WAR OF THE WORLDS Remake
August 12th, 2004
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 3, which has been plagued by director problems, is out of the pipeline for Paramount Pictures next year, and WAR OF THE WORLDS (scripted by PANIC ROOM script David Koepp) Spielberg and Cruise previously teamed up for blockbuster Minority Report, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, is in accoridng The Hollywood Reporter. Cruise will instead go directly into Spielberg's modern-day adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic about a Martian invasion of Earth. WAR has been in development for some time, and will begin filming in November for a release sometime next year.
Cruise hasn't abandoned "M:I-3," though. It will now shoot next summer, with J.J. Abrams, creator of the TV series Felicity and Alias, set to make his feature directorial debut.
Spielberg also hit a roadblock with a drama he was readying to shoot about the aftermath of the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. With that project delayed while it undergoes a rewrite by Tony Kushner, Spielberg's schedule opened up.
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