I missed this announcement: The War Of The Worlds is being turned into a BBC series
And unlike the two movies and previous TV series, this one is supposedly going to follow the
novel:
http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/national/article/Poldark-producers-to-make-War-Of-The-Worlds-into-BBC-drama-2107c830-22be-4b9e-8b56-c0ceb73ae990-ds
HG Wells' alien invasion novel The War Of The Worlds is being turned into a British TV drama.
The three-part, BBC One drama, following one man's attempt to escape ruthless Martians, is being made by the producers of TV hits Poldark and Victoria.
It is being billed as the first British TV adaptation of Wells' famous novel, in which the inhabitants of Earth fall victim to a violent invasion, and will be set in Surrey, the book's original location.
Writer Peter Harness, whose credits include Doctor Who, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and Wallander, said: "I'm feeling phenomenally lucky to be writing The War Of The Worlds, and blowing up gigantic swathes of the home counties at the dawn of the 20th Century...
...Damien Timmer, managing director of producer Mammoth Screen, said: "It's a great honour to bring HG Wells' masterpiece to BBC One. This huge title - the original alien invasion story - has been loosely adapted and riffed on countless times, but no-one has ever attempted to follow Wells and locate the story in Dorking at the turn of the last century.
This promises to be very, very cool...
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