The US History channel has released their first trailer for ‘Project Blue Book‘, a new UFO drama based on the US Air Force’s attempts in the 1950’s to disprove the existence of aliens… Which is surprisingly harder than you would think!
The series comes from Robert Zemeckis (‘Back to the Future’), and stars ‘Game of Thrones’ Aidan Gillen as brilliant college professor J. Allen Hynek who is recruited to investigate UFO-related phenomena. Hynek is teamed up with Capt. Michael Quinn, played by ‘The Vampire Diaries’ Michael Malarkey, with each episode taking inspiration from the actual declassified ‘Project Blue Book’ files, which was a real-life clandestine program run by the US Air Force in the 50s and 60s. As the duo work through thousands of cases, many of which were never solved, the show blends UFO theories with authentic historical events from one of the most mysterious eras in United States history.
Along with playing the scheming Littlefinger in ‘Game Of Thrones’, Gillen also starred in the last season of ‘Peaky Blinders’ and played the provocative godfather of modern stand-up in ‘Dave Allen At Peace’ for the BBC. Michael Malarkey has been starring in US drama ‘The Oath’ in a recurring role, but is probably best known in the UK for playing bad boy vampire turned good, Lorenzo ‘Enzo’ St. John, in ‘The Vampire Diaries’.
The series is actually packed full of actors from various other sci-fi projects and popular shows. A few familiar faces you may spot in the trailer are Neal McDonough (‘Arrow’, ‘Legends Of Tomorrow’), Laura Mennell (‘The Man in the High Castle’, ‘Haven’), Michael Harney (‘Orange Is the New Black’), and Ksenia Solo (‘Lost Girl’, ‘Orphan Black’).
‘Project Blue Book‘ does not yet have a UK release date, and it doesn’t always follow that shows made by the US History channel will end up on it’s UK counterpart. We’ll let you know if and when the UFO drama makes it’s way across the Atlantic.
