{"id":7805,"date":"2017-05-26T04:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T08:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2017-05-26T08:54:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T12:54:09","slug":"robert-zemeckis-doing-scripted-ufo-drama-for-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/robert-zemeckis-doing-scripted-ufo-drama-for-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Zemeckis Doing UFO Drama for HISTORY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HISTORY is going straight to series with the original scripted drama <em>Blue Book<\/em> from A+E Studios, with Robert Zemeckis (<em>Forrest Gump<\/em>, <em>Back to the Future<\/em>, <em>Contact<\/em>) attached as executive producer.<\/p>\n<p><em>Blue Book<\/em> chronicles the true top secret United States Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena in the 1950s and \u201960s known as \u201cProject Blue Book.\u201d The series follows Dr. J. Allen Hynek, a college professor recruited by the U.S. Air Force to head up this clandestine operation that researched thousands of cases, many of which were never solved. Each episode will draw from the actual files, blending UFO theories with authentic historical events.<\/p>\n<p>The series marks the fourth scripted original to join the HISTORY slate and the third scripted series from A+E Studios. A+E Networks holds worldwide distribution rights for <em>Blue Book<\/em>, which is an A+E Studios production in association with Compari Entertainment, a division of ImageMovers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Blue Book<\/em> is inspired by the true covert events of an era in American history shrouded in mystery,\u201d said\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Paul Buccieri, the president of A+E Studios and A+E Networks Portfolio Group<\/span>. \u201cRobert Zemeckis and the creative team have shaped an incredibly compelling narrative, building upon HISTORY\u2019s unique, growing brand of fact-based scripted programming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRarely have I been associated with a project that is a perfect fusion of historical fact and extraordinary entertainment,\u201d said Zemeckis. \u201cWe are grateful for A+E Studios\u2019 and HISTORY\u2019s support for what I know will be a fabulous series.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HISTORY is going straight to series with the original scripted drama Blue Book from A+E Studios, with Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, Contact) attached as executive producer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":7809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[240,239,1894],"class_list":["post-7805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-ae-studios","tag-history","tag-robert-zemeckis","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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