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“Encounters” Trailer – Netflix Docuseries from Amblin TV Explores True Stories of Otherworldly Phenomena
From Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television, Vice Studios, and Boardwalk Pictures (“Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?”) comes the docuseries “Encounters,” headed to Netflix this month.
“Encounters” will launch on September 27, 2023. Watch the official trailer below.
The four-part docuseries from director Yon Motskin (“Hustle”) is said to “explore four extraordinary true stories of encounters with otherworldly phenomena.”
“Encounters” is described as a landmark series that travels the globe.
Each cinematic and deeply-researched episode tells a single story: strange lights in the sky over small-town Texas; submersible space crafts haunting a coastal Welsh village; an alien encounter with schoolchildren in Zimbabwe; non-human intelligence reportedly interfering with a nuclear power plant in Japan.
As told from the perspective of firsthand experiencers – in the places where the sightings occurred – and guided by cutting-edge scientists and military personnel, the series goes beyond the science to highlight the profoundly human impact of these encounters on lives, families, and communities.
A timely and timeless cosmic detective story, what will be revealed from this puzzle of seemingly unrelated encounters across different places, times, and cultures is a set of uncanny similarities, and one astonishing truth: extraterrestrial encounters are global, awe-inspiring, and unlike anything we’ve ever imagined.
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Watch the Bloody ‘Scooby-Doo’ Sketch Starring Jake Gyllenhaal from ‘Saturday Night Live’
Jake Gyllenhaal hosted “Saturday Night Live” last night and the show’s most memorable sketch saw Gyllenhaal playing an iconic pop culture character: Fred from “Scooby-Doo.”
It was titled “Scooby-Doo and the Mystery of the Shadow Phantom,” with Gyllenhaal starring alongside musical guest Sabrina Carpenter as well as “SNL” cast members Sarah Sherman, Mikey Day, and Andrew Dismukes. While it starts like a traditional “Scooby” adventure, with the gang unmasking a mystery, it soon turns into a rated “R” bloodbath.
After Fred reveals the Phantom to be Old Man Franklin, he takes things a step too far and literally rips Old Man Franklin’s face clean off. From there, the Mystery Inc. gang is dispatched in increasingly gruesome ways, while Scoob chows down on the Old Man’s face.
The gore effects are largely digital, but we’ll let it slide.
Watch “Scooby-Doo and the Mystery of the Shadow Phantom” below!
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