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	WALL STREET JOURNAL BREAKS SECRECY OVER SPIELBERG FLICK Jul 9 2004
	While noting that Steven Spielberg has been trying to keep a secrecy lid on his (more)
	PREMIERE: SPIELBERG NOW MOST INFLUENTIAL MAN IN HOLLYWOOD Apr 9 2003
	Premiere magazine has selected Steven Spielberg to top its annual "Power List" of Hollywood's most (more)

THE WAR OF THE WARS
Thursday, September 16 2004

In what is likely to impinge on Steven Spielberg's plans to film a new version of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, Pendragon Pictures announced Wednesday that it has completed principal photography of their own version of the 1898 classic story. Although earlier reports had indicated that the producers had halted production following the 9/11 events, director Timothy Hines told the sci-fi website SFCrowsNest.com, "We never stopped really. After an initial two-week hiatus, we saw the light in adapting a dead-on accurate version of The War of the Worlds from the original source material." He said that to keep the work hush-hush, it was shot under the cover title The Great Boer War. Hines maintained that his film and Spielberg's planned remake could co-exist, saying: "What they are doing sounds interesting. From what I understand, they are changing the story dramatically, whereas we have point-by-point recreated the book for the screen. Our production ... is set at the turn-of-the-century. We're almost a back story to their version, sort of like a prequel."

WAR OF THE WORLDS -- MOST EXPENSIVE MOVIE EVER?
Wednesday, August 18 2004

Steven Spielberg's retelling of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds will likely become the most expensive movie ever made, several British publications have reported, citing unnamed source. "No expense will be spared. Spielberg wants to make it the film of the decade," a report in the London Daily Sun said today (Wednesday). The budget for the film, reports said, will exceed that of Titanic, which was described as the current record holder for most-expensive (more)

SPIELBERG AND CRUISE RUSH TO WAR
Thursday, August 12 2004
Paramount and DreamWorks are rushing into production a new, effects-heavy version of H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, starring Tom Cruise and directed by Steven Spielberg. The screenplay was written by David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, Spider-Man) and Josh Friedman. Longtime Spielberg collaborator Kathleen Kennedy and Cruise collaborator Paula Wagner will produce. Although the project was announced in April, it was widely believed that it would be put on hold until after Spielberg (more)