Get ready for a modern take on an alien invasion! Patrick Aiello and Timur Bekmambetov’s reboot of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds is out today on Prime Video.
A Modern Adaptation
This modern adaptation follows Will Radford (Ice Cube), a top cybersecurity analyst for the Department of Homeland Security. He spends his days tracking potential threats through a massive surveillance program. But when an attack by an unknown entity occurs, it makes him question if the government is hiding something – not just from him, but from the entire world.
“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,” says Bekmambetov. “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.”
The Cast
The cast for War of the Worlds includes actor/rapper Ice Cube, “Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria, Iman Benson, Henry Hunter Hall, Clark Gregg, and Michael O’Neill.
Watch It Now
This new take on a familiar premise promises to explore how a global alien attack might unfold in our hyper-connected, screen-obsessed world. Watch War of the Worlds (2025) now on Prime Video.
