The War of the Worlds: Next Century The War of the Worlds: Next Century The War of the Worlds: Next Century () is a 1981 Polish film by Piotr Szulkin which is inspired by the classical novel of H. G. Wells, "The War of the Worlds". It was immediately banned by the Polish government upon its release because it depicted political parallels with the political context of the country at that time. It only received its premiere on 20 February 1983. The film starts from the position close to the literary inspiration suggested in the title, but rather than developing it in the same manner as the
Fighting machine (The War of the Worlds) gods (Hera, Hades, Zeus, Poseidon). In the 2005 movie "Chicken Little", alien tripods attack the Earth. The aliens themselves sit inside the tripods and they are similar to "The War of the Worlds" Martians. In the animated superhero film "Ultimate Avengers 2", a race of aliens called the Chitauri invade Earth. Machines resembling Wells' fighting machines are briefly seen attacking London, as a deliberate homage to "The War of the Worlds". In the 2010 TV movie "High Plains Invaders", a Western film about an alien invasion of the American Wild West in the 1890s, the alien antagonists were inspired by