Image Credit: Steven Spielberg (Image: AFP) For nearly fifty years, Steven Spielberg has shaped how all of us think about aliens. He made beloved movies like ‘E.T.‘ and ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind‘.

Spielberg said if asked to direct the popular franchise now, his response would be: “You can’t afford me”

No UFOs, no stomping metallic and laser emitting creatures, just very attuned animals and Emily Blunt acting like she’s psychic.