War of the Worlds (2005)

War of the Worlds is an American science fiction blockbuster feature film of the alien invasion subgenre. It is a remake of the classic 1953 film of the same name, which in turn, is an adaptation of the 1898 novel, War of the Worlds by author H.G. Wells. The film remake was directed by Steven Spielberg with a script written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp. It was produced by Paramount Pictures and Spielberg's company Amblin Entertainment, along with DreamWorks SKG. It premiered theatrically in the United States on June 29th, 2005.

Notes & Trivia

 * Copyright holder: 2005, Paramount Pictures Corporation and DreamWorks LLC.


 * The fake working title of this film was Out of the Night.


 * The tagline for this film is "This Summer, the last war on Earth won't be started by humans".


 * Production on War of the Worlds began on November 8th, 2004. Principal photography concluded on March 7th, 2005.


 * The movie was shot in various locations in New Jersey, and New York including New York City.


 * War of the Worlds grossed $234,277,056 over its opening weekend.


 * War of the Worlds closed out of theaters on November 22nd, 2005. It had been in release for a total of 21.3 weeks (149 days).


 * War of the Worlds was released on Blu-ray in Region Free format by DreamWorks Video on June 1st, 2010. The Blu-ray includes featurettes such as "Revisiting the Invasion", "The H.G. Wells Legacy", "Characters: The Family Unit", "Steven Spielberg and the Original War of the Worlds", galleries, original trailers and more.

Recommendations

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 * E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
 * Island, The
 * Monsters vs. Aliens


 * Paycheck
 * Transformers
 * Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
 * War of the Worlds
 * War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave