Disclosure Day - Flicks (2026)

What did you steal? Secrets. The data they paid me to protect. Are they people? No. Disclosure Day is directed by no less than Steven Spielberg. Stars Emily Blunt and a number of others. And it's all about aliens and cover-ups and imagination and all the things you expect from Spielberg. It took him 40 drafts, but there were also revisions. There were so many revisions because I kept discovering new places the story could go. So nothing came out, but a lot went in. And because every day was a day of discovery. Discovery about who Margaret Fairchild is, as portrayed by Emily Blunt, who Daniel Kellner is. And it just kept myself and the screenwriter, David Koepp, very, very busy as the film took on a life of its own in production and began evolving. Emily, you didn't have to audition. He already had in mind who he wanted. Is that right? Yes, which is still leaves me rather speechless. I'm so grateful. The whole thing has been a gift. So thank God I didn't have to audition. I also would have been too scared. Well, now did the revisions continue as you were shooting or once you were you were shooting it was set? No, I think when we were shooting because Steven works in this very elastic way and he's also inspired by as soon as you started casting it and then you see the chemistry between people and then I spark from that and So, I mean, I love working in that sense. It keeps it incredibly naturalistic because you don't get You're not contorting to something that is sort of set in stone It was very elasticated the whole process art and science are really related Science gives you the logic but art gives you the imagination and that's how you learn things using the two together Steven reaction. Well, I learned that from my dad. My dad was an electrical engineer My mom was a concert pianist. My dad was one side of the brain. My mother was the other hemisphere of the brain and And I really really believe that even though he might have not have said Einstein's words verbatim That was how I was raised with that belief system. I feel it's like Daniel and Margaret as well Well, I'd like to thank both of you for sharing thank you and and just you know, we support PBS yes totally Flicks with Patrick Stoner explores the craft and culture of films and streaming series that enhance our communities for television stations and websites around the country