Following my last piece about the new War of the Worlds sequel, I have found out, through the Radio Times TV listing magazine, that the BBC is making a new version of the original H.G.Wells book for showing 'later this year'.
According to the article this version will be firmly set in and around Edwardian London, will be a three part drama, and faithful to the tone and spirit of the book while also feeling contemporary, surprising and full of shocks. A collision of Sci-fi, period drama and horror.
Eleanor Thomlinson (Poldark's Demelza and Rafe Spall play the leads while Rupert Graves and Robert Carlyle have major parts.
I look forward to the CGI tripods and HMS Thundercloud.
At last!
ReplyDeleteFinally. Look forward to this.
ReplyDelete>>and faithful to the tone and spirit of the book while also feeling contemporary, surprising and full of shocks
ReplyDeleteHmm, how can it be faithful to the tone and spirit of the book whilst also being "contemporary"?
The book was written in 1895 so setting it in the Edwardian period is wrong for a start. ;)
"Surprising" is also perhaps a warning sign...
I'm not excited I'm afraid. The BBC has long lost the ability to make decent sf dramas (e.g. the poor Survivors and Triffids remakes). Now if HBO was making it...
We shall see but ten to one says it will bear little or no relation to the book at all.
Tiny corection if you'll permit - Thunderchild, not Thundercloud :)