{"id":16323,"date":"2021-06-17T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/ufo-docuseries-j-j-abrams-bad-robot-showtime\/"},"modified":"2021-06-17T10:53:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T14:53:49","slug":"ufo-docuseries-from-j-j-abrams-bad-robot-for-showtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/ufo-docuseries-from-j-j-abrams-bad-robot-for-showtime\/","title":{"rendered":"UFO Docuseries from J.J. Abrams\u2019 Bad Robot for Showtime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Showtime is set to premiere <em>UFO<\/em>, a new four-part docuseries from J.J. Abrams\u2019 Bad Robot and Glen Zipper that will explore the ongoing fascination with unidentified flying objects and how the truth behind the extraterrestrial phenomena has been shielded.<\/p>\n<p><em>UFO<\/em> will explore what clandestine influence the American government, private companies and the military may have in hiding the truth to further their own agendas. Directed by Mark Monroe (<em>Icarus<\/em>) and Paul Crowder (<em>Riding Giants<\/em>), the series investigates unsettling theories of the subject that has historically been the focus of powerful politicians and CEOs, while average citizens pursuing the same truth have been ridiculed.<\/p>\n<p>The series is a co-production by Bad Robot and Zipper Bros Films. 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