasons. First up, the excellent duo of actors Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell (playing Albert Calavicci). Then because Scott Bakula has characters of different sexes, different origins, and different morphologies (or even a chimpanzee).

Also, the reconstruction of each era was particularly well studied. Finally, this series tackled very difficult themes (the war in Vietnam, Kennedy’s death, the Ku-Klux-Klan, the homeless, religious belief, etc.) while remaining a family programme. Not forgetting the celebrities well done » He punctuated each episode where he discovered the new incarnation of Sam Beckett in a mirror.

When will the new Code Quantum series be released?

The new series Code Quantum (or Quantum Leap if the publishers decide to keep the original version) will air across the Atlantic. At the beginning of the 2022 academic year. On May 6, 2022, NBC officially ordered one season of the series. It is integrated into their schedule for the 2022-2023 season, which will start next September.

The project was announced by NBC in January 2022, although there are rumors that the series will return from 2020 (to accompany the launch of NBCUniversal’s SVOD service). In March, the first two main players were announced. The pilot was produced in March 2022.

However, no information about a possible release in France was disclosed. There is no doubt that a channel in France will negotiate the television rights to this series. But will they be bought by the M6 ​​to provide some continuity? Nothing is less sure. If so, it’s very likely that the series will be available on the M6 ​​Replay or Salto.

What is the story of the Quantum Code?

Quantum Code is a set of expectations. time travel. Samuel Beckett, known as the main character Sam, is an extremely talented scientist who has graduated from six different doctorates, including medicine. Albert Einstein is a fan of quantum physics. He developed a time machine as part of a secret research program called Quantum Leap (or Code Quantum in French). In the scenario, we are in 2000 (the series is made in 1989).

However, due to the lack of convincing results, it cannot convince its investors who are threatening to cut the supply. He then decides to test the machine on himself. But instead of traveling with her own body, she finds herself in someone else’s skin. The adventures of Sam Beckett begin, where he must correct a past mistake every time he jumps, in order to have a chance to return home.

Albert Calavicci accompanies him “almost” every time he jumps. Sam Beckett’s best friend is a former admiral in the US Navy. It is part of the Quantum Leap project, but has no scientific training. A deep-rooted dating since his heart was broken by his first wife (who remarried, believing she was lost in Vietnam), she also travels through time as a hologram where Sam is (theoretically) the only person she’s ever seen. His role is to make the connection between Sam and Ziggy, the artificial intelligence that sets Sam’s mission to achieve in order to make a new leap.

Throughout the five seasons of the series, Sam Beckett will have the opportunity to embody many characters, male or female, child or adult, with different morphologies and skin colours. He will even incarnate himself in an episode in season 3, or even in a chimpanzee in season 4. In the very controversial final episode of season 5, Sam Beckett doesn’t play anyone. He is himself. But it happens right when you’re born. She meets a mysterious character who says she can come home whenever she wants. At the end of the section, a message shows: Sam Beckett never came home.

30 years later, the Quantum Leap project was revealed. Ben Seong and herbert williams. The first is a scientist who wants to solve the mystery of the time machine and learn the fate of Sam Beckett. He uses the machine himself and, like his predecessor, finds himself in someone else’s skin in the past, stripped of his own memories. The second is the project manager who will help Ben Seong adapt to his environment and bring him home.

What is the cast of the new series?

Five actors have already been confirmed in the main cast of the series. for both, Raymond Lee and Ernie Hudson, the characters they will embody have already been presented. The other three confirmed cast members are: Caitlin Bassett, nanrisa lee and Mason Alexander Park. Their roles have not yet been announced.

Raymond Lee

Raymond Lee is the first player to join the cast of the new Code Quantum series. His biggest role so far is Duke Bayer-Boatwright. here and now. He also had a recurring role Wasteful Voice, made for love and Kevin Can Fuck Himself, currently airing in the United States. You’ll find it in the cinema, on its poster, too. Top Gun Maverick.

He will play the role of Ben Seong, a scientist who wants to uncover the secrets of the Quantum Code project and the particle accelerator that allows Sam Beckett to travel through time. He will follow the same path, not knowing if one day he will return home and find Sam Beckett in the folds of time.

Ernie Hudson

Hernie Hudson is a major actor in US movies and TV series. You must have seen him in one of the many shows he starred in, his career spanning forty years, especially in movies. Ghost Hunters (as the excellent Winstin Zeddemore, which she took over in L’Heritage, the last work released in 2021). She took on recurring roles in the series. self, Law and Order or desperate Housewives. And he holds the main role in the series family business (Available on Netflix).

In the new Code Quantum series, he will play the role of Herbert “Magic” Williams, a character who already existed in the first series. Sam Beckett really played in episode 2 of season 3 to save his brother during the Vietnam War. Herbert Williams is a veteran who fought Tom Beckett. His nickname “Magic” comes from the fact that he brings good luck to the battalions of which he is a member. 30 years later, he takes over the Code Quantum project. He will help Ben Seong just as Al Calavicci helped Sam Beckett.

What about the actors of the original series?

As we previously reported, iconic characters from the original series are not expected to return in this new series. While we’re nostalgic, we hope to see Scott Bakula’s Sam Beckett again. Officially, the actor was not involved in the project of the new series. The only glimmer of hope for Sam Beckett’s return: Original series co-creators Don Bellisario and Deborah Pratt are part of executive producers. In this new production, they can request the return of the character.

It will be much harder to see Albert “Al” Calavicci again in this drama. Indeed, the actor who played him on screen 30 years ago, Dean Stockwell, passed away on November 7, 2021. Two options are possible for his return: Deepfake (like Stan Lee in future Marvel productions) or a substitution. Neither solution will be ideal for fans (as we saw in Carrie Fischer’s latest Star Wars integration or a teenage version of Mark Hamill in season 2 of The Mandalorian).