Two new movie projects explore Area 51, UFOs

(This article also appears on the Joint Recon Study Group site.)

Nevada's not-so-secret test range for advanced U.S. aircraft and extraterrestrial-engineered UFOs is the focus of two current movie projects.

Oren Peli, who created the current independent film sensation "Paranormal Activity," is now working on "Area 51," using a somewhat similar style.

Meanwhile, the rights to a project tentatively titled "S4: The Incredible True Story of Bob Lazar" were recently obtained by Curmudgeon Films.

Lazar is the individual who came forward in 1989 and claimed to have been a scientist at Area 51 where he worked on and viewed extraterrestrial craft.

Will today's audiences be interested in the subject of Area 51 – a topic that has been the subject of so many TV programs, films and books?

PROFIT POTENTIAL

Peli's "Paranormal Activity" was reportedly made on a budget of about $15,000. It has already grossed approximately $65 million during a limited distribution in college towns and smaller venues in about 950 theaters. Last weekend, it was being shown on 2,000 screens.

According to some reports, the movie has, so far, achieved a return on investment of 434,000 percent, making it the most profitable film on record.

Peli got a bump up in his resources for "Area 51," reportedly obtaining funding for a $5 million budget for the story of three teens with a video camera who try to sneak onto the secret base to see what they can see.

It may not turn out well for the three teens – but the results might be excellent for Peli and his associates.

Over at Curmudgeon Films, obtaining the rights to "S4: The Incredible True Story of Bob Lazar" from New Line Cinema might turn out to be a good investment too.

A screenplay is being written by Kenneth Yakkel. He is reportedly incorporating the true life accounts of Lazar, who in 1989 spoke with Las Vegas TV news reporter George Knapp about Area 51 and the alien spacecraft Lazar claimed to have seen in secret hangars there.

Lazar told Knapp, of KLAS, Channel 8 (a CBS affiliate), that while working at a location called S-4, he saw extraterrestrial craft that were being examined and "back-engineered" by U.S. personnel.

He also claimed that he was briefed about the background and history of the extraterrestrials and their activities on Earth

AUDIENCE INTEREST

A steady stream of movies on related topics have been released in recent months. "Area 51" and "S4: The Incredible True Story of Bob Lazar" seem to fit in nicely with other excellent works that have been thrilling and enlightening viewers lately.

The recent remake of "The Day the Eart Stood Still" presented several new angles for audiences to think about, including the destruction of Earth's natural resources, ecosystem and environment.

"Race to Witch Mountain" took young and old movie fans on an action-packed adventure that included two extraterrestrials who appeared as human kids and needed to enter a secret Nevada military facility.

During the summer, the light-hearted "Aliens in the Attic" entertained us with a story of a vacationing family dealing with friendly and not-so-friendly aliens. The kids in the movie had to take charge due to alien mind control that affected the grownups.

The troubling film "District 9" opened in theatres last August and presented an even different scenario of aliens landing on Earth. We saw the dark side of humans – how we treat each other and how we might treat beings who are different from us.

In November, the animated "Planet 51" is scheduled to open in theatres. This fun film is a twist on the usual scenario of aliens visiting Earth. This time, humans are the aliens flying the UFO and landing on someone else's planet.

This same theme of humans invading another planet will be explored in James Cameron's "Avatar," due in theatres this December. This technically-advanced movie promises to be a visual thrill with a story that is deep and meaningful.

Also in November, "The Fourth Kind" will deal with accounts of abductions of humans by extraterrestrials or some kind of unusual beings. This somewhat frightening topic will be looked at in the story of a psychotherapist who discovers that her clients have possibly experienced alien abduction.

Undoubtedly, audiences will also be ready and waiting to line up, buy their tickets and popcorn, and enjoy upcoming movies such as "Area 51" and "S4: The Incredible True Story of Bob Lazar."

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