Steven Spielberg’s new movie is set in Kansas City. Here’s what to know
The first trailer for Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi thriller “Disclosure Day” confirmed that at least some of the film’s action takes place in Kansas City. The movie, which filmed in New York and New Jersey last year, stars Emily Blunt as a local TV meteorologist and debuts June 12, 2026.
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Here are key takeaways:
• The trailer opens with Blunt’s character saying “Good morning, Kansas City” before making clicking sounds that appear to be alien communication. Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson and Colman Domingo also star.
• The Star reported in May that social media photos from the New Jersey set suggested a Kansas City connection. During filming, a building was dressed up as a TV station with fake call letters “KCXE” on the front.
• Photos from filming in White Plains, New York, showed Spielberg crouching next to a car kitted out as a Kansas City Police Department cruiser and a Kansas City Royals street sign posted on a lamppost.
• A Reddit user reported seeing a local library in Westchester County “dolled up” as the “Jackson County Hospital” during filming in March.
• Real Kansas City meteorologists reacted to the trailer. FOX 4’s Joe Lauria joked he wasn’t consulted, and KSHB 41’s Wes Peery noted how the movie TV station’s branding looked similar to his workplace.
• The film debuts June 12, right before World Cup matches begin in Kansas City.
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