"Rene Ravenwood," a college film student from the east coast, has his dream fulfilled by being hired to be a production assistant on Steven Spielberg's new autobiographical feature film, "The Fabelmans." But while driving Steven's daughter, Sasha, to set in Arizona, Rene discovers what the top secret movie is actually about. It's a secret which forces Rene to go into hiding in South America and which, when revealed, will change the world forever.