Steven Spielberg signed off and even offered notes on Xfinity's E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial sequel Thanksgiving ad

TheWrap

“It’s Steven Spielberg’s baby, you know? And he’s very particular about this film. So I’ve always viewed any attempt at revamping the character or showing it in a different context as the thing that’s never going to happen,” Henry Thomas says of reprising his role for a behind-the-scenes video on the making of the E.T. commercial that premiered on Thanksgiving Day. “And then they said, well, Steven signed off on the story. He loves it. And I said, ‘What?'”