War of the Worlds (2019)
Howard Overman, 2019
The War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells, 1898
War of the Worlds is a TV series created by Howard Overman in 2019 and based on the book The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, first published in 1898. The TV series features Gabriel Byrne, Elizabeth McGovern, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Stéphane Caillard, Adel Bencherif, Léa Drucker, and others.
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Storyline
This Anglo-French adaptation of H.G. Wells’ classic tale is set in modern-day France and takes inspiration from ‘The Walking Dead.’ It depicts small groups of survivors forced to work together after a devastating extraterrestrial attack.
Movie vs Book
Year
2019
Minutes
49
Movie Rate
6.40
Source: IMDb
TV Series
War of the Worlds
Creator: Howard Overman
Country: UK
Year: 2019
Length: 49m / 16 episodes
Year
1898
Pages
192
Book Rate
7.66
S: Goodreads
Book
The War of the Worlds
Author: H.G. Wells
Country: UK
First published in: 1898
Length: 192 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
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Movie by Steven Spielberg
Movie by David Michael Latt
TV Mini-Series by Howard Overman, Gilles Coulier, Richard Clark
Movie by Mario N. Bonassin
TV Series by Simon Kinberg
Movie by Junaid Syed
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