Could the Sliders TV series be returning? Crazier things have happened…

The source of these new rumblings of the old favourite returning to the small screen is actually Sliders star John Rhys-Davies. Speaking at Toronto Comicon (as reported by Flickering Myth), Rhys-Davies revealed talks have taken place about tentatively reviving Sliders.

As Davies explained, “Jerry [O’Connell] had been pestering me for a number of years and we’re actually talking to NBC at the moment to see if there’s any possibility of rebooting the series. They’re looking into the basic question of who actually owns it. At the moment, we don’t seem to be able to find that out.”

The Lords of the Rings star added, “I would do it again, if just to show how it should be done. It could have been the best show on television, it could still be on the air. I think maybe if we got another chance at doing it with the new technology, but also new stories, I think we could do something quite extraordinary. I wouldn’t want to do it for the rest of my life, but I would do it for a season or two if it was right.”

Starring Jerry O’Connell and John Rhys-Davies, Sliders originally ran from 1995 to 2000, focussing on a group of travellers who use a wormhole to traverse between parallel dimensions.

As ever, expect more on all of this if and when it develops further.