Los Angeles: Steven Spielberg Disclosure Day puts aliens and religion at the centre of the director’s return to extraterrestrial storytelling, as the film examines how UFO disclosure could test faith and public trust.
Spielberg told CBS News that the film considers both people affected by alien encounters and religious institutions facing questions about whether God belongs only to Earth or to every civilisation.
The film, released by Universal Pictures on June 12, stars Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson and Colman Domingo, according to IMDb and film listings.
“Disclosure Day” arrives as US officials and lawmakers have drawn fresh attention to UFO and UAP files. It said the film also reflects long-running religious debates over extraterrestrial life.
Theologian Ted Peters, a research professor at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, told hat religions would not collapse if intelligent alien life were confirmed.
His 2008 survey found more than 80pc of respondents across several faith groups said such proof would not trigger a personal crisis of faith.
Religious scholars from Catholic, Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist traditions have argued that life beyond Earth would not necessarily conflict with their beliefs.
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It also cited professor D.W. Pasulka’s view that modern UFO belief can function like a religious framework.
Spielberg has explored extraterrestrial themes before in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”, and “War of the Worlds.” “Disclosure Day” imagines the simultaneous release of hidden evidence of alien visitations worldwide.
