After making the film Citizen Kane, Orson Welles wanted to do a film adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds and his infamous radio program of the same name.
Plot[]
The plot would have been based on the novel.
Why It Was Cancelled[]
- George Pal had already developed his own adaptation of War of the Worlds for a long time.
Results[]
- Orson Welles' version is cancelled.
- The War of the Worlds was eventually released in 1953 while a new adaptation was released in 2005 by Steven Speilberg.