Who wrote 'The War of the Worlds' which has been adapted to film on four occassions?
War of the Worlds – The True Story a unique spin on something that has been done many times before, which is no small feat." War of the Worlds – The True Story War of the Worlds – The True Story is a 2012 remake of "H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds" based on English writer H. G. Wells's Epic Science fiction novel "The War of the Worlds". A documentary-style drama directed by Timothy Hines, which revisits Wells' novel, portraying the events of the book as historical, through the documented recollections of a survivor of the Martian war. The film bases its documentary approach on the
War of the Worlds (2005 film) and considered that focusing the narrative on the struggle of one character made the film more effective, but described the ending as weak, even though Spielberg "does the best he can to make it cinematically dramatic". "Total Film"'s review gave "War of the Worlds" 4 out of 5 stars, considering that "Spielberg finds fresh juice in a tale already adapted for film, TV, stage, radio and record", and describing the film as having many "startling images", comparing the first Tripod attack to the Omaha Beach landing from "Saving Private Ryan". "Los Angeles Times" Kenneth Turan, who felt the special effects