The War of the Worlds, 1953. Directed by Byron Haskin. Starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. SYNOPSIS: The Paramount Presents line continues with a double-feature: The War of the Worlds and When Worlds Collide, two 1950s era science-fiction classics produced by George Pal. The studio ported over past extras for the former while the latter […]
The BBC releases trailer for The War of the Worlds adaptation
The BBC has released the first trailer for its new small-screen adaptation of the H.G. Wells sci-fi classic The War of the Worlds, which features a cast that includes Eleanor Tomlinson, Rafe Spall, and Robert Carlyle; watch the trailer here… This tense and thrilling drama follows a young couple’s race for survival against escalating terror […]
The War of the Worlds adds Gabriel Byrne and Elizabeth McGovern
The modern day The War of the Worlds series from Urban Myth Films, Canal+, Fox and AGC Television has just added two more to its cast in Gabriel Byrne (Hereditary) and Elizabeth McGovern (Downtown Abbey). Byrne and McGovern will star alongside Léa Drucker (Le Bureau Des Légendes), Natasha Little (Silent Witness), Daisy Edgar Jones (Cold Feet), Stéphane […]
Exclusive Interview – Jeff Wayne on The War of the Worlds: The Musical Drama
James Turner talks with Jeff Wayne about his upcoming audiobook, Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds: The Musical Drama… This audiobook is your third major The War of the Worlds Project, so what can fans expect to hear in this new version? What’s familiar from the original album and The New Generation and what’s […]
Steven Spielberg Is More Than His Brand
Henry Bevan on Steven Spielberg… Is this the face of the most underrated director of the twenty-first century? It’s odd to use the word “underrated” in regards to Hollywood’s most successful director. He is the man who did change the face of popular culture with a shark, an archeologist and a dinosaur. His latest film, […]
MTV bringing The War of the Worlds to the small screen
MTV has tapped Teen Wolf creator Jeff Davis and writer Andrew Cochran for a TV adaptation of H.G. Wells’ sci-fi classic The War of the Worlds, THR is reporting. Published in 1897, the book is one of the earliest to explore the conflict between humans and extraterrestrials, as Earth is invaded by Martians. It has […]
We Interrupt This Program to explore Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds radio drama
In 1938, Orson Welles caused nationwide panic with his special Halloween episode of The Mercury Theatre on Air, with many listeners confusing his radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds for news of a real alien invasion. And now the story behind the drama looks to be heading to the big screen. […]
