Steven Spielberg shares his prediction on humans finding ‘life beyond earth’

SpaceMovie
5 Jun 2026 • 6:57 PM MYT
The Independent
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Steven Spielberg shares his prediction on humans finding ‘life beyond earth’

  • Steven Spielberg believes humanity will discover whether “there is life beyond earth” in his lifetime.
  • Speaking at the London premiere of his latest sci-fi thriller, Disclosure Day, Spielberg told the BBC: “There’s a lot of mystery and things that are undisclosed but I have become more optimistic that people are going to be able to discover things that we have not been allowed to discover.”
  • Disclosure Day, set to be released on 12 June, stars Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor, and revolves around a government conspiracy that threatens to change human history forever.
  • Blunt said she hoped confirmation of extraterrestrial life would leave people “astonished, humbled and awestruck”.
  • Early critical reviews for Disclosure Day have been positive, with some hailing it as “Spielberg’s best film in 20 years”.

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