Showing posts with label Robert Zemeckis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert Zemeckis. Show all posts

Sunday, October 29, 2017

New UFO Drama 'Blue Book' Lands Game of Thrones Alum

New UFO Drama 'Blue Book' Lands Game of Thrones Alum

     With his long and villainous run on Game of Thrones now over, Irish actor Aiden Gillen is turning his considerable talents toward playing one of the more polarizing scientists in the murky history of UFO research.
By Don Kaye
www.syfy.com
10-27-17

Deadline reports that Gillen has been cast in the lead role of J. Allen Hynek for History's upcoming scripted series Blue Book. The 10-episode series is executive produced by Robert Zemeckis (Contact) and will chronicle the secret Air Force investigations into UFO phenomena of the 1950s and '60s.

Sunday, May 28, 2017

UFO Scripted Drama, 'Blue Book' To Be Produced By Award Winning Filmmaker, Robert Zemeckis

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UFO Scripted Drama, 'Blue Book' To Be Produced By Award Winning Filmmaker, Robert Zemeckis

     History has ordered a 10-episode scripted drama from executive producer Robert Zemeckis straight to series, Variety has learned.

Currently titled “Blue Book,” the series chronicles the real top secret
By Joe Otterson
Variety
5-25-17
United States Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena in the 1950s and ’60s known as Project Blue Book. It will focus on college professor Dr. J. Allen Hynek, who is recruited by the military to spearhead the project.

“Rarely have I been associated with a project that is a perfect fusion of historical fact and extraordinary entertainment,” said Zemeckis. ...