Sci-Fi Steven Spielberg's UFO Film (2026)

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For his part, Spielberg, 77, is also staying busy. He will likely make his next project a UFO film based on his own original idea. David Koepp is writing the screenplay, sources say.

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[Gothamsknight]

This sounds like classic Spielberg

 

[Sebastos]

Spielberg sci-fi

 

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I won't lie, I'm really happy that he's going back to something a bit more mainstream. But I say this as someone who grew up with 80s/90s Spielberg.

I'm curious if this'll be more family-friendly (E.T.) or horror (War of the Worlds).

 

[Arachnerd]

Spielberg back to directing another alien movie? Hell f***ing yeah, I'm in!

I wonder if he'll take a similar approach to his unproduced Night Skies project.

 

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Spielberg back to directing another alien movie? Hell f***ing yeah, I'm in!

I wonder if he'll take a similar approach to his unproduced Night Skies project.

That's what I'm thinking (hoping).

 

[Kane52630]

I need this to be not some overproduced glossy blockbuster. I need the old Spielberg back for this.

 

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I need this to be not some overproduced glossy blockbuster. I need the old Spielberg back for this.

Yas.

Creature feature with practical effects.

 

[Arachnerd]

I remember seeing this fan trailer for Night Skies a few years back and it came to mind again when this news was announced:



If this movie ends up having a very similar tone that this fan trailer has, we could be in for something special.

 

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I wonder if he watched Nope and/or No One Will Save You and got the itch.

 

[Kane52630]

Not only that but it's definitely going to be shot in IMAX, I just got a feeling.

 

[Kane52630]

You can even hear it in this where he's praising Denis and his filmmaking.

 

[Lily Adler]

Spielberg doing sci-fi horror is always a treat, but keep him away from the third act. Stop making happy endings that make no sense!

 

[BatLobster]

It should be noted that Spielberg is a producer on the Netflix documentary Encounters. Given the rise in prominence of the UAP topic in the public discourse in the past several years, I think it's a great time for Spielberg to tackle the subject again. Really excited about this.

 

[Broseph44]

Spielberg the GOAT and one of my all time favorite directors back doing Sci-Fi? Let’s ****ing go.

 

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The more I think about it the more I hope it's a revamped version of Night Skies. He can even dust off the alien models!

 

[Kane52630]

I would love to see someone tackle the Phoenix Lights situation in the late 90s. There was a found footage movie based on it that I thought was pretty good but I would love to see Spielberg direct it.

 

[Sebastos]

It’s unclear what the untitled project — which the studio described as a “new original event film” — is about, though Variety previously reported that Spielberg is working on a UFO story.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Ooh, I’d love to see Spielberg own another summer 50 summers later!

 

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Please be a UFO movie please be a UFO movie please be a UFO movie.

 

[Captain Tired]

Whatever it is, I can't wait for the part where the son rekindles a relationship with his estranged father

 

[Lily Adler]

Whatever it is, I can't wait for the part where the son rekindles a relationship with his estranged father

The son returns to help save the town from the UFOs where it's destroyed in a nuclear explosion... Then he's perfectly okay at the end of the movie at a relative's house that wasn't touched by the invasion.

 

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War of the Worlds is a pretty darn good movie right up until the last 10-15 minutes.

 

[Arachnerd]

For me it starts to go downhill after the ferry scene.

 

[Gothamsknight]

War of The Worlds is still one of the best theater experiences i've ever had.