NewsNation National Correspondent Jessica Kartalija with Steven Spielberg on the set of 'Disclosure Day.' Courtesy of Jessica Kartalija/NewsNation The answers are out there, and NewsNation aims to find them.
The right-of-center (they’d say “perfectly center”) media network is airing a special on Saturday titled Reality Check: Road to Disclosure, hosted by Ross Coulthart from the Australian premiere of Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day. The hour-long special borrows Coulthart’s Reality Check podcast title; NewsNation has already borrowed its premise for companion series Unreported With Meagan Medick. Coulthart is a big name in the disclosure movement, a social and political campaign pushing for the declassification and release of secret files regarding UFOs, Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), and non-human intelligence — however, it is another NewsNation correspondent, Jessica Kartajilla, who serves as the bridge here between the Hollywood blockbuster and cable news channel.
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Kartajilla played a TV anchor (the highly coveted “Anchor 2” role) in the film, which stars Josh O’Connor, Emily Blunt, Colman Domingo, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson and Wyatt Russell. (None of them play “Anchor 1,” if you were wondering — that was ABC News freelance anchor Lionel Moise.) As part of the one-hour special, Kartajilla, who has also appeared in House of Cards and HBO’s Servant, will “discuss her experience” filming the movie and “share a fun story about Spielberg,” NewsNation says.
Here’s a preview: “At a time when UAPs are part of the national conversation, being part of Disclosure Day is surreal,” Kartajilla told The Hollywood Reporter. “Having the opportunity to work with Spielberg, was (pun intended), totally out of this world.”
Fun.
Reality Check: Road to Disclosure will include an interview with Spielberg as well — just not an original. NewsNation will borrow that from KTLA, the Fox affiliate in Los Angeles. Nexstar owns both channels.
NewsNation describes the special as a “cinematic, investigative journey through the history of UFO disclosure. From ancient sightings and the ‘Roswell Incident’ to modern-day whistleblowers, congressional hearings, and declassified files, the special will explore the people, events and unanswered questions that fuel global fascination with the unexplained phenomena.”
Reality Check: Road to Disclosure will feature analysis, archival footage and celebrity interviews, along with “reactions to Disclosure Day.” Those have been quite positive.
In his review, The Hollywood Reporter‘s chief film critic, David Rooney, called Disclosure Day “spellbinding,” so that’s a pretty good endorsement. Read his full review here.
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