Despite directing some of the most beloved movies of all time, Steven Spielberg is still relatable, so much so that he wrote the initial story for his new extraterritorial movie Disclosure Day on his iPad.
"I just wrote it in the summer of 2023. I just sat down and spent two months writing it. I wrote a 50, 60 page, single-space story," said Spielberg in an interview with CBS. However, when the host pressed him on where he actually wrote the story, Spielberg answered, "On my iPad," adding, "Everybody has it right? We have a notes section. That's where I wrote it."
Well, we had no idea that the same app we use for writing shopping lists and general reminders was used to create one of this year's biggest blockbusters. Spielberg expanded on his creative process, adding, "And then I printed it out and would read it and go back to my iPad again." The director joked, adding, "Thank you, Steve Jobs."
However, we imagine that a more appropriate software was used to create the script after Spielberg came up with the idea. Spielberg wrote the initial story for the upcoming alien flick, but the screenplay was penned by his long-time collaborator David Koepp. The duo has previously worked together on Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Koepp also wrote the script for Spielberg's last alien movie before the 2008 action thriller War of the Worlds, which seems to share some similarities with the upcoming movie Disclosure Day, including an alien invasion and the discovery of other beings that have been lying dormant on Earth. Starring Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, and Colin Firth, the film follows a meteorologist and a cybersecurity expert who set out to uncover extraterrestrial secrets harboured by the government.
However, in an interview with Gamesradar+, O'Connor says the movie is more in line with Spielberg's earlier works, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. "I don't want to speak for Steven, but I think there is an element of it being the third in a sort of trio: Close Encounters, E.T., and this," said the star. "Obviously, War of the Worlds is in there as well, but Steven's talked about those three."
Disclosure Day releases in US theaters on June 12, and is in UK cinemas from June 10. For more, check out our guide to the best Alien movies, and keep up with upcoming movies heading your way this year and beyond.
