The legendary Oscar winning filmmaker promised never to retire on Thursday night, speaking at intimate and high-powered event where Universal unveiled grand new screening room named for the director.

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Before guests including Oscar-winning team Daniels, Seth Rogen, Colman Domingo, Vin Diesel, Ava DuVernay, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Jeff Goldblum, Spielberg was genuinely bowled over to have a theater in his name.

His next, untitled event film, dated for 2026, has been shrouded in mystery save its principal cast: Emily Blunt, Domingo, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth and Eve Hewson.

Spielberg introduced behind-the-scenes clip that showed menacing figures in unmarked black cars were seen chasing Blunt (an everywoman in a rural area). In one sequence with O’Connor, Blunt’s busted sedan collides with a speeding train. She and O’Connor attempt an escape through the broken windshield as the vehicle gets chewed alive between screeching metal and the tracks.

“Our hope and dream is that this is not just a place founded on Steven’s extraordinary legacy, but a place of future hopes and dreams of storytellers who are going to take this company into the next 100 years, and the 100 years after that,” Langley said in opening remarks.

Roberts called the new Spielberg Theater the “heart and soul” of the lot’s stunning new film campus.

“’Sinners’ is a deeply personal film. It’s also huge crowd pleaser and deeply thought through. So many relevant moral points. I look forward to anything he does,” Spielberg said of Ryan Coogler.

Following the dedication, guests mingled over fresh-cut sushi and cocktails high atop the lot with sweeping views of nearby Burbank and Studio City.

An exhibit was curated featuring props and items from all of Spielberg’s Universal collaborations (like Laura Dern’s iconic ‘90s-core costume from “Jurassic Park,” and the original bicycle props from E.T.)