On December 16, 2025, Universal Pictures dropped the first official teaser for Disclosure Day — attached to screenings of James Cameron's Avatar: Fire and Ash. The roughly two-minute trailer immediately sent the internet into overdrive.

This marks Steven Spielberg's return to the genre he helped define with Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and E.T. (1982). But the tone here is different. Darker. More unsettling.

What the Trailer Shows

Key Moments

  • Emily Blunt as a Kansas City meteorologist — delivering a routine weather report when something takes over
  • The possession sequence — Blunt's character speaks in alien clicks, unable to control herself, broadcast live to millions
  • Josh O'Connor's declaration — "People have a right to know the truth. It belongs to 7 billion people."
  • Colin Firth with monitoring equipment — watching something off-screen in horror
  • Crop circles, car chases, and creepy animals — hints of a world coming undone
  • The title reveal — "DISCLOSURE DAY" with the tagline "All Will Be Disclosed"
"People have a right to know the truth. It belongs to 7 billion people."
— Josh O'Connor in the trailer

A Marketing Campaign Built on Mystery

Before anyone knew the title, billboards appeared in New York and Los Angeles bearing only four words: "All Will Be Disclosed."

No cast. No director. No release date. Just the promise of revelation.

The strategy worked. When the trailer finally dropped, it confirmed what many had suspected: Spielberg's mysterious "Non-View" project was actually his return to the UFO genre that made him a household name.

What Makes This Different

Disclosure Day isn't about first contact in the traditional sense. Based on the trailer, the film explores involuntary disclosure — what happens when the secret gets out whether anyone wants it to or not.

Emily Blunt's character becomes the unwitting conduit for alien communication, broadcast live to millions. There's no government announcement, no controlled reveal. Just chaos.

The Team Behind It

Steven Spielberg — Director, returning to sci-fi for the first time since War of the Worlds (2005)
David Koepp — Screenwriter (Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds, Indiana Jones)
John Williams — Composer, coming out of retirement at 93 for his 30th Spielberg collaboration
Janusz Kaminski — Cinematographer, Spielberg's visual partner since Schindler's List
Kristie Macosko Krieger — Producer, 27 years with Amblin Entertainment

What's Next

A full theatrical trailer is expected in early 2026, likely during Super Bowl season. That trailer should reveal more plot details, additional cast members in action, and our first taste of John Williams' score.

For now, we have questions. Lots of them. And that's exactly how Spielberg wants it.

Sources

Variety — Spielberg's Disclosure Day Trailer Revealed Deadline — Steven Spielberg UFO Movie Titled 'Disclosure Day' Hollywood Reporter — Disclosure Day Trailer ABC News — Emily Blunt in Disclosure Day

Disclosure Day opens in theaters and IMAX on June 12, 2026.

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