The Ancient Aliens film marks the feature-length directorial debut of Heald, who previously directed several episodes of Cobra Kai which is currently in production for its upcoming fourth season.
Legendary and Counterbalance Entertainment are in the process of developing a film adaptation of Ancient Aliens, based on History Channel’s long-running sci-fi docuseries.
The project hails from Cobra Kai creators Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, who are executive producing through their Counterbalance banner.
The project will be executive produced by Luke Ryan and Jon Jashni.