The War of the Worlds (1953 film) The War of the Worlds (1953 film) The War of the Worlds (also known in promotional material as H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds) is a 1953 American Technicolor science fiction drama film from Paramount Pictures, produced by George Pal, directed by Byron Haskin, and starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. The film is a loose adaptation of the novel of the same name by H. G. Wells, the first of five film adaptations. It is a modern retelling of the 1897 novel, changing the setting from Victorian Era England to 1953 southern California. Earth is suddenly and
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