The project had been gaining momentum toward a greenlight when the project’s costarAlan Rickmandied in 2016.
As fans know, Allen played hammy actor Jason Nesmith (a.k.a.
the Kirk-esque Commander Peter Quincy Taggart) and Rickman played the Shakespearian-trained Alexander Dane (a.k.a.
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the Spock-like Dr. Lazarus) in theStar Trekspoof.
It was all about their story.
“There is constantly a little flicker of a butane torch that we could reboot it with.
“That part is wonderful for the sci-fi freak in me.
But right now it’s in a holding pattern.”
“So he was playing out something that happened to him in real life.”
