Post by rikki on May 20, 2004 22:02:41 GMT -5
The War of the Worlds is a remake of the 1953 film of the same name. It is to be directed by Steven Spielberg, with a script by David Koepp and starring Tom Cruise. It is currently set for a release date of 2006.
Washington--It couldn't get better than this. After enthralling audiences with their 2002 offering, Spielberg and Cruise are joining forces again to bring H.G. Wells' classic alien-invasion epic, The War of the Worlds, to the big screen. "They are working on the screenplay for it and they're trying to move it along quickly," E-Online quoted Spielberg's publicist, Marvin Levy as saying.
The project, a coproduction of Paramount Pictures, Cruise/Wagner Productions and DreamWorks, is yet another UFO tale by Spieberg. According to the report, War of World's is a darker sci-fi film like A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Minority Report and 2002's Emmy-winning Sci Fi Channel miniseries, Taken, produced by Spielberg.
Shooting for the film is expected to start in the late 2005, as soon as screenwriter David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spider-Man) completes a rewrite of Josh Friedman's first draft and Spielberg and Cruise clear their calendars.
Wells' War of the Worlds novel was first published in 1898 but achieved a whole new level of notoriety in American culture when Orson Welles' Mercury Theater adapted it into a now-infamous 1938 live radio drama.
Since then, there have been numerous attempts made to resurrect War of the Worlds on film, but all failed save a little-known TV series in the late '80s, the report adds.
The War of the Worlds will be the first E.T.-themed encounter for Cruise and his third starring role for Spielberg. If all goes as planned, the movie will hit theaters most likely in summer 2006.
Washington--It couldn't get better than this. After enthralling audiences with their 2002 offering, Spielberg and Cruise are joining forces again to bring H.G. Wells' classic alien-invasion epic, The War of the Worlds, to the big screen. "They are working on the screenplay for it and they're trying to move it along quickly," E-Online quoted Spielberg's publicist, Marvin Levy as saying.
The project, a coproduction of Paramount Pictures, Cruise/Wagner Productions and DreamWorks, is yet another UFO tale by Spieberg. According to the report, War of World's is a darker sci-fi film like A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Minority Report and 2002's Emmy-winning Sci Fi Channel miniseries, Taken, produced by Spielberg.
Shooting for the film is expected to start in the late 2005, as soon as screenwriter David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spider-Man) completes a rewrite of Josh Friedman's first draft and Spielberg and Cruise clear their calendars.
Wells' War of the Worlds novel was first published in 1898 but achieved a whole new level of notoriety in American culture when Orson Welles' Mercury Theater adapted it into a now-infamous 1938 live radio drama.
Since then, there have been numerous attempts made to resurrect War of the Worlds on film, but all failed save a little-known TV series in the late '80s, the report adds.
The War of the Worlds will be the first E.T.-themed encounter for Cruise and his third starring role for Spielberg. If all goes as planned, the movie will hit theaters most likely in summer 2006.
