The veil has lastly been lifted for Hollywood icon Steven Spielberg’s clandestine sci-fi undertaking centered round UFOs and an extraterrestrial incursion that is been speculated on and whispered about for greater than a 12 months, and it is top-of-the-line early Christmas presents we’ve been given in years! Plus it is kinda scary!
The official teaser synopsis describes the Spielberg-directed occasion movie as “Should you came upon we weren’t alone, if somebody confirmed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer time, the reality belongs to seven billion individuals. We’re coming near … Disclosure Day.”
Right here on this tense preview providing some severe “Indicators” and “Three Physique Drawback” vibes, Blunt (“Oppenheimer,” “A Quiet Place”) is overcome by an odd alien mind scramble whereas conducting a stay Kansas Metropolis climate report. O’Connor (“Challengers”) portrays a passionate man who desires to disclose the reality of alien life to the remainder of the world, whereas Colin Firth (“The King’s Speech”) seems as some scientist wired as much as a sinister mind-melding machine.
Spielberg’s lengthy fascination with UFOs, aliens, and outer area started at a really early age when his father woke him up late one night time to go witness the Perseid meteor shower while lying in a field outside the suburbs of Haddon Heights, New Jersey. This led to one of his first amateur film projects at the age of 17, a 1964 feature-length sci-fi movie called “Firelight” that he screened at a local Phoenix, Arizona theater for family and friends for the price of $1 per ticket.
His Hollywood explorations of flying saucers and science fiction came to glorious fruition with 1977’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” then later in 1982’s “E.T the Extra-Terrestrial,” and more recently for 2005’s “War of the Worlds.” Now he’s firmly back in the UFO business with a dark descent into traditional alien invasion fare, complete with crop circles, sentient cardinals, herds of odd elk, and some positively creepy clicking voices. But so far, no actual aliens or spaceships!
“Disclosure Day’s” screenplay, based on an original Spielberg story, was penned by frequent collaborator David Koepp, who helped write “Jurassic Park,” “Jurassic Park: The Lost World,” and “War of the Worlds.”
Not to be a killjoy here, but is anyone slightly fatigued by Emily Blunt in yet another alien-centric sci-fi film after her turns in two “A Quiet Place” installments and “Edge of Tomorrow?” No? Okay, let’s move on then. Oh, but did we mention that the legendary John Williams is doing the film’s score?! Now we did.
Produced by Spielberg with Kristie Macosko Krieger at Amblin Entertainment, and also starring Eve Hewson, Colman Domingo, Wyatt Russell, and Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Universal’s “Disclosure Day” drops into theaters June 12, 2026.
