Steven Spielberg is, without a doubt, one of the most iconic filmmakers of all time. Over the course of decades, the man’s name has become so synonymous with the role of movie director that it could be argued he is the most widely-recognized worker within the profession in the history of the medium. Though he initially rose to such stratospheric heights through the creation of some of the most innovative blockbusters in cinema history, making the likes of Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., and more all within the span of a decade, he has persevered through the years and remained an endearingly vital filmmaker. In fact, I would argue that not only has Spielberg not missed a beat, but that he’s actually putting out some of his very best work ever, right here and right now. In the past few years alone, he’s made West Side Story and The Fabelmans, two absolute masterclasses that got far less adoration and attention than they deserved.
All of this means that I am beyond pumped for Spielberg’s impending film, Disclosure Day. The movie sees Spielberg returning to the science fiction action-thriller blockbuster model that he helped to pioneer all those years ago, and the advertising thus far has emphasized the film bridging the ambition of those early years with the precision and immaculate craft of his latter years. No single piece of marketing has done a better job of selling this, though, than the recently released behind-the-scenes clip, “A First Look with Steven Spielberg – Disclosure Day."
While the film received an excellent initial trailer release in-theaters in front of James Cameron's own auteur-driven monumental latter-era blockbuster, Avatar: Fire and Ash, this latest online clip goes even further selling just what a cinematic event Disclosure Day should be. This bit of marketing essentially takes footage from the simultaneously released Super Bowl spot, which was only a minute long, and intersperses it with behind-the-scenes footage of Spielberg on set, as well as an interview with the director himself.
The resulting clip features Spielberg looking directly into the lens and telling you how passionate he is about this story, how invested he is in returning to blockbuster filmmaking, and how much he genuinely believes that we are not alone in this universe. The result is infectiously passionate. Seeing and hearing the 79 year old legend this fired up about the film, and having the clip cut back and forth between his wide-eyed fascination and the incendiary footage is just too good to not fall head-over-heels for it.
As someone who has been adamantly following Spielberg’s filmmaking career for as long as I can remember, everything about the marketing for Disclosure Day has me unbelievably amped thus far. West Side Story saw Spielberg finally make the big-budget, grandiose musical he had always wanted to make, and resulted in what is bar-none one of the best musical films of the past fifty years. The Fabelmans saw him finally tackling the close-to-home tale of his parents’ divorce, something which has remained a persistent theme throughout the whole of his filmography, and resulted in one of the most moving, invasive, and intimate works of his entire career. Now, the marketing for Disclosure Day is selling Spielberg’s latest as the culmination of his life’s work, and it is working wonders.
Disclosure Day premieres in theaters on June 12, 2026.