a b c d e f Wiseman, Andreas (January 29, 2019). " 'War Of The Worlds': Gabriel Byrne & Elizabeth McGovern Lead Cast In Sci-Fi Series From Canal+, FNG & AGC". Deadline. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019 . Retrieved June 27, 2019. The first series was released in full on MyCanal in France on October 28, 2019, [1] [17] before being broadcast from the same day in weekly batches of two episodes [18] [19] and was released in most parts of Europe and Africa weekly between October 30 and December 18, 2019. [20] [21] The series premiered in the United States on February 16, 2020, on Epix; [22] in the UK on March 5, 2020; [23] and in Canada on October 7, 2020, on CBC Television. [24] [25] Canal+ and Fox Networks Group have the rights to release the series in Europe and Africa. AGC Television distributes the series to the North American market and co-distributes, with StudioCanal, to Latin America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East. Fox Networks Group releases the series in Europe. [1] [5] The series broadcasts on Fox in more than 50 countries and on Epix in the United States and territories. [7] The War of the Worlds'." British Board of Film Classification, March 9, 1953. Retrieved: January 11, 2015.

CBC ANNOUNCES FALL 2020 PREMIERE DATES FOR NEW AND RETURNING SERIES". September 10, 2020. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020 . Retrieved October 30, 2020. La Guerre des Mondes: une date pour la série de Canal+"[The War of the Worlds: a date for the Canal + series]. AlloCiné (in French). October 7, 2019. Archived from the original on October 21, 2019 . Retrieved November 1, 2019. EPIX(R) Lands Urban Myth Films' Reimagining of "War of the Worlds" ". The Futon Critic. November 21, 2019 . Retrieved November 22, 2019. The Asylum's 2005 direct-to-DVD H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds has mild references to the Pal version. The Martian's mouth has three tongues that closely resemble the three Martian fingers in the Pal film. The Asylum film has scenes of power outages after the aliens' arrival via meteorite-ships. As in the Pal film, refugees hide in the mountains, instead of hiding underground as in the Wells novel, and the protagonist actively tries to fight the aliens by biological means. [37]

Overall it was. And it still holds up well - given the difference in time as the show was set in 1988 in the 1st season. The characters were all pretty well defined - even if Phil Akin played his character a little over the top & Richard Chavez was almost stereotypical as the ram-rod straight Army Ranger. This is an interesting series and is updated--now the aliens are surviving by possessing human bodies and a scientific team including Martin and Richard Chavez are in hot pursuit. One of the episodes involves the infamous 1938 Orson Wells broadcast which the series leads you to believe was not a hoax and the team return to Grover's Mill when the aliens come to retrieve their hibernating brethren. War of the Worlds is somewhat under-appreciated given the sheer number of great films that Spielberg has made over the course of his long career, but I think there’s a real argument to be made that it’s one of the director’s better works. Paramount’s 4K Ultra HD offers a significant improvement in image quality, but the new Atmos mix falls a little short of the mark. Still, there is enough improvement here that the release is certainly recommended for fans of the film.

Artsbeat:'Silence of the Lambs', 'Bambi', and 'Forrest Gump' added to National Film Registry." The New York Times, December 27, 2011. Retrieved: January 11, 2015. Lee Marvin was considered as the protagonist before Gene Barry was cast. Jim Meservy, Dan Dowling, Abdullah Abbas, and the Mitchell Choir Boys were also considered for casting but later cut. The eight-episode third season began broadcast from September 5, 2022, in weekly batches of two episodes. [29] The season premiered in the United States on Epix on September 12, 2022. [30] Reception [ edit ] Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge.Steven Spielberg's 2005 version, War of the Worlds, although an adaptation of the Wells novel, has several references to the 1953 film. Gene Barry and Ann Robinson have cameo appearances near the end, and the invading aliens have three-fingered hands but are reptilian, walking tripods. A long, snaking, alien camera probe is deployed by the invaders. [38] In his 2018 film Ready Player One, Spielberg included a fallen Martian war machine more akin to the 1953 film. [39] Peter Nicholls’ (Ed.) first edition of The Science Fiction Encyclopedia: “The first appearance of the war machines, after an impressive build-up of suspense, is spoilt by the obvious maze of wires supporting each one.” Nicholls, Peter. The Science Fiction Encyclopedia. New York: Doubleday; 1st edition, 1979) By October 2019, the creative team had begun work on a second season. [8] Richard Clark returned to direct the first four episodes, with Ben A. Williams directing the final four. [9] In July 2021, War of the Worlds was renewed for a third season, which aired in 2022. [10] Season 3 is directed by Indra Siera and Jonas Alexander Arnby. [11] Casting [ edit ] Clarke, Stewart (November 5, 2018). "Greg Kinnear in Talks to Star in Canal Plus, Fox Adaptation of 'War of the Worlds' ". Variety. Archived from the original on August 11, 2019 . Retrieved June 27, 2019. Rubin, Steve. "The War of the Worlds". Cinefantastique magazine, Volume 5, No. 4, 1977. A comprehensive "making of" retrospective and review of the film.

Une date pour la série événement "La guerre des mondes" sur Canal+"[A date for the "War of the Worlds" event series on Canal +]. C News (in French). October 8, 2019. Archived from the original on October 31, 2019 . Retrieved November 1, 2019. Dowell, Ben (March 6, 2020). "Noughts + Crosses — richly imagined and jaw-dropping drama". The Times . Retrieved December 9, 2021. My only real complaint is that they wanted this in the real world & had to have the '53 invasion almost forgotten by even the people who fought the Martians. And then taking Sylvia Van Buren & making her crazy from the war. That particular plot device didn't sit well with me.Dyce, Andrew (March 30, 2018). "Ready Player One: The COMPLETE Easter Egg Guide". ScreenRant . Retrieved November 9, 2020. But there is one issue here and it’s significant: For some inexplicable reason, in the process of color grading the film, the opening image of Mars (as painted by artist Chesley Bonestell) was left with too strong a bluish cast—it should be red with just a touch of blue. And frankly, that’s astonishing. Mars is known as the “Red Planet” after all. The whole point of having Bonestell paint Mars for the film was that he was known for his astronomical accuracy, having worked regularly with NASA. Lifelong fans of The War of the Worlds will certainly know that the blue cast is wrong. Paramount’s previous DVD graded the color correctly. The Criterion Collection, when they released their Blu-ray version of the film in 2020, graded it correctly too. But when confronted with their error here, Paramount issued this official response: I'm hopeful that they'll release the 2nd season soon. Many have disparaged that but I kinda liked the dark, end-of-civilization feel that season had. War of the Worlds (2005) is a surprisingly personal film for director Steven Spielberg. It essentially completes his “alien trilogy” that began years earlier with Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). Spielberg’s interest in the subject of aliens began when he was a child growing up in New Jersey, which made the location an obvious setting for a modern updating of the original 1953 film (reviewed here at The Bits). Screenwriter David Koepp makes a wise choice here, restricting Ray’s knowledge of the invasion to just what he and his children can see and hear. Combined with Spielberg’s commitment to a hyper-realistic style, the resulting film is considerably more fraught with tension than the original. Having recently collaborated with the director on Minority Report (2002), Cruise was an obvious choice to take on the starring role. Add a remarkably creepy tripod design, spectacular sound mixing, gritty cinematography by Janusz Kamiński, and another great John Williams score, and War of the Worlds is a damn great action film.