John Williams' DISCLOSURE DAY - New trailer, poster, and synopsis

[Jay 45,820]

 

 

If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to ... Disclosure Day.

 

Universal Pictures is proud to release a new original event film created and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars SAG winner and Oscar® nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O’Connor (Challengers, The Crown), Oscar® winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple) and two-time Oscar® nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin).

 

Based on a story by Spielberg, the screenplay is by David Koepp, whose previous work with Spielberg includes the scripts for Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Combined, those films earned more than $3 billion worldwide. Koepp also wrote the script for this 2025’s Jurassic World Rebirth.

 

Disclosure Day is produced by five-time Academy Award® nominee Kristie Macosko Krieger (The Fabelmans, West Side Story) and by Spielberg for Amblin Entertainment. The executive producers are Adam Somner and Chris Brigham.

 

Steven Spielberg is one of the industry’s most successful and influential filmmakers. The top-grossing director of all time, Spielberg has helmed such blockbusters as Jaws, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, the Indiana Jones franchise and Jurassic Park.

 

Among his myriad honors, he is a three-time Academy Award® winner, including Oscars® for Best Director and Best Picture for Schindler’s List, which received a total of seven Oscars®, and for Best Director for Saving Private Ryan. His most recent film, The Fabelmans, was released by Universal in 2022 and received seven Academy Award® nominations, including for Directing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Picture.

 

https://www.disclosuredaymovie.com/synopsis/

[filmmusic 3,214]

Sorry @Jay to interfere with how things work, but why he have to have multiple Disclosure Day threads, and not merge all into one? Or at least a couple?

There are now 5 of them! 

And by the time the film and the soundtrack are released, I'm sure many more will be created.

 

Anyway, back to the trailer:

The shots with the little girl at 1.28'' and 2.03'', look the worst to me.. So unreal..

It's not only the CGI animals. I don't know, the lighting, something that I cannot pinpoint.

I immediately thought of Barry's kidnapping in Close Encounters of the third kind, and that one looked real.

 

[Jay 45,820]

8 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

Sorry @Jay to interfere with how things work, but why he have to have multiple Disclosure Day threads, and not merge all into one? Or at least a couple?

There are now 5 of them! 

And by the time the film and the soundtrack are released, I'm sure many more will be created.

 

There's more than that!

 

On 03/06/2021 at 3:57 PM, Jay said:

Upcoming Works

• 2026-06-12 -Disclosure Day
  • General Discussion thread for the movie itself
  • Poll speculating if Williams will score it or not
  • Confirmation he will score it from Juilliard event
  • Confirmation he is "writing every note himself" from Tim Greiving's substack
  • Poll speculating if his music will be in the first teaser trailer
  • First teaser trailer, press release, and official websites / social media
  • Confirmation that Williams is conducting
  • Second teaser ("Big Game Spot") and Spielberg featurette
  • Official confirmation that Williams is scoring from Gorfaine/Schwartz
  • New trailer, poster, and synopsis

 

And yes, many more to come!

 

IT IS THE NEW FEATURE LENGTH FILM SCORE FROM 94 YEAR OLD JOHN WILLIAMS FOR LEGENDARY DIRECTOR STEVEN SPIELBERG after all!!!

 

~

 

The official site still does not credit him as the composer anywhere that I can see, not even on the synopsis page that credits all these other people:

 

 

Genre

Thriller

Cast

Emily Blunt
Josh O’Connor
Colin Firth
Eve Hewson
Colman Domingo

Directed by

Steven Spielberg

Screenplay by

David Koepp

Story by

Steven Spielberg

Produced by

Kristie Macosko Krieger
Steven Spielberg

Executive Producers

Adam Somner
Chris Brigham

 

As head of Amblin I'm sad Spielberg didn't make sure our boy Johnny got included on that list.

[filmmusic 3,214]

25 minutes ago, Jay said:

And yes, many more to come!

OK. I just hope you don't start a new thread for discussion of each score track! 

[Not Mr. Big 4,955]

The new thread system is good for differentiating discussion and actual updates about the movie/score.

[Jay 45,820]

30 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

OK. I just hope you don't start a new thread for discussion of each score track! 

 

You laugh but that literally happened here with Crystal Skull.  I mean, not by me (I wasn't a mod at the time, and wouldn't have done something like that at the time if I was), but by other posters

[geom_00 127]

Thoughts on the limited music we did hear in the trailer?

 

 

[filmmusic 3,214]

3 minutes ago, geom_00 said:

Thoughts on the limited music we did hear in the trailer?

 

 

You mean the generic non-Williams trailer music?

[geom_00 127]

5 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

You mean the generic non-Williams trailer music?

Sorry...I got over excited.

 

 

[Jay 45,820]

My thoughts are that you need to select an avatar image, @geom_00!

[Tom 6,673]

5 minutes ago, geom_00 said:

Sorry...I got over excited.

 

 

It happens to the best of us.  

[JohnnyD 1,822]

Wow. The more I see, the more excited I am. I can't wait until June 11th when I sit in my local IMAX theater to experience this.

1 hour ago, Jay said:

 

The official site still does not credit him as the composer anywhere that I can see, not even on the synopsis page that credits all these other people:

 

 

Genre

Thriller

Cast

Emily Blunt
Josh O’Connor
Colin Firth
Eve Hewson
Colman Domingo

Directed by

Steven Spielberg

Screenplay by

David Koepp

Story by

Steven Spielberg

Produced by

Kristie Macosko Krieger
Steven Spielberg

Executive Producers

Adam Somner
Chris Brigham

 

As head of Amblin I'm sad Spielberg didn't make sure our boy Johnny got included on that list.

 

I would not worry. I mean, this is the first full-length trailer, and it is only March. The major crew members (editor, cinematographer, special effects company, etc.) are not listed in the trailer, much less the film website, until at least two months prior to release, if I remember other film timelines correctly. Nothing out of the ordinary here.

[Jay 45,820]

I know its not out of the ordinary, I'm saying, that I wish Spielberg made an exception for Johnny!

[JohnnyD 1,822]

I got to say, I am loving the marketing for this film. Very cryptic; reminds me of classic, old school marketing for films. Especially for a science fiction thriller. Definitely preferred.

[Maurizio 6,913]

I won’t watch any new trailer or preview for this; the first teaser revealed already too much in my opinion. I hope to go see this as a clean slate as possible. It’s just three months to go.

[JazzyNips 181]

1 hour ago, JohnnyD said:

I got to say, I am loving the marketing for this film. Very cryptic; reminds me of classic, old school marketing for films. Especially for a science fiction thriller. Definitely preferred.

Old school...hmm. Cryptic is the opposite of classic marketing. The entire plot should be spelled out by a baritone narrator. "In a world, where aliens exist...one DOGE employee finds evidence of a conspiracy while stealing grandma's social security number..."  Not to mention the post-Inception trailer music.

[Jay 45,820]

Amblin put up a textless version of the new poster imagery if anyone wants to make a custom cover with it

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122171200388898322&set=a.122106073526898322

[Mr. Hooper 8,640]

I'm expecting a lot of close-ups of that little girl with a wide-eyed look of wonderment à la Spielberg.

[JohnnyD 1,822]

1 hour ago, JazzyNips said:

Old school...hmm. Cryptic is the opposite of classic marketing. The entire plot should be spelled out by a baritone narrator. "In a world, where aliens exist...one DOGE employee finds evidence of a conspiracy while stealing grandma's social security number..."  Not to mention the post-Inception trailer music.

 

That's not what I was referring to. I meant advertising in the sense of showing visuals and some dialogue without revealing a lot; it started with the banner in Times Square (and L.A. I think?), and then you have the first teaser; very little is known about the circumstances of the plot; it only shows just enough to get you intrigued. Something to that affect.

 

1 hour ago, Maurizio said:

I won’t watch any new trailer or preview for this; the first teaser revealed already too much in my opinion. I hope to go see this as a clean slate as possible. It’s just three months to go.

 

I admire that. I will probably be the same way and have this first full-length trailer be the last trailer I see before going to see the film itself. The same goes with Maestro John Williams' score, though I'm seeing the film opening night, so I won't be able to listen to the upcoming album before hand even if I intended to.

[Jay 45,820]

The album will be out in all the timezones that become Friday before the USA

 

At 8AM Thursday morning our time, it will be available in Australia and New Zealand for example.

[King Mark 3,927]

The movie is only 3 months away. Shouldn't Williams be mentioned in the crew at this point? There's still an aura on uncertainty.

[mrbellamy 8,072]

Looks like a good time and really excited to hear how Williams reacts to this. 

 

It does look in the mix of 2000s sci-fi Spielberg and I am still expecting primarily a dark thriller score, but hopefully some opportunities for majesty in there. It looks like there could be a lot of quiet mysterious brooding in the film and score so I hope that stuff is interesting and there's more to it, tonally. I try not to have specific expectations cause you never know what goes unscored or underplayed, but that crop circle scene could have some Williams goodness. 

[Jay 45,820]

1 minute ago, King Mark said:

There's still an aura on uncertainty.

 

No there isn't.

[Mr. Hooper 8,640]

I wonder if there'll eventually be any kind of official fanfare about Williams' participation.

[mrbellamy 8,072]

4 hours ago, Jay said:

IT IS THE NEW FEATURE LENGTH FILM SCORE FROM 94 YEAR OLD JOHN WILLIAMS FOR LEGENDARY DIRECTOR STEVEN SPIELBERG after all!!!

 

Not enough of this attitude going on...maybe it's just negativity bias but I feel like there's more than the usual JWFan sulking routine regarding this release compared to anything else Spielberg or Williams have done recently and I'm not sure why 

[JazzyNips 181]

15 minutes ago, JohnnyD said:

That's not what I was referring to. I meant advertising in the sense of showing visuals and some dialogue without revealing a lot; it started with the banner in Times Square (and L.A. I think?), and then you have the first teaser; very little is known about the circumstances of the plot; it only shows just enough to get you intrigued. Something to that affect.

Yes, that's the complete opposite of old school marketing. Unless you're very young and we have different ideas of what that means. 

[Jay 45,820]

1 minute ago, mrbellamy said:

 

Maybe it's just negativity bias but I feel like there's more than the usual JWFan sulking routine regarding this release compared to anything else Spielberg or Williams have done recently and I'm not sure why 

 

Well the movie looks disappointing and it's hard to know what shape Williams' score will take at this point.  I was expecting something different from The Fabelmans than what we got for example

[Mr. Hooper 8,640]

6 minutes ago, mrbellamy said:

 

Maybe it's just negativity bias but I feel like there's more than the usual JWFan sulking routine regarding this release compared to anything else Spielberg or Williams have done recently and I'm not sure why 

 

Yeah, it's enough to get someone who's moderately excited to see it (like me) down. lol

 

4 minutes ago, Jay said:

Well the movie looks disappointing

"Disappointing" how?

[Jay 45,820]

Bad special effects, bad Kamiński photography, not really clear premise yet (I haven't watched the new trailer).  I just don't expect much from this.  I hope I'm wrong!

[King Mark 3,927]

I think the movie looks interesting so far.

30 minutes ago, Jay said:

 

No there isn't.

yes I read all that.  But right now it still seems like they haven't decided to use whatever Williams composed so far.

[JohnnyD 1,822]

1 hour ago, JazzyNips said:

Unless you're very young and we have different ideas of what that means. 

You may be right in that; I’m 33.

 

1 hour ago, Jay said:

I hope I'm wrong!

I mean no disrespect whatsoever when I say this: I have a feeling you will be wrong; keep an open mind.

 

1 hour ago, King Mark said:

 

yes I read all that.  But right now it still seems like they haven't decided to use whatever Williams composed so far.

 

 

[Mr. Hooper 8,640]

1 hour ago, King Mark said:

I think the movie looks interesting so far.

yes I read all that.  But right now it still seems like they haven't decided to use whatever Williams composed so far.

The powers that be probably feel that Williams' music is out of step with the times, and that audiences need to be hit over the head with a "BWAMMMM!" for maximum impact. 

[Jay 45,820]

2 hours ago, King Mark said:

right now it still seems like they haven't decided to use whatever Williams composed so far.

 

[Xander Harris 9,558]

21 minutes ago, Mr. Hooper said:

The powers that be probably feel that Williams' music is out of step with the times, and that audiences need to be hit over the head with a "BWAMMMM!" for maximum impact. 

 

And the single piano key.

 

*ding*
*Bwaaaammmm*

 

It's more realistic and relatable for modern audiences because unlike music that actually requires talent to produce, it turns out we could all be composers now.

 

Makes it feel more accessible and real.

[Jill Sandwich 11,039]

10 minutes ago, Xander Harris said:

 

And the single piano key.

 

*ding*
*Bwaaaammmm*

 

It's more realistic and relatable for modern audiences because unlike music that actually requires talent to produce, it turns out we could all be composers now.

 

Makes it feel more accessible and real.

 

I remember remarking about this phenomenon years ago that normies seem to gravitate towards music they imagine they might have been able to compose themselves because it's non-threatening and probably doesn't require as much skill to create as a more complex Williams piece.

[CinderTech 1,773]

3 hours ago, King Mark said:

But right now it still seems like they haven't decided to use whatever Williams composed so far.

 

JW composing music for the marketing was always an infrequent occurrence to begin with, so I don't expect it to indicate that the studio could pressure Spielberg to drop Williams for someone else

[Tom 6,673]

I don't think it is a secret that the average person, age 15-30, does not know the name John Williams.  I am not sure it changes for the next age bracket.  That might be a factor in the "marketing" as well.  

[Arnaud2 84]

6 hours ago, Maurizio said:

I won’t watch any new trailer or preview for this; the first teaser revealed already too much in my opinion. I hope to go see this as a clean slate as possible. It’s just three months to go.

Same for me. I haven’t even watched the first one!

4 hours ago, King Mark said:

The movie is only 3 months away. Shouldn't Williams be mentioned in the crew at this point? There's still an aura on uncertainty.

They’re probably going to make a big announcement when the time comes. (I hope.)

4 hours ago, mrbellamy said:

 

Not enough of this attitude going on...maybe it's just negativity bias but I feel like there's more than the usual JWFan sulking routine regarding this release compared to anything else Spielberg or Williams have done recently and I'm not sure why 

A lot of people here are getting really old, you know. You must be patient and forgiving. 🤣

27 minutes ago, Tom said:

I don't think it is a secret that the average person, age 15-30, does not know the name John Williams.  I am not sure it changes for the next age bracket.  That might be a factor in the "marketing" as well.  

You’re probably right. Then there’s that Harry Potter thing some will remember.

 

A couple of weeks ago, after the Screen Actors Guild lifetime award was given to Harrison Ford, kids asked their mothers if they’d seen this actor in anything…

[JohnnyD 1,822]

Nice mention from the MPA (Motion Picture Association) official website:

 

https://www.motionpictures.org/2026/03/steven-spielbergs-disclosure-day-trailer-teases-aliens-secrets-and-a-world‑shaking-reveal/

 

“Disclosure Day is Spielberg’s first original sci-fi thriller in years, which he directed from a script he co-wrote with Jurassic Park scribe David Koepp. The score comes from, of course, the great John Williams, with cinematography from another longtime Spielberg collaborator, Janusz Kaminski.”

[geom_00 127]

8 hours ago, Jay said:

My thoughts are that you need to select an avatar image, @geom_00!

How's this?

[King Mark 3,927]

38 minutes ago, JohnnyD said:

Nice mention from the MPA (Motion Picture Association) official website:

 

https://www.motionpictures.org/2026/03/steven-spielbergs-disclosure-day-trailer-teases-aliens-secrets-and-a-world‑shaking-reveal/

 

“Disclosure Day is Spielberg’s first original sci-fi thriller in years, which he directed from a script he co-wrote with Jurassic Park scribe David Koepp. The score comes from, of course, the great John Williams, with cinematography from another longtime Spielberg collaborator, Janusz Kaminski.”

 

Alright that's as close to being official until we see  his name on the poster.

1 hour ago, Tom said:

I don't think it is a secret that the average person, age 15-30, does not know the name John Williams.  I am not sure it changes for the next age bracket.  That might be a factor in the "marketing" as well.  

 I disagree. I think more young people know who JW is right now . In the earlier days of JWfan only us hard core film music geeks knew who he was. His music has spread greatly to the concert halls in the last decade.

5 hours ago, Jay said:

Bad special effects, bad Kamiński photography, not really clear premise yet (I haven't watched the new trailer).  I just don't expect much from this.  I hope I'm wrong!

 I think the cute animals are somekind of illusion to lure the little girl into a trap.

[Edmilson 12,224]

I can't help but like mystery sci-fi thrillers with a compelling and creepy conspiracy that yields "mind blown" moments.

 

Might stem from my childhood and teenage years in the 2000s watching Spielberg's Minority Report, The Matrix trilogy, I Robot, and TV shows like Lost, Fringe, Heroes, binging The X-Files DVDs... 

 

In that sense, the movie looks very 2000s-ish in a way that triggers my nostalgia. So I'm really antecipating it, crappy CGI deers or not.

[igger6 1,044]

8 hours ago, Jay said:

bad Kamiński photography

 

I'm such a cinematography neophyte, at least when it comes to comparison between "old" and "new" styles.  Can anyone point me to a video comparing Spielberg's various cinematographers or providing context for what's different about Kaminski versus, say, Slocombe?

[Naïve Old Fart 12,889]

That poster looks a bit familiar, doesn't it?.

"Murder."

[Mr. Hooper 8,640]

It didn't jump out at me at first, but now I see the flying saucer shape around the eye...

 

[BB-8 6,116]

Music by Vangelis & Hans Zimmer

[Sunshine Reger 3,712]

2 hours ago, Mr. Hooper said:

It didn't jump out at me at first, but now I see the flying saucer shape around the eye...

 

Reminds me of an artifact in Titan Quest:

[Maurizio 6,913]

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[GerateWohl 6,473]

4 hours ago, Mr. Hooper said:

It didn't jump out at me at first, but now I see the flying saucer shape around the eye...

 

This image reminds me of SPACE: 1999. There was this extraterrestrial shapeshifter. And when she turned into another creature an image of it reflected in her eye before it.

[Richard P 5,246]

17 hours ago, mrbellamy said:

 

Not enough of this attitude going on...maybe it's just negativity bias but I feel like there's more than the usual JWFan sulking routine regarding this release compared to anything else Spielberg or Williams have done recently and I'm not sure why 

 

Sulking? Not seeing a lot of that, but tempered, cautious excitement for a project? Sure.

 

Just like negative nancies can bring down a discussion by hating everything, I find the opposite can happen with someone who is so enthused by a composer/filmmaker that every single little tidbit, every announcement, even just the mere mention of JW in the press somewhere, makes them go into excitement overdrive. None of us know whether this film is any good, nor whether JW has composed an absolute masterpiece or whether his advanced age has limited his composing firepower. I'm exercising cautious optimism.