With scores of former movies being turned into television series, which includes "Fargo," "Bates Motel," "Hannibal" and "Scream," Paramount is poised to revive the 1999 sci-fi film "Galaxy Quest" into a small-screen hit.

As reported in Variety, the movie, which was about a cast of sci-fi actors who were in a 1970s' sci-fi TV series and unintentionally signed on to go and help an alien race. The film starred Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver in leading roles, alongside Tony Shalhoub and Sam Rockwell. So as an afterthought, it seems like the ideal project to tackle an episodic run on television.

The original movie executive producers, Mark Johnson and Melissa Bernstein, have actually moved on to quite reputable tasks, working on shows like "Breaking Bad," "Rectify" and "Better Call Saul." The original writer for the film, Robert Gordon, has been in negotiations to work on the TV adaptation.

In the article, Variety also said that Paramount has been trolling through its video vaults, looking for films that might make a good TV adaptation. They are currently producing a "School of Rock" adaptation for Nickelodeon, as well as a co-producer credit with 20th Century Fox for the pilot of "Minority Report," for Fox Television.

Deadline reports that Paramount is also going to produce a TV adaptation of "Shooter" for USA Network. The original movie star, Mark Wahlberg, will be producing this show. The article says that they are producing "Shutter Island" for HBO, with Martin Scorsese attached to the project.

CNN reported that among the movies that have been picked up for television adaptations are also "Uncle Buck" and "Rush Hour." "Uncle Buck" is slated to premier on ABC this upcoming pilot season and CBS will be airing "Rush Hour" as an upcoming pilot as well.

There has been no word yet from Paramount as to when, or what network, the "Galaxy Quest" series will run on.