Director Venkat Prabhu recently took his time out to watch Steven Spielberg's latest sci-fi film Disclosure Day, which hit theatres on Friday. A Spielberg fan, the filmmaker called it an "intense adventure drama" in the genre. "For those who loved Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial kind of movies...I enjoyed it," he wrote on his X handle.
He further noted that it was an "OG Spielberg movie" and thanked him for continuing his association with noted composer John Williams.
Disclosure Day's plotline follows cybersecurity expert Daniel Kellner and meteorologist Margaret Fairchild as they uncover and broadcast decades of government-concealed evidence of alien life. Pursued by a shadowy government contractor, they use telepathic abilities and alien technology to broadcast the truth to the world.
The cast of the film includes Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, Wyatt Russell and Colman Domingo.
David Koepp who worked with Spielberg on War of the Worlds has written the script for Disclosure Day along with Spielberg based on the the filmmaker's story. Koepp has also worked on Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Venkat Prabhu last helmed The Greatest of All Time, headlined by former actor Vijay in 2024. The film met with commercial acclaim and grossed over Rs 440 crore at the box office. Later, the filmmaker confirmed making a film with Sivakarthikeyan but it has been delayed. Dismissing rumours of it being shelved, Thiagarajan of the Sathya Jyothi production banner had recently confirmed that the project is very much in development and that it is facing delays due to changes in scripting.
