Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg is gearing up to make a comeback to the UFO genre with his next project, which is said to focus on UFOs and is based on an original idea by Spielberg himself. Screenwriter David Koepp is attached to write the script.
The project marks Spielberg’s return to the UFO-themed film genre since his iconic sci-fi film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Spielberg first explored the UFO genre with E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, which became the highest-grossing film of all time upon its release.
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was released in 1982 and was directed by Steven Spielberg with a script by Melissa Mathison. The film follows the story of Elliott, a young boy who befriends an extraterrestrial creature named E.T. who is stranded on Earth. Together with his friends and family, Elliott must help E.T. find a way to return home. The film features Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, and Drew Barrymore in starring roles. The concept for E.T. originated from an imaginary friend Spielberg created after his parents’ divorce.
In 1980, Spielberg collaborated with Melissa Mathison to develop a new story based on the unrealized project Night Skies. Mathison completed the first draft of the script, titled E.T. and Me, in less than two months. After being rejected by Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures acquired the script for $1 million. The film was shot from September to December 1981 with a budget of $10.5 million. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial became a blockbuster success, surpassing Star Wars to become the highest-grossing film of all time, a record it held for eleven years until Spielberg’s Jurassic Park surpassed it in 1993.
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind is considered one of the most significant science fiction films for introducing benign or even friendly aliens, a departure from the ‘evil monster’ portrayal common in earlier films. The film popularized several motifs inspired by purported genuine UFO encounters, such as alien abduction, slender aliens («greys»), and UFOs with lights rather than the disc-shaped objects popular in the 1950s and 1960s. The film has been revised multiple times, including a 132-minute «special edition» reissue in 1980 and a 137-minute «collector’s edition» in 1988. Spielberg was given an unprecedented budget of $20 million for the film.
Steven Spielberg’s Last Film Was Semi-Autobiographical
Spielberg’s most recent film was the semi-autobiographical drama The Fabelmans starring Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams, and Paul Dano. The film follows young Sammy Fabelman(based on Spielberg himself) in post-World War II Arizona as he aspires to become a filmmaker and discovers a family secret that prompts him to explore how films can reveal the truth.
Source: Variety
The Fabelmans
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Release Date
- November 23, 2022
- Cast
- Paul Dano , Gabriel LaBelle , Seth Rogen , Judd Hirsch , Nicolas Cantu , Michelle Williams , Gabriel Bateman , Sam Rechner , Oakes Fegley , Julia Butters
- Writers
- Steven Spielberg , Tony Kushner
- Runtime
- 151 minutes
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Website
- https://www.thefabelmans.movie/
- Cinematographer
- Janusz Kaminski
- Producer
- Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger
- Production Company
- Amblin Partners, Amblin Entertainment
- Sfx Supervisor
- Mark Hawker
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