Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day answers questions posed by Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The combination of director Steven Spielberg and UFOs has previously brought us Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and War of the Worlds. (Not to mention Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.) This year, Spielberg returns to the subject matter with his latest event film, Disclosure Day, which is set to reach theatres on June 12th – and cast member Emily Blunt says the new film answers questioned that were posed in Close Encounters of the Third Kind!
Cast and Synopsis
The official press release for Disclosure Day reads:
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 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.
Spielberg has said that he made this film because “I’ve always been fascinated with things that cannot be explained. When I was just a little kid, I remember developing a real curiosity about the sky at night, and what’s happening up there. And, also, not the possibility, but the guarantee that there is life off this planet.“
Answers
There has been speculation that Disclosure Day could be some kind of secret follow-up to Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Speaking with Empire, Blunt said, “There are definitely questions posed by Close Encounters that are answered in Disclosure Day.“
Empire also confirmed that Blunt’s character is “Margaret Fairchild, a journalist who career-pivots into weather presenting; where, as the Disclosure Day trailers show, she’s at the centre of a bizarre on-air incident, vocalising in unsettling seemingly-inhuman clicks. Margaret is swept into the orbit of Josh O’Connor’s Daniel Kellner – a cyber-security expert who’s stumbled upon highly-classified knowledge, placing a target firmly on his back. Also caught in the crossfire is Eve Hewson’s Jane Blakenship, Daniel’s girlfriend, facing her own fallout from his quest for the truth. Hot on Margaret and Daniel’s tail is Colin Firth’s antagonist, Noah Scanlon – leader of Wardex, contracted by the government to keep the biggest secret in the cosmos, well, secret. As sinister as Scanlon is, he’s a man with a job to do, with major consequences if he fails. Also fresh out of Wardex – with a different agenda – is Colman Domingo’s Hugo Wakefield, an advocate for disclosure.“
To read what the actors had to say about their characters, click over to Empire.
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