Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ Won’t Premiere at the Cannes Film Festival
Steven Spielberg’s anticipated film Disclosure Day will not be making its debut at the Cannes Film Festival, despite earlier speculation.
During an interview yesterday, festival chief Thierry Frémaux hinted that there was still a possibility for the film to premiere on the Croisette. However, multiple reliable sources have confirmed that this will not occur and that a Cannes premiere has never been in the works.
While there is excitement surrounding major studio films at the festival, this edition appears to be less promising for significant debuts. Disclosure Day is among a select group of high-profile projects reported unlikely to feature at Cannes this year. Nevertheless, this does not discount the presence of intriguing films in the lineup, nor does it diminish the likelihood of studio films appearing at upcoming fall festivals or next year’s Cannes.
Universal’s sci-fi thriller Disclosure Day marks Spielberg’s return to the genre that produced classics like Close Encounters of the Third Kind and ET. The film stars Josh O’Connor, Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, Colman Domingo, and Eve Hewson, with a script by David Koepp.
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Set to hit theaters on June 12, the film is produced by Kristie Macosko Krieger and Spielberg himself. The recently released trailer reveals that O’Connor’s character has access to long-held government secrets regarding extraterrestrial beings, with visual hints referencing Roswell, New Mexico. The narrative escalates as Blunt’s character, a meteorologist, begins speaking in tongues during a live broadcast. The plot revolves around a plan for whistleblowing on these secrets, which Firth’s character aims to thwart.
