The War of the Worlds | Trailer - BBC

The War of the Worlds is a major adaptation by Peter Harness of H.G. Wells’ classic sci-fi title. This major new three-part drama is produced by Mammoth Screen for BBC One, and directed by award-winning director Craig Viveiros

Set in Edwardian England, this new adaptation of H.G. Wells' seminal tale - the first alien invasion story in literature - follows George (played by Rafe Spall) and his partner Amy (Eleanor Tomlinson) as they attempt to defy society and start a life together. Rupert Graves is Frederick, George's elder brother, and Robert Carlyle plays Ogilvy, an astronomer and scientist. The War of the Worlds tells their story as they face the escalating terror of an alien invasion, fighting for their lives against an enemy beyond their comprehension.

War Of The Worlds | Trailer | BBC

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[bradgibbOfficial]

they better nail the sound effects like Spielberg's one, that siren from the tripods still scares the shit out of me

[Gojiragon]

It took a century, but FINALLY, a time accurate adaptation has been made.

[beastmendelegate]

I didn’t see Tom Cruise running at all in this trailer.

[ZandeKongo]

Finally, an adaptation set in the correct time period.

[durkin]

They’d better have the Artilleryman and Thunderchild battles.

[AstroBiggles]

Hands up: who else's dad played them the LP of the Jeff Wayne version of this when they were kids and ended up having bloody nightmares because of it?!

[JoeEnglandShow]

I'm glad that they're using the original time period! You don't see that often, and I enjoy the juxtaposition of a historical setting with a modern sci-fi aesthetic. It makes the alien force seem all the more like a radical intrusion into a humbler world.

[TheVoiceOfReason]

"This isn't a war. It never was a war, any more than there's war between man and ants. There's the ants builds their cities, live their lives, have wars, revolutions, until the men want them out of the way, and then they go out of the way."
--- The Artilleryman, War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells.

[anchy]

Nothing can beat the sound of tripod from 2005 movie, that sound of tripod walking still haunts me, terrifying

[Erosolvent]

FINALLY!! An honest to god authentic War Of The Worlds taking place in the Victorian era, just like the novella! Thank you BBC!

[The.Smiggle]

Finally, a War of the Worlds movie in the UK in the 1900s!!!

[jannikschmidt]

Me in a situation like that;
Day one:
I have hidden in a bunker, with resources to last for a decade, and 40 litres worth of tea.
Day two:
I will hang myself because I drank too much tea on day one, so there is no reason left to live.

[Brejan]

I'm so glad they kept it to a period setting. I always thought the story loses something when transplanted to modern day, and besides we've had so many "alien invasion" films set in modern day already.

[potatoturtle]

Listen as a person who actually did read the book, this doesnt look that bad.

[konradpietrzak]

Finnaly, War of the Worlds in proper setting

[finlaylavery]

The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, he said!

[PaulMichaels]

Slowly, and surely, I drew my plans to watch this

[Arahan]

i wanna hear the tripod horn! i remember in spielbergs movie it was freaking haunting and horrifying

[allthingswildlifeyt]

If this is good, I hope they also do ‘the time machine’. Also wouldn’t mind a new ‘hitchhikers guide to the galaxy’ series.

[notablegoat]

"Bows and arrows against the lightning", the artillery man said, "they haven't seen the trailer yet."