A documentary feature about a notable researcher of unexplained phenomena is ready to launch.
Falcon Scout Media has acquired North American rights for Sleeping Dog and is planning a mid-May theatrical and digital release. Director Michael Lazovsky’s movie focuses on filmmaker and ufologist Jeremy Corbell, who is known for his UFO research and for directing the 2018 documentary Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers.
Sleeping Dog has been decades in the making and chronicles Corbell’s unlikely path from mixed martial artist to a journalist at the center of the battle for disclosure of unidentified anomalous phenomena. Corbell has worked with investigative reporter George Knapp to obtain and release military-filmed UAP footage and has provided briefings to Congress.
The documentary includes previously unseen footage from Corbell’s early investigations, in addition to interviews with such insiders as astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Col. John B. Alexander, John Lear, Bob Lazar, David Grusch, Edmund Storms and Cmdr. David Fravor. The film examines the challenges that Corbell has faced in his efforts to bring a spotlight to his findings.
“This is the most difficult thing I have ever allowed people to see, personally,” Corbell says in a statement.
Corbell and Lazovsky produce the film that counts Jim Martin as executive producer. WME’s Lance Klein represents the project.
Sleeping Dog’s release arrives amid Hollywood’s renewed fascination with alien life. The Ryan Gosling-led Project Hail Mary is currently a box office hit, while Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day hits theaters this summer, and Ryan Coogler is spearheading a reboot of The X-Files.
“I believe people will be genuinely shocked, as I was,” says Lazovsky, who previously helmed the short film Magdalena. “I came into this as a complete outsider, and I was shocked. Not only by Jeremy Corbell’s investigative journey — but by the extent to which he has influenced public transparency, and the remarkable level of engagement he receives on a daily basis by intelligence agencies.”
The poster for Sleeping Dog.
Falcon Scout Media