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David Koepp on trying to ‘not screw up’ Disclosure Day

Jun 19, 2026 · 30m

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Kim Masters talks to screenwriter David Koepp about Disclosure Day , his latest collaboration with director Steven Spielberg. After Spielberg sent Koepp a 40 page treatment for the movie, which Koepp gave notes on, Spielberg emailed him back that “it’s your problem now.” Koepp also reveals the downside of his early success, which included writing the Jurassic Park screenplay when he was just 29. He also explains why he’s not that scared AI will replace him, and offers his very dark pitch for one final Tom Cruise-led Mission Impossible movie (Koepp wrote the original 1996 release). Plus, Masters and Matt Belloni discuss Fox Corp’s acquisition of the streaming…