New War of the Worlds Adaptation Coming to MTV 

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Fresh from squeezing six seasons out of Teen Wolf, producer duo Jeff Davis and Andrew Cochran have turned their intellects both vast and unsympathetic towards adapting HG Wells The War of the Worlds for MTV.  

For those not familiar Wells tale, which was first serialised in 1897, sees Martian aliens invading London and rampaging across the countryside in giant war machines before (spoiler alert) succumbing to Earthly bacteria. 

It has been adapted roughly 9,000 times in different media, with the most famous projects including Orson Welles' mass panic-inducing 1938 radio drama, Steven Spielberg's 2005 movie, the 1953 film and Jeff Wayne's 1978 concept album. 

In which direction the show will go remains to be seen – it’s very much at the embryonic stage – but, perhaps an indication of the way it may head, it’s being ushered to screen by The Firm's Jeff Kwatinetz and Josh Barry (grandson of Gene Barry, star of the 1953 movie.) 

War of the Worlds Season 1
Set-in present-day Europe, War of the Worlds is a multi-faceted series, based on the story by H.G. Wells. When astron...
Release Dates
TBA-FOX
16 Feb 2020-Epix
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