Where Steven Spielberg Shot Disclosure Day: Every Filming Location Uncovered

Spielberg is heading back to alien country. His 2026 sci-fi mystery 'Disclosure Day' looks like a spiritual cousin to 'Close Encounters' and 'E.T.' — big cosmic questions, regular people on the ground. David Koepp wrote it, Emily Blunt leads a stacked cast (Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth, Colman Domingo, Eve Hewson, Wyatt Russell), and John Williams is back for their 30th team-up. The first trailer barely says what the plot is, which of course makes everyone ask the next best question: okay, but where did they shoot it?

So where did they film this thing?

Short answer: mostly New Jersey, with a healthy run through New York and the Catskills. The production did the classic Spielberg thing — extraordinary events staged in ordinary places — and it shows in the locations.

• New Jersey (majority of principal photography, under the codename 'Non-View'): Jersey City’s McGinley Square; Woodbine; Morristown; Montville; Tuckahoe (work near railroad tracks, temporary road closures, Spielberg spotted directing stunt scenes, big blue-screen rigs in play); Buena Vista; Upper Township; plus extras casting in Middlesex County that specifically sought drivers and their cars.
• New York and the Catskills: Huntington; New York City; Catskill; Haines Falls; filming across the Catskills in spring 2025 with locals and small businesses pulled into the mix for diner, hotel, and roadside scenes. One location that kept popping up in reports is Fosterfields Living Historical Farm — which is actually in Morristown, NJ — so chalk that up as another nod to the Jersey footprint even as they ranged through New York.

Beyond the cool backdrops, the shoot pumped money into the towns hosting it. Hundreds of crew moved through the state, and nearby businesses felt the bump — lodging, food, transport, all of it. The extras calls in Jersey (especially for car owners) are also classic Spielberg texture: pack the frame with real people and everyday vehicles so the wild stuff feels grounded.

What the trailer hints at

They are keeping story specifics in a vault, but the footage leans into all the eerie Americana: crop circles, strange sky phenomena, unsettled faces in small towns and big cities. It is that familiar Spielberg contrast — the uncanny pressing into places that look like your commute.

Dates, premieres, and a little hype

'Disclosure Day' opens only in theaters on June 12, 2026. The UK premiere hit Cineworld Leicester Square on June 5, with Spielberg and a very shiny cast on hand. If you caught the campaign on social, you probably saw this bit of promo minimalism fly by:

'Believe it when you see it. Get tickets now. Disclosure Day only in theaters June 12.'

— @disclosureday, May 27, 2026

So when you sit down on June 12 to watch a story that stretches to the stars, a lot of what you are actually looking at was built in the streets, farms, rail lines, and neighborhoods of New Jersey and New York. I will be squinting at McGinley Square and those Catskills diners like they are the Zapruder film.