This Sci-Fi Masterpiece Is Once Again Getting a Film Adaptation 20 Years After Tom Cruise Starred in One – Collider

By Chris McPherson, Published 11 hours ago

H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds is getting a screenlife makeover — and Ice Cube is at the center of it. Premiering globally on Prime Video July 30, the new modern-day reboot of the sci-fi classic comes from producers Patrick Aiello and Timur Bekmambetov, with a twist that’s very 2025: the story unfolds through the digital devices we use every day. Think alien invasion meets mass surveillance, told through smartphones, laptops, and security feeds — a visual language designed to feel disturbingly real. You mean we can’t even trust TikTok? Since when?!

Directed by Rich Lee, this War of the Worlds follows Will Radford (Ice Cube), a Homeland Security cyber-security analyst who monitors threats via a vast surveillance network. But when an attack by an unknown entity hits, Will is forced to question everything he knows — including what the government might be hiding from him… and the rest of the world. Bekmambetov released a statement explaining his vision for the film along with the announcement:

“It’ll be exciting for audiences to watch the movie and ask themselves: If aliens invaded today, how would we experience it? Most likely, we’d be watching it on our phones. In that way, it’s kind of a modern spin on Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds. Back then, he used radio — the most popular technology of the time — to make people believe the invasion was real. Today, that medium is the screen of our devices.”

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The cast also includes Eva Longoria, Clark Gregg, Andrea Savage, Henry Hunter Hall, Iman Benson, Devon Bostick, and Michael O’Neill. The script was penned by Kenneth Golde and Marc Hyman, with Charles Ancelle on editing. Aiello and Bekmambetov produced, and Adam Sidman served as executive producer. Bekmambetov, no stranger to immersive storytelling, is known for his innovative “Screenlife” format seen in thrillers like Unfriended (2015), Searching (2018), and Missing (2023). His latest Screenlife project, LifeHack, premiered at SXSW this year and holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

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