UFOs are on the news year round, and it looks like JJ Abrams is ready to get involved too.
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According to a recent report from Deadline, Abrams is executive producer of a new four-part documentary series about mankind’s fascination with unidentified objects in flight for Showtime. The series, known as UFO, will premiere later this year on August 8, 2021, dropping all four episodes at midnight.
According to reports, the series will take a look at what influence the American government, private corporations, and the military could use to hide the truth behind potential extraterrestrial phenomena. Interest in UFOs has seen a massive surge, according to a 2017 New York Times article in which the Pentagon confirmed footage of Navy pilots hitting an unidentified object in the sky.
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UFO is directed by Mark Monroe and Paul Crowder and produced by Abrams Bad Robot production studio, with Glen Zipper’s Zipper Bros Films also producing. Zipper, Mark Monroe, Sean Stuart, Ben Stephenson and Rachel Rusch Rich will also join Abrams as executive producers on the show. Co-executive producers Kevin Lincoln and producers Maren Domzalski and Paul McGuire are also associated with the project.
