Film fans hail ‘return of the king’ after watching Steven Spielberg’s new sci-fi trailer

Emily Blunt wearing pink dress as weather girl in Disclosure Day Disclosure Day is fast becoming one of the most anticipated films of 2026 (Picture: Universal Pictures)

Steven Spielberg’s films are always treated to huge waves of enthusiasm from fans but this latest one may be the most anticipated yet.

The legendary director will finally return to his extraterrestrial legacy after 20 years with a brand new movie focusing on an alien invasion.

He’s renowned for making iconic films such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, War of the Worlds and, of course, ET.

Disclosure Day, slated for release in June, will be his first return to sci-fi since 2018’s Ready Player One.

The first trailer features Emily Blunt making some unsettling noises and Josh O’Connor standing in a big crop circle.

If that wasn’t enough to get you to the cinema, Colin Firth is also here, having what we can only imagine is a rough day at the office.

GRABS Disclosure Day A film by Steven Spielberg. Disclosure Day is in theaters 06.12.26. 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. Universal Pictures is proud to release a new original event film created and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars SAG winner and Oscar? nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O?Connor (Challengers, The Crown), Oscar? winner Colin Firth (The King?s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple) and two-time Oscar? nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin). Based on a story by Spielberg, the screenplay is by David Koepp, whose previous work with Spielberg includes the scripts for Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Combined, those films earned more than $3 billion worldwide. Koepp also wrote the script for this 2025?s Jurassic World Rebirth. Disclosure Day is produced by five-time Academy Award? nominee Kristie Macosko Krieger (The Fabelmans, West Side Story) and by Spielberg for Amblin Entertainment. The executive producers are Adam Somner and Chris Brigham. Steven Spielberg is one of the industry?s most successful and influential filmmakers. The top-grossing director of all time, Spielberg has helmed such blockbusters as Jaws, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, the Indiana Jones franchise and Jurassic Park. Among his myriad honors, he is a three-time Academy Award? winner, including Oscars? for Best Director and Best Picture for Schindler?s List, which received a total of seven Oscars?, and for Best Director for Saving Private Ryan. His most recent film, The Fabelmans, was released by Universal in 2022 and received seven Academy Award? nominations, including for Directing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Picture. Fans are thrilled that Steven Spielberg is returning to sci-fi (Picture: Universal Pictures)

Fans are already setting their expectations high, dubbing it the ‘return of the king’ (using a Lord of the Rings gif) in a nod to his history in the genre.

X user tashakappler said they were ‘a little surprised to see this lean more towards Taken’ but added: ‘I love a good crop circle’.

Film journalist Alistair Ryder enthusiastically said we have a ‘banger incoming’, praising the marked tonal difference from Close Encounters.

Joe Russo (not that one) added Spielberg fans were ‘eating GOOD’ as the teaser hinted at the importance of recurring red birds.

Some shared Ayo Edibiri’s classic tweet, which has become a well-used meme, in which she said: ‘I’m seated. The theater employees are scared and asking me to leave because it’s ‘not August yet’ but I’m simply too seated.’

Los Angeles Premiere Of Focus Features' "Hamnet" - Arrivals The director was behind the likes of ET and War of the Worlds (Picture: Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic) GRABS Disclosure Day A film by Steven Spielberg. Disclosure Day is in theaters 06.12.26. 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. Universal Pictures is proud to release a new original event film created and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars SAG winner and Oscar? nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O?Connor (Challengers, The Crown), Oscar? winner Colin Firth (The King?s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple) and two-time Oscar? nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin). Based on a story by Spielberg, the screenplay is by David Koepp, whose previous work with Spielberg includes the scripts for Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Combined, those films earned more than $3 billion worldwide. Koepp also wrote the script for this 2025?s Jurassic World Rebirth. Disclosure Day is produced by five-time Academy Award? nominee Kristie Macosko Krieger (The Fabelmans, West Side Story) and by Spielberg for Amblin Entertainment. The executive producers are Adam Somner and Chris Brigham. Steven Spielberg is one of the industry?s most successful and influential filmmakers. The top-grossing director of all time, Spielberg has helmed such blockbusters as Jaws, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, the Indiana Jones franchise and Jurassic Park. Among his myriad honors, he is a three-time Academy Award? winner, including Oscars? for Best Director and Best Picture for Schindler?s List, which received a total of seven Oscars?, and for Best Director for Saving Private Ryan. His most recent film, The Fabelmans, was released by Universal in 2022 and received seven Academy Award? nominations, including for Directing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Picture. Josh O’Connor stars alongside Emily Blunt and Colin Firth (Picture: Universal Pictures) GRABS Disclosure Day A film by Steven Spielberg. Disclosure Day is in theaters 06.12.26. 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. Universal Pictures is proud to release a new original event film created and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars SAG winner and Oscar? nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O?Connor (Challengers, The Crown), Oscar? winner Colin Firth (The King?s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple) and two-time Oscar? nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin). Based on a story by Spielberg, the screenplay is by David Koepp, whose previous work with Spielberg includes the scripts for Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Combined, those films earned more than $3 billion worldwide. Koepp also wrote the script for this 2025?s Jurassic World Rebirth. Disclosure Day is produced by five-time Academy Award? nominee Kristie Macosko Krieger (The Fabelmans, West Side Story) and by Spielberg for Amblin Entertainment. The executive producers are Adam Somner and Chris Brigham. Steven Spielberg is one of the industry?s most successful and influential filmmakers. The top-grossing director of all time, Spielberg has helmed such blockbusters as Jaws, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, the Indiana Jones franchise and Jurassic Park. Among his myriad honors, he is a three-time Academy Award? winner, including Oscars? for Best Director and Best Picture for Schindler?s List, which received a total of seven Oscars?, and for Best Director for Saving Private Ryan. His most recent film, The Fabelmans, was released by Universal in 2022 and received seven Academy Award? nominations, including for Directing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Picture. No clue what’s going on but we’re so here for it (Picture: Universal Pictures)

‘Looks like we have another Spielberg genre summer blockbuster on our hands. Loving the atmosphere. Disclosure Day is one of my most anticipated of next summer!’, wrote Anthony Dapuzzo.

Others branded it the ‘best film of 2026’, joining highly anticipated blockbusters like Nolan’s The Odyssey, the new Hunger Games, and controversial Wuthering Heights.

Very little is known about Disclosure Day’s plot, with the teaser giving away tiny snippets suggesting a worldwide crisis that has everyone from animals to nuns invested.

The longline reads: ‘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.’

GRABS Disclosure Day A film by Steven Spielberg. Disclosure Day is in theaters 06.12.26. 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. Universal Pictures is proud to release a new original event film created and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars SAG winner and Oscar? nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O?Connor (Challengers, The Crown), Oscar? winner Colin Firth (The King?s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple) and two-time Oscar? nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin). Based on a story by Spielberg, the screenplay is by David Koepp, whose previous work with Spielberg includes the scripts for Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Combined, those films earned more than $3 billion worldwide. Koepp also wrote the script for this 2025?s Jurassic World Rebirth. Disclosure Day is produced by five-time Academy Award? nominee Kristie Macosko Krieger (The Fabelmans, West Side Story) and by Spielberg for Amblin Entertainment. The executive producers are Adam Somner and Chris Brigham. Steven Spielberg is one of the industry?s most successful and influential filmmakers. The top-grossing director of all time, Spielberg has helmed such blockbusters as Jaws, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, the Indiana Jones franchise and Jurassic Park. Among his myriad honors, he is a three-time Academy Award? winner, including Oscars? for Best Director and Best Picture for Schindler?s List, which received a total of seven Oscars?, and for Best Director for Saving Private Ryan. His most recent film, The Fabelmans, was released by Universal in 2022 and received seven Academy Award? nominations, including for Directing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Picture. Fans are already calling it one of 2026’s best films (Picture: Universal Pictures) GRABS Disclosure Day A film by Steven Spielberg. Disclosure Day is in theaters 06.12.26. 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. Universal Pictures is proud to release a new original event film created and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars SAG winner and Oscar? nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O?Connor (Challengers, The Crown), Oscar? winner Colin Firth (The King?s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple) and two-time Oscar? nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin). Based on a story by Spielberg, the screenplay is by David Koepp, whose previous work with Spielberg includes the scripts for Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Combined, those films earned more than $3 billion worldwide. Koepp also wrote the script for this 2025?s Jurassic World Rebirth. Disclosure Day is produced by five-time Academy Award? nominee Kristie Macosko Krieger (The Fabelmans, West Side Story) and by Spielberg for Amblin Entertainment. The executive producers are Adam Somner and Chris Brigham. Steven Spielberg is one of the industry?s most successful and influential filmmakers. The top-grossing director of all time, Spielberg has helmed such blockbusters as Jaws, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, the Indiana Jones franchise and Jurassic Park. Among his myriad honors, he is a three-time Academy Award? winner, including Oscars? for Best Director and Best Picture for Schindler?s List, which received a total of seven Oscars?, and for Best Director for Saving Private Ryan. His most recent film, The Fabelmans, was released by Universal in 2022 and received seven Academy Award? nominations, including for Directing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Picture. Alien invasion linked to people’s freakishly dilating pupils? We’re seated. (Picture: Universal Pictures) GRABS Disclosure Day A film by Steven Spielberg. Disclosure Day is in theaters 06.12.26. 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. Universal Pictures is proud to release a new original event film created and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars SAG winner and Oscar? nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O?Connor (Challengers, The Crown), Oscar? winner Colin Firth (The King?s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple) and two-time Oscar? nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin). Based on a story by Spielberg, the screenplay is by David Koepp, whose previous work with Spielberg includes the scripts for Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Combined, those films earned more than $3 billion worldwide. Koepp also wrote the script for this 2025?s Jurassic World Rebirth. Disclosure Day is produced by five-time Academy Award? nominee Kristie Macosko Krieger (The Fabelmans, West Side Story) and by Spielberg for Amblin Entertainment. The executive producers are Adam Somner and Chris Brigham. Steven Spielberg is one of the industry?s most successful and influential filmmakers. The top-grossing director of all time, Spielberg has helmed such blockbusters as Jaws, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, the Indiana Jones franchise and Jurassic Park. Among his myriad honors, he is a three-time Academy Award? winner, including Oscars? for Best Director and Best Picture for Schindler?s List, which received a total of seven Oscars?, and for Best Director for Saving Private Ryan. His most recent film, The Fabelmans, was released by Universal in 2022 and received seven Academy Award? nominations, including for Directing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Picture. Disclosure Day is in cinemas on June 12 (Picture: Universal Pictures)

It’s an interesting sell, considering there are in fact eight billion people on planet earth – only time will tell if that’s a plot point or an oversight.

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Disclosure Day’s story is by Spielberg, while his longtime collaborator David Koepp wrote the screenplay.

The dynamic duo were the force behind Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

It marks Spielberg’s first directing endeavour since 2022’s The Fabelmans, which scored him seven Oscar nominations. So we have high hopes for Disclosure Day.

Disclosure Day is slated for theatrical release on June 12, 20216.

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