{"id":1372615,"date":"2022-03-12T08:17:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T13:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1372615"},"modified":"2022-03-12T08:23:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T13:23:19","slug":"quantum-leap-reboot-announces-principal-cast-including-raymond-lee-ernie-hudson-mason-alexander-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/quantum-leap-reboot-announces-principal-cast-including-raymond-lee-ernie-hudson-mason-alexander-park\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cQuantum Leap\u201d Reboot Announces Principal Cast Including Raymond Lee, Ernie Hudson &#038; Mason Alexander Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fquantum-leap-reboot-announces-principal-cast-including-raymond-lee-ernie-hudson-mason-alexander-park%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1372615&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A flurry of recent casting announcements have revealed the actors who will comprise the principal cast of NBC\u2019s upcoming Quantum Leap reboot, with those attached ranging from Cowboy Bebop\u2019s Mason Alexander Park to Ghostbusters\u2019 Ernie Hudson.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152977\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-152977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Quantum Leap \u2013 Show Trailer | NBC Classics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After having been silent on the project since green-lighting it in January, NBC began unveiling the reboot\u2019s cast on March 4th, first announcing that Here and Now star Raymond Lee as \u201cDr. Ben Seong, a spiritual successor to Scott Bakula\u2019s Dr. Sam Beckett from the original series.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152973\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152973\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.26-boundingintocomics-622aeb9c94da7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.26-boundingintocomics-622aeb9c94da7.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.26-boundingintocomics-622aeb9c94da7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.26-boundingintocomics-622aeb9c94da7-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-152973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Here And Now Official Trailer (2018), HBO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A casting call for the series previously provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/thathashtagshow.com\/2022\/02\/03\/meet-the-key-characters-in-the-quantum-leap-reboot\/\">That Hashtag Show <\/a>described the character \u2013 initially named Dr. Ben Prassad \u2013 as \u201ca first-generation American, a world-renowned physicist, and a man of faith\u201d who is \u201calso working on Quantum Leap, a time travel project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut when he uses the project on himself, he\u2019s transported back to the late 80s and struck with a bout of amnesia \u2013 forgetting what made him time travel in the first place,\u201d the casting call added.<\/p>\n<p>Lee confirmed the casting on Instagram, as you can see below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CasY5jpvxU4\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Next, on March 8th, the network revealed that Hudson had signed on to the reboot to portray Herbert \u201cMagic\u201d Williams, \u201ca Vietnam veteran and head of the time travel project at Quantum Leap\u201d who, \u201cusing a bit of politicking and his military know-how to keep the Pentagon at bay, buys the team some time to rescue Ben but expects answers once he\u2019s back.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152971\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152971\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152971\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.26-boundingintocomics-622aeb8eb55cd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.26-boundingintocomics-622aeb8eb55cd.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.26-boundingintocomics-622aeb8eb55cd-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.26-boundingintocomics-622aeb8eb55cd-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.26-boundingintocomics-622aeb8eb55cd-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-152971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), Sony Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>NBC rounded out these announcements on March 9th with the reveal that three more actors had been added to the series\u2019 cast, including Bosch actress Nanrisa Lee as Jenn, detailed in the aforementioned casting call as \u201cHead of security at Quantum Leap HQ. Described as quirky but formidable, she makes it her mission to figure out how Ben could have both leapt back in time and erased all evidence of the leap in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152970\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.26-boundingintocomics-622aeb820a0d0-e1646980005130.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.26-boundingintocomics-622aeb820a0d0-e1646980005130.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.26-boundingintocomics-622aeb820a0d0-e1646980005130-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.26-boundingintocomics-622aeb820a0d0-e1646980005130-1340x572-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.26-boundingintocomics-622aeb820a0d0-e1646980005130-768x328-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.26-boundingintocomics-622aeb820a0d0-e1646980005130-1536x656-1.jpg 1536w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-152970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Hansel vs. Gretel (2015) The Asylum<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Non-binary Cowboy Bebop actor Mason Alexander Park as the Quantum Leap project\u2019s similarly non-binary \u201cchief architect of the AI program, who prefers the company of computers to that of other people.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152976\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152976\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152976\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.33-boundingintocomics-622aed55edea4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.33-boundingintocomics-622aed55edea4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.33-boundingintocomics-622aed55edea4-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.33-boundingintocomics-622aed55edea4-1340x893-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.33-boundingintocomics-622aed55edea4-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.33-boundingintocomics-622aed55edea4-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.33-boundingintocomics-622aed55edea4-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-152976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">COWBOY BEBOP (L to R) MASON ALEXANDER PARK as GREN in COWBOY BEBOP Cr. GEOFFREY SHORT\/NETFLIX \u00a9 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>And newcomer Caitlin Bassett as Addison, \u201ca smart, witty, fearless ex-military operative who now serves as a project lead at Quantum Leap HQ,\u201d who is \u201cin charge of the technology they use to communicate with the past, and tries to rescue Ben from his time-flung existence.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_153044\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153044\" class=\"size-full wp-image-153044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-04.36-boundingintocomics-622b7a886a23b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-04.36-boundingintocomics-622b7a886a23b.jpg 591w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-04.36-boundingintocomics-622b7a886a23b-266x300-1.jpg 266w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-153044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Deadline Twitter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to a synopsis provided by NBC alongside the show\u2019s casting call, the upcoming Quantum Leap will not be a full reimagining of the classic TV series, but rather a \u2018soft reboot\u2019 sequel that picks up in the aftermath of the original\u2019s conclusion.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152980\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152980\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.37-boundingintocomics-622aee160538c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.37-boundingintocomics-622aee160538c.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.37-boundingintocomics-622aee160538c-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.37-boundingintocomics-622aee160538c-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.37-boundingintocomics-622aee160538c-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-152980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Quantum Leap \u2013 Show Trailer | NBC Classics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished,\u201d wrote the network. \u201cNow a new team has been assembled to restart the project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmbracing the iconic series\u2019 signature blend of humor, heart, and history, this reboot expands upon the Quantum Leap universe, taking us on a thrilling journey across space and time, exploring the timeless notion of what it\u2019s like to walk in another person\u2019s shoes, and the enduring value of changing lives for the better,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152979\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152979\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152979\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.34-boundingintocomics-622aed86a664b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.34-boundingintocomics-622aed86a664b.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.34-boundingintocomics-622aed86a664b-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.34-boundingintocomics-622aed86a664b-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.34-boundingintocomics-622aed86a664b-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-152979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Quantum Leap \u2013 Show Trailer | NBC Classics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As of writing, original series star Scott Bakula has not been confirmed to return for the reboot.<\/p>\n<p>Production on Quantum Leap is set to begin in March.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152968\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152968\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.23-boundingintocomics-622aeafdc3a09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.23-boundingintocomics-622aeafdc3a09.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.23-boundingintocomics-622aeafdc3a09-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.23-boundingintocomics-622aeafdc3a09-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.11-06.23-boundingintocomics-622aeafdc3a09-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-152968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Quantum Leap \u2013 Show Trailer | NBC Classics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>What do you make of these casting announcements? Let us know your thoughts on social media or in the comments down below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A flurry of recent casting announcements have revealed the actors who will comprise the principal cast of NBC\u2019s upcoming Quantum Leap reboot, with those attached ranging from Cowboy Bebop\u2019s Mason<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1372615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1372615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1372615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1372615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1372615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}