Details about Steven Spielberg‘s latest are trickling out, and there’s a good reason for that.
The film legend took the stage in Las Vegas at CinemaCon with one of his stars, Colman Domingo, and spoke about the importance of protecting the third act surprises for his new film, Disclosure Day. “All you need to get from the beginning to the end is a seatbelt,” Spielberg said.
The presentation also included some footage, which given Spielberg’s secrecy, portends big things for the film’s finale.
Here’s everything we know about the next sci-fi thriller from one of the best to ever do it.
The Early Reactions
A handful of social reactions appeared online Wednesday morning — from a higher caliber of sources than your typical early reviews — and the word so far is uniformly strong, with most heralding Disclosure Day as Spielberg’s best work in several years.
The Final Tailer
The last official preview of Disclosure Day features an interview with Spielberg explaining some of his ethos behind the story. “I’m much more inclined now than I was when I made Close Encounters to really believe that we’re not the only intelligent civilization in the universe,” Spielberg says in the trailer, before giving us a great look at the film’s aliens.
The First Clip
Emily Blunt stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote the film and brought its first official clip with her. The scene features Blunt and Wyatt Russell discussing what’s been going on with her and all that clickety-clacking.
The CinemaCon Footage
The CinemaCon-specific extended clip confined itself to setting up the movie’s first act, which involves an outbreak of strange behavior across the globe, starting with Emily Blunt’s weather reporter, who starts talking in an alien language mid-broadcast. That incident makes her the target of secrecy-minded government officials, as well as allies like Josh O’Connor’s truth-seeker, who shares a connection with Blunt that dates back to childhood. In fact, the last shot reveals an alien regarding a young girl who may have been Blunt’s character in the past.
The Latest Trailer
The newest preview sheds some more light on the setup and structure of the film, which sees O’Connor’s character stealing government secrets about alien life and going on the run. We also get the intriguing detail that the clicking demonstrated by Blunt’s character means something to him.
The Cast
The cast is the one of the few arenas where we actually have some decent information.
The movie stars Emily Blunt, who was the first actor to join the project, back in June 2024. She’ll be joined by two-time Oscar nominee Coleman Domingo, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, and Wyatt Russell.
Behind the Scenes
The script comes from David Koepp, a frequent collaborator with Spielberg. The writer, of course, penned the adaptation of Michael Crichton‘s Jurassic Park, and then went on to write its sequel The Lost World, before contributing to the screenplays for The War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls.
The Story
The press release that accompanied the first teaser (below) mostly reiterated information from both trailers, saying “If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to … Disclosure Day.”
The Backstory
The earliest rumors about the project’s story held that Spielberg was returning to a topic featured in some of his greatest films. The director of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the whispers claimed, was about to make his next UFO movie.
That’s line has been consistently repeated as the cast filled out, and the tagline on the Times Square billboard seems to all but confirm that Spielberg is once again looking to the sky. But what could it be about beyond some lights in the sky?
Well, a popular theory has to do with something the man himself said during his sit down with Stephen Colbert in 2023. During a conversation about UFOs (or as they’re now called UAPs), Spielberg lays out a hopeful theory that the unexplained phenomena are really just us traveling back in time from the future.
Interesting idea, Steve!
The Fake Title
For months, the title “The Dish” was sitting at the top of the project’s IMDb page, but that moniker came from a misreading of a Deadline headline about the project in a media column called “The Dish.”
The Release Date
The movie is due out on June 12, 2026, so until then, keep your eyes to the skies… and Gold Derby, where we’ll definitely keep you posted.
This story was originally published on Dec. 11, updated on Feb. 8 with the Super Bowl teaser, on Mar. 12 with the new trailer, on April 16 with the details from CinemaCon, and on May 27 with the social reactions, final trailer, and first clip.
