Jack Foley

It’s going to be exciting, it’s going to be really scary, and it’s going to maintain the tone of HG Wells.” So says Tom Cruise, as the hype begins to build around his latest blockbuster, ‘War of the Worlds,’ which reunites him with ‘Minority Report’ director, Steven Spielberg. The dream team duo got back together last year after it was announced that both of their respective projects had been delayed — Cruise’s ‘Mission Impossible 3’ due to the lack of a director, and Spielberg’s Olympics movie because of the timing. As a result, ‘War of the Worlds’ has emerged to become a contender for one of the biggest blockbusters of the year — as well as providing the likes of ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Batman’ that they won’t be having it all their own way this year.

Shooting on the movie began on November 2, 2004, with a view to being completed in time for a US release date on June 28, 2005 — which would be no mean achievement given the number of special effects shots that are anticipated. Cruise certainly predicts that this will be a movie adventure to thrill audiences, rather than having them feeling warm and sentimental.”

These guys are coming to dominate earth,” he warned. (Genre: Sci fi, directed by Spielberg, written by David Koepp, starring Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins, Miranda Otto, produced by Kathleen Kennedy)