Executive produced by Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, Contact), HISTORY’s new drama series Project Blue Book is based on the true, Top Secret investigations into Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and related phenomena conducted by the United States Air Force from 1952-1969.
The series is inspired by the personal experiences of Dr. J. Allen Hynek (Gillen), a brilliant college professor recruited by the U.S. Air Force to spearhead this clandestine operation (Project Blue Book) that researched thousands of cases, over 700 of which remain unsolved to this day. Each episode will draw from the actual case files blending UFO theories with authentic historical events from one of the most mysterious eras in United States history. Aidan Gillen is currently starring in the Freddy Mercury biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody. He was also most recently seen opposite Debra Winger in The Lovers, Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and in the third installment of the Maze Runner series Maze Runner: Death Cure. Gillen can be seen in the fourth season of the BBC Two series Peaky Blinders which is currently streaming on Netflix. Michael Malarkey is a British-American actor and singer/songwriter best known for his role as Enzo in the hit CW series The Vampire Diaries. In 2013, Malarkey was cast in the recurring role of Lorezno (Enzo) in Season 5 of The Vampire Diaries. After his character became an audience favorite, Malarkey was upgraded to a series regular in Season 6 and remained with the series until it concluded with Season 8 in spring 2017. Other credits include the CW television movie The Selection, a guest-starring role on the acclaimed British series Mr. Sloane opposite Nick Frost and Olivia Coleman, and several short films. Michael can most recently be seen as ‘Foster’ in the Crackle series The Oath.