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AMC Books a Trip to Area 51

Nix July 30, 2012

Last we heard on Gale Anne Hurd’s “Area 51″ adaptation, the uber action producer was looking for a home for the Annie Jacobsen book. Looks like she’s found it — at AMC, also home to Hurd’s “The Walking Dead”, AMC’s most popular TV series. The cable network has now added “Area 51″ to its development slate, with plans to turn it into a weekly series set in the ’50 sand ’60s. Published in May, Jacobsen’s book revolves around the famed military installation in the world that has never been acknowledged by the U.S. government and explores the myths about the area and those who believe that region is home to aliens, underground tunnel systems and nuclear facilities. Jacobsen interviewed 19 men who served on the base and additional servicemen who were employed there. Todd E. Kessler will write the pilot script on the sci-fi drama, with Hurd and author Jacobsen producing. If Hurd is smart, though, she’ll get this guy… Continue Reading »

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Gale Anne Hurd Exploring Area 51 in a New TV Series

Nix November 23, 2011

Oh, Area 51, will people ever leave you alone? Probably not. “The Walking Dead” producer Gale Anne Hurd is heading back to the forbidden Government facility with a new one-hour TV show called, of course, “Area 51″. The show will be based on the book “Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base” by Annie Jacobsen, and “follow two men working on the base who are thrust into danger when they uncover secrets that the government will protect at any cost.” Here’s an official description of the book: Area 51 is the most famous military installation in the world. And it doesn’t exist. Located a mere seventy-five miles outside of Las Vegas in Nevada’s desert, the base has never been acknowledged by the U.S. government-but Area 51 has captivated imaginations for decades. Myths and hypotheses about Area 51 have long abounded, thanks to the intense secrecy enveloping it. Some claim it is home to aliens, underground tunnel… Continue Reading »