S.H.A.D.O. Knows

Fringe star Joshua Jackson is inked to headline a new film adaptation of the cult 70's British sci-fi TV series "UFO" reports Variety.

Jackson will star as Paul Foster, a test pilot who joins S.H.A.D.O. (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defense Organization), a covert organization built under a Hollywood studio that defends Earth against a race of aliens who have been abducting humans and using the body parts.

Gerry Anderson who also created the cult marionette shows like "Thunderbirds" and ""Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons" went live-action with the original "UFO" show which ran for a single season of twenty-six episodes from 1970 to 1971.

A second series was initially commissioned but later cancelled, with much of the development work done on it incorporated into Anderson's more well-known mid-70's program "Space: 1999"

Ryan Gaudet and Joseph Kanarek are writing the screenplay

Iron Man and Shutter Island visual effects supervisor Matthew Gratzner is set to make his directorial debut on the pic.

Filming kicks off this Spring in the UK.

As a fan of Anderson's cult TV classics since childhood I'm jazzed over the possibilities here. Nice to see that Jackson not afraid to leave the genre once Fringe wraps its 2nd season.