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We Interrupt This Program to explore Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds radio drama

September 20, 2017 by Gary Collinson

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.

According to Deadline, Echo Lake Entertainment is teaming up with Sean Sorensen’s Royal Viking Entertainment for the feature film We Interrupt This Program. Based on Sorensen’s spec script, the film will “chronicle the stormy struggle taking place behind the scenes between Welles and his producer, John Houseman, as they pulled off what would become the most influential radio broadcast in history”, as well as detailed the chaos that ensued as it was broadcast.

The site reports that the project is now out to directors, and will shoot in 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: The War of the Worlds, We Interrupt This Program

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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