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Saudi director and producer Hamzah Jamjoom and Alberto Lopez’s Plot Point One have optioned Paul Cornell and Ryan Kelly’s comic book series Saucer Country for a TV adaptation.

“Saucer Country is about how a mythology can be weaponised and how the search for “the truth” can be used to obscure it. That’s a story we’re seeing played out in the headlines right now. I’m incredibly excited that my comic is going beyond the printed page, especially with a creative team that understands and loves the material,” Cornell told Deadline. He will be penning the pilot episode.

The comic focuses on Arcadia Alvarado, the Hispanic Governor of New Mexico, whose campaign for the U.S. presidency is derailed when she claims she was abducted by aliens. A definitive version of the 2012 series was released in 2024 by Chris Ryall’s Syzygy Publishing.

“Saucer Country is the most visually arresting graphic novel I’ve read in years. The composition is unnervingly precise and the closest thing I’ve seen to a shootable storyboard,” Jamjoom explained. “It offers everything I have been waiting for: striking UFO imagery, cinematic portrayals of alien abductions and profound metaphors for the politics surrounding the phenomenon. There is an opportunity here to create something timely, grounded and socially relevant. We look forward to bringing the best talent to this project and sharing it with audiences worldwide.”