Quantum Leap Reboot Adds Ghostbusters Star Ernie Hudson To The Cast

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As theQuantum Leap reboot proves, there's clearly something magical about the '80s that has prevented the decade from ever truly dying. It's like one of those ancient mythical beasts that regularly gets defeated but always comes back eventually because a piece of it remains. In the case of the '80s, that piece is probably the enduring presence of synthwave music or the presence of the nation's 40-somethings in increasing positions of power.

So it should come as little surprise to know that NBC is working on a reboot of the classic Scott Bakula-led sci-fi series Quantum Leap. But apparently not content with simply reviving such a beloved '80s institution, the creators have seen fit to bolster it with one of the stars of yet another powerhouse from the same decade. Ghostbusters star Ernie Hudson, who recently reprised his role in the franchise as Winston Zeddemore in 2021's Ghostbusters: Afterlife, has joined up as one of the series leads, and just like that, it's like leg warmers and shockingly big hair are back in fashion once again.

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Deadline reports Hudson will be joining Raymond Lee as the series leads. Lee stars as Dr. Ben Seong, a respected physicist who serves as part of the team attempting to revive the original series' time travel project decades after Bakula's Dr. Sam Beckett disappeared into the past. After Dr. Seong steps into the Quantum Leap accelerator, he's hurled into the 1980s with a bad case of amnesia. Hudson's Vietnam veteran character Herbert «Magic» Williams sets out to save him, pulling rank to keep The Pentagon off the project's back long enough to mount a rescue.

The original series enjoyed an episodic format, seeing Bakula's