This summer, fans are being graced with a new movie from the great Steven Spielberg and, with it, the filmmaker is returning to a genre he’s very familiar with. Spielberg’s feature film, Disclosure Day, is a science-fiction film that centers around a conspiracy that seemingly involves a UFO. Given that premise, many have already been comparing this 2026 movie schedule entry to some of Spielberg’s past films, which have dealt with similar subject matter. Now, the film’s writer is responding to that assumption, and I love his take.
Spielberg has obviously dipped his toes into stories revolving around humanity making contact with beings from other planets. Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and War of the Worlds represent other instances in which the Oscar winner has depicted such events. David Koepp penned the script for this latest film, and he’s heard the comparisons that have been tossed around. While speaking to SFX Magazine on CinemaBlend, Koepp weighed in on how DD relates to its predecessors thematically:
