Steven Spielberg is set to take audiences back to the wonder and tension of extraterrestrial encounters with his upcoming film Disclosure Day. Universal Pictures unveiled the movie’s title in a teaser on Tuesday, alongside a first look at the project, which is scheduled to hit theaters on June 12, 2026. Rumors suggest the trailer will debut in front of screenings of Avatar: Fire and Ash this December.
Spielberg’s latest project teases a high-stakes exploration of what could happen if humanity were confronted with undeniable evidence of alien life.
Disclosure Day stars Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colman Domingo, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, and Wyatt Russell. The screenplay comes from David Koepp, Spielberg’s frequent collaborator who has penned some of the director’s biggest blockbusters, including Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Together, those films have earned over $3 billion worldwide.
Spielberg conceived the story himself, though details of the plot remain tightly under wraps. The teaser hints at apocalyptic undertones, showing Blunt delivering a weather report interrupted by unsettling sounds and visuals. Universal’s official synopsis teases: “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 film is produced by Spielberg and five-time Academy Award nominee Kristie Macosko Krieger (The Fabelmans, West Side Story) for Amblin Entertainment, with Adam Somner and Chris Brigham serving as executive producers. Spielberg’s last feature, the semi-autobiographical The Fabelmans, was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture.
This marks Spielberg’s return to the UFO and alien genre, which he has explored throughout his career in films like Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Minority Report, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, and Ready Player One. The director has long expressed his belief in extraterrestrial life, calling it “mathematically impossible that we are the only intelligent species in the cosmos.”
Disclosure Day arrives in theaters on June 12, 2026, kicking off a summer set to feature some of the year’s most anticipated blockbusters. With a combination of suspense, spectacle, and Spielberg’s signature storytelling, fans are already speculating about what secrets the film might reveal—on screen and perhaps beyond.