'Disclosure Day' or Not, UFO Movies Never Left

Universal’s Disclosure Day isn’t out for another three months, but Hollywood’s already looking to follow in its footsteps. Per the Hollywood Reporter, studios are looking at creating “serious UFO movies,” like what Steven Spielberg’s upcoming blockbuster looks to be. Among the mix is a currently untitled project from F1 director Joseph Kosinski and another called Unidentified, courtesy of The Boys director Sylvain White, billed as “the most grounded, historically anchored” telling of the 1947 Roswell incident. Audiences have never really lost their appetite for UFO stories, even as Hollywood hasn’t given that the same love it has with other slices of sci-fi. Before Disclosure Day, the last big mainstream piece of UFO-related media would’ve been Nope back in 2022, but things have changed within the last year or so. Dan Da Dan, which is partially a UFO story, has grown in popularity since its anime adaptation, and Ryan Coogler will have his take on the UFO phenomenon with an X-Files reboot headlined by Danielle Deadwyler. And those are just the fictional tellings: earlier this year, former president Barack Obama caused a kerfuffle when he said aliens were real, later clarifying they’