New film to dramatize War of the Worlds

[Wellesnet]

Bharat Nalluri To Direct ‘We Interrupt This Program’ On Chaotic Orson Welles’ ‘War Of The Worlds’ Broadcast:
https://deadline.com/2018/08/orson-well ... 202441643/

Nalluri's directorial credits include The Man Who Invented Christmas, MI-5 and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.

[RayKelly]

Director Bharat Nalluri may have found his John Houseman for a big screen drama based on the 1938 The War of the Worlds radio broadcast. Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, Sherlock) is currently attached to We Interrupt This Program play Houseman, according to a report on ThatHashTagShow

http://www.wellesnet.com/martin-freeman-war-worlds/