Sliders is an American science fiction and fantasy television series created by Robert K. Weiss and Tracy Tormé. It was broadcast for five seasons between 1995 and 2000. The series follows a group of travelers as they use a wormhole to "slide" between different parallel universes. Tracy Tormé, Robert K. Weiss, Leslie Belzberg, John Landis, David Peckinpah, Bill Dial and Alan Barnette served as executive producers at different times of the production. For its first two seasons, it was produced in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was filmed primarily in Los Angeles, California, in the last three seasons.
The original Sliders. From left to right: Wade Welles (Sabrina Lloyd), Rembrandt Brown (Cleavant Derricks), Professor Arturo (John Rhys-Davies) and Quinn Mallory (Jerry O'Connell)
The main cast by the final season. From left to right: Maggie Beckett (Kari Wuhrer), Rembrandt Brown (Derricks), Dr. Diana Davis (Tembi Locke), and Mallory (Robert Floyd).
John David Landis is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for the comedy films that he has directed – such as The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), The Blues Brothers (1980), An American Werewolf in London (1981), Trading Places (1983), Three Amigos (1986), Coming to America (1988) and Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) – and for directing Michael Jackson's music videos for "Thriller" (1983) and "Black or White" (1991).
Landis at the 2022 Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Italy