Emily Blunt in Disclosure DayImage via Universal Pictures
Given how dramatically the filmmaking landscape has changed since Steven Spielberg last made a sci-fi movie, it’s almost as if he’s having to reintroduce himself this time around. His first sci-fi film in nearly a decade is right around the corner. It’ll be released in the wake of two phenomenal horror hits made by filmmakers who are as young as Spielberg was when he broke out in the 1970s. It’s certainly a passing of the baton moment, and for the first time in a long time, it’s the legendary director who must prove that he’s still a force to be reckoned with in this new world. And what better way to mark his territory than with a big-budget sci-fi spectacle that gives him an excuse to revisit some of his favorite ideas.
The movie in question hasn’t had the sort of robust marketing campaign that you’d expect; it could just be that Universal began promoting the film in earnest not too far in advance. Certainly, the studio seems to be putting more resources into marketing Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey, which is a little more than a month away from release. Spielberg’s movie arrives after two back-to-back box-office underperformers — the musical drama West Side Story, and the semi-autobiographical coming-of-age movie The Fabelmans. Both films received critical acclaim, but weren’t exactly money-spinners. Spielberg and Universal both need the sci-fi film to hit, and early reactions indicate that things might work out after all.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
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🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
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Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
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The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
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You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
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You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
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You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
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Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
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You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
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Here’s How Long You Have to Wait for Steven Spielberg’s New Movie
We’re talking, of course, about Disclosure Day — the sci-fi spectacle that has inadvertently been promoted this year more efficiently by the U.S. government than through official means. The movie follows a handful of characters who are made aware of the existence of aliens and are left to decide whether to break the news to the rest of the world. Disclosure Day stars Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colman Domingo, Eve Hewson, and Colin Firth, among others. The movie has received highly positive reactions so far, with just a few days to go until its release on June 12. With a reported budget of around $115 million, Disclosure Day needs to gross around $300 million worldwide in order to break even. It’s currently projected to generate around $40 million to $50 million in its domestic box office debut. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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