Earlier this week it was revealed that the son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry is looking to revive one of his father’s greatest untapped projects, The Questor Tapes, and will be working with Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment to make it happen.
The original concept behind Questor is that it is about “an android with incomplete memory tapes who searches for his creator and his purpose.” Initially, it is said that Roddenberry wanted to cast Leonard Nimoy, who of course is most famous to genre television fans for playing Mr. Spock on the original Star Trek series and movies as well as two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Nimoy also played the older Spock in JJ Abrams’ recent Star Trek movie.
The studio had other ideas, however, and instead cast Robert Foxworth. The offer of an unappealing timeslot in addition to changes to the concept from the network led to the project being abandoned beyond the initial pilot movie.
Flash forward to 2010. Who could play Questor now? Thinking of Roddenberry’s initial casting choice, and assuming that this robot might have some Spock-logic to him, there’s one actor who’d be perfect for the job…
Zachary Quinto.
Realistically, with ratings falling as they have, Heroes might have one more year in it, at best. At worst, it could be over this year, though a lot of that would depend on NBC’s fortunes. The studio might also want to do another year to reach the magic 100 episodes for syndication.
Still… there’s no denying that Quinto would be the perfect kind of actor for the project. Of course, Mr. Quinto might want to avoid the typecasting involved with playing genre role after genre role, and he’s going to be a bit busy sometime soon with the inevitable Star Trek sequel. What do you think? Leave some comments or post on the KryptonSite forum!
