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SciFi Wire has posted some "secrets" about Speilberg's War of the Worlds remake - oh, excuse me..."re-imagining".

• The aliens will appear in the massive mechanical tripods described in Wells' book, and not the boomerang-shaped flying saucers from George Pal's 1953 movie of the same name. The tripods will be largely computer-generated.


• Tom Cruise's character, Ray, is a dockworker and father, not a scientist or military leader, as in previous incarnations of Wells' story.


• Gene Barry and Ann Robinson, stars of Pal's movie, will have cameo appearances.


• Spielberg's film will hew closely to themes and events in Wells' novel, featuring such elements as the red weed and the black smoke, as well as a cellar sequence right out of the book.

Share: | Posted by John on Friday February 11, 2005 - 2:17 PM | Category: Movies | © 2005 SF Signal