MGM+ UNVEILS "BEYOND: UFOS AND THE UNKNOWN" OFFICIAL TRAILER AND KEY ART

BEYOND: UFOS AND THE UNKNOWN premieres October 27 at 10pm ET/PT on MGM+

Following revelations in 2017 of a secret government program studying UFOs buried deep within the Pentagon, many scientists, academics, and government officials stopped wondering whether UFOs were real and started asking: "what are they?" This journey led them far beyond machines in the sky, taking them down a rabbit hole of alien encounters, near-death experiences, remote viewing, and other seemingly unrelated paranormal phenomena. Using the most sophisticated techniques and searching for only credible evidence, they discovered frightening, perplexing, and eye-opening realities buried just beneath the surface of everyday life. The answers they brought back promise not only to rewrite our conception of UFOs, but to change everything we thought we knew about human consciousness, the afterlife, and our place in the universe.

Featuring | Jacques Vallée (Computer Scientist and Astronomer), Whitley Strieber (Author, Communion), Garry Nolan (Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine), Leslie Kean (Journalist), Bryan Bender (Former Defense Editor, POLITICO), Christopher Mellon (Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence), Tim Gallaudet (Rear Admiral, US Navy, Retired), Greg Eghigian (Professor of History and Bioethics at Penn State), Mitch Horowitz (Author, Modern Occultism), Jeffrey J. Kripal (Professor of Philosophy and Religious Thought, Rice University) and many more.

Directed by | Paul Crowder (Episodes 1 & 3) and Mark Monroe (Episodes 2 & 4)

Co-Executive Produced by | Kevin Lincoln

Executive Produced by | Mark Monroe, Lyn Lear, Rachel Rusch Rich, Sean Stuart, Glen Zipper, and J.J. Abrams

Produced by | Maren Domzalski

Produced by | A Bad Robot/Zipper Bros Films Production in association with Sutter Road Picture Company, Diamond Docs, and MGM+ Studios

Episode Descriptions:

Episode 1: October 27, 2024

Revelations of a secret Pentagon program as well as eyewitness testimony from fighter pilots forces the world to take UFOs seriously for the first time in years. But Congressional hearings and new task forces find more questions than they do answers.

Episode 2: November 3, 2024

Most people think that UFOs are just machines in the sky. But legendary researcher Jacques Vallée and writer Whitley Strieber believe that the explanation is much stranger and more terrifying... a terror that Strieber has experienced firsthand.

Episode 3: November 10, 2024

Academics and scientists are finally able to study UFOs and alien encounters without risking their careers. Some subjects remain taboo, though - including materials allegedly left by UFOs, and the frightening stories of "experiencers."

Episode 4: November 17, 2024

A number of mavericks believe that unexplained phenomena like remote viewing and near-death experiences have a strange connection to UFOs - and this connection threatens to change everything we thought we knew about human consciousness.

About Bad Robot

Bad Robot was formed by filmmaker J.J. Abrams in 2001. The company has produced television series including Alias, Lost, Fringe, Person of Interest, Westworld, Castle Rock, Lovecraft Country, Lisey's Story, Presumed Innocent for Apple TV+, and the upcoming series Duster for Max. The company has produced such features as SUPER 8, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS and THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, and the STAR TREK, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, and CLOVERFIELD franchises. Via its overall deal with Oscar(R)-winning documentarian Glen Zipper, Bad Robot has also produced several documentaries, including Showtime's UFO, Netflix's Challenger: The Final Flight, THE BLUE ANGELS for IMAX and Amazon, and Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes for Max. In addition to its live-action film and television slate, Bad Robot produced the Oscar-winning animated adaptation of Charlie Mackesy's beloved illustrated book "The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse" and has a number of animated projects underway, including a reimagining of Dr. Seuss's iconic "Oh, the Places You'll Go" and Batman: Caped Crusader. In 2018, the company launched Bad Robot Games, a new entity dedicated to developing large and indie-scale original games for mobile, PC, and console. The company has also launched both an audio division, Bad Robot Audio, in partnership with Spotify to develop and produce original scripted and non-scripted audio content, including the hit podcast Dear Felicity, and a theater division, Bad Robot Live, which has an exclusive three-year partnership with Ambassador Theatre Group. Bad Robot Live has recently produced such hits as the Tony award-winning Appropriate, Gutenberg! The Musical!, One Woman Show, and Oh God, A Show About Abortion. Bad Robot is based in Santa Monica and can be followed at twitter.com/bad_robot and instagram.com/bad_robot.

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