The War of the Worlds the location of the story to a New York setting. The second version changed the story to have the Martians landing in the area near and around Boston, and was published by the "Boston Post" in 1898, which Wells protested against. It was called "Fighters from Mars, or the War of the Worlds in and near Boston". Both pirated versions of the story were followed by "Edison's Conquest of Mars" by Garrett P. Serviss. Even though these versions are deemed as unauthorised serialisations of the novel, it is possible that H. G. Wells may have, without realising it, agreed to
War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave 2" features considerably more outlandish science-fiction elements, discarding the horror treatment of the first film for an action/adventure premise. The film's plot is mostly original, its characters entirely so, though it does feature elements from "The War of the Worlds" which were excluded from the first film. The film's music was composed by Ralph Reickermann, a former composer for The Asylum. The film features the single ""You Came into my Life"" which featured the vocals of singer John Brown Reese. War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave is a 2008 direct-to-DVD