MOVIE NEWS – There is still very little we know about Steven Spielberg’s new sci-fi, Disclosure Day. Mostly, it’s been described as a story in which aliens that have been circling our planet for a long time finally reveal themselves to humanity. Until now, the film has been referred to as an original work – not a sequel and not an adaptation.

A fan theory is now challenging that assumption, arguing it could in fact be a continuation. The theory was fuelled by the new trailer shown during the break of America’s biggest sports event, the Super Bowl: at the end, a massive spacecraft descends from the clouds, instantly sparking associations. After all, in Spielberg’s early classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind, a huge craft also comes down in Wyoming. The question came up immediately: what if Spielberg made a kind of secret sequel?

In the comment war around the idea, many argue that the 1977 classic is a self-contained story and simply shouldn’t be continued. It seems far more likely that Spielberg has been fascinated by extraterrestrials since childhood – something he has spoken about repeatedly – and has now returned to his favourite theme. The spacecraft moment in the trailer could also be a salute to his younger self; a seasoned master can afford that much.

In Disclosure Day, Emily Blunt, Colin Firth and Josh O’Connor try to process what it feels like when it turns out we truly are not alone in the universe.

(Disclosure Day – Release: June 11, 2026.)

Source: UIP Dunafilm