New Delhi: After decades since E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and War of the Worlds (2005), Steven Spielberg is returning to the stories about extraterrestrial beings with his upcoming film Disclosure Day. The trailer, released on Wednesday, stars Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Eve Henson and Colin Firth. The film is set for release on 12 June.
The three-minute trailer for Disclosure Day follows O’Connor and Blunt’s characters as they seem to be under attack by an unidentified being. Spielberg also appears throughout the clip, narrating how his belief that humans aren’t the only intelligent civilisation in the universe led him to make this movie.
The story appears to be loosely inspired by the 1947 Roswell incident, a UFO conspiracy theory in which the United States government was accused of concealing information after metallic debris was recovered near the Roswell Army Air Field.
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Emily Blunt on Wednesday shared her views on the film on the Jimmy Kimmel show
“The movie is like a life-or-death race against time for those who believe the truth belongs to 8 billion people and those who believe that it doesn’t and want to keep it secret. I think it would be arrogant for me to assume that we are alone,” she said.
Screenwriter Colman Domingo, in an interview with Fandango, also spoke about how he and Spielberg researched theories surrounding extraterrestrial life.
“Stephen was sharing a lot of documentary things with me, interviews with people who have been really out there whether they had experiences or whether they’ve been working with people who’ve had experiences. So for me it’s downloading a lot of information to make some assessments for myself. What do I believe as well? Were people lying or are they telling the truth?” he said.
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On a recent podcast episode with Michelle Obama, Spielberg also talked about how AI can be used in filmmaking as a tool, but should not have the final word on art.
Spielberg spoke about how AI cannot replace human emotion. He said he does not want interference from computer language models in deciding how his film’s characters should behave or how his camera should move.
“I don’t believe there is any substitute for the soul. I don’t think that’s an algorithm that is inventible… don’t tell me I don’t have the right antagonist in this story, don’t tell me how to write my dialogue, don’t tell me where the camera has to go,” he said.
“If AI wants to help me find locations, that’s great. Saves us some leg work… Use AI as a tool, but do not use AI as the final word on anything creative.” He added.
Spielberg’s remarks come at a time when Hollywood is divided over the use of artificial intelligence in filmmaking. From AI-generated scripts and de-aging technology to synthetic voices and digital actors, the debate has intensified after the 2023 Hollywood strikes by the Writers Guild of America, where writers and actors raised concerns about studios replacing human creativity with AI tools.
(Edited by Ratan Priya)