Christie’s auctioning off an original ‘War of the Worlds’ script
The prestige auction house expects the script, obtained more than 80 years ago by a newspaper reporter, to fetch between $15,000 and $25,000 when the last bid is accepted on April 22.
‘War of the Worlds’ — 10 links worth checking out by Halloween
With the 82nd anniversary of the infamous radio broadcast fast approaching, here are 10 online links worth checking out.
Observatory at Princeton, cited in ‘War of the Worlds,’ to be demolished
“We are now ready to take you to the Princeton Observatory at Princeton where Carl Phillips, our commentator, will interview Professor Richard Pierson, famous astronomer. We take you now to Princeton, New Jersey.” — War of the Worlds, October 30, 1938. A piece of Orson Welles-related history will soon be lost to history, The […]
Screenwriter Devin Lucas talks about ‘Orson’s War’
By RAY KELLY An as-yet-unproduced screenplay by Devin Lucas focusing on the Mercury Theatre on the Air radio production of War of the Worlds is gaining attention on the West Coast. Orson’s War recently won a professional table read through Coverfly — something the Southern California writer hopes will move the 112-page script closer to […]
‘Orson Welles: Warrior of the Worlds’ graphic novel finds publisher
Scout Comics is set to publish a graphic novel series that finds a heroic Orson Welles defending the Earth from alien invaders. In Milton Lawson’s Orson Welles: Warrior of the Worlds, the October 30, 1938 radio show was no joke. Following his first run-in with aliens, Welles joins an organization that defends the Earth from […]
Help University of Michigan get Orson Welles into classrooms
Update 5/15/2020: In just three days, a group of volunteers from around the world transcribed more than 1,300 letters (almost 2.000 pages), mostly handwritten, sent to Orson Welles and his network CBS in the wake of the infamous 1938 War of Worlds radio broadcast. ______ By RAY KELLY The University of Michigan at Ann […]
‘War of the Worlds’ Australian Blu-ray to include radio show
Via Vision Entertainment’s new Imprint label will release a 4K restoration of Byron Haskin’s The War of the Worlds starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson on Blu-ray in Australia on May 27. It marks the first time the 1953 sci-fi classic will be available anywhere on Blu-ray. (A Region B disc, it is unknown at […]
‘War of the Worlds’ — When Hugo honored Orson
The Mercury Theatre on the Air production of The War of the Worlds became legendary after its broadcast more than eight decades ago on October 30, 1938. Working from a script by Howard Koch and Anne Froelick, which was based on the H.G. Wells novel about a Martian invasion, Orson Welles and company created a […]
Orson Welles fights alien invaders in planned graphic novel
By RAY KELLY Some engaged in the Martin Scorsese-led debate about the merit of Marvel superhero films have wondered what Orson Welles would have thought. Here is a more relevant question: How would Welles have felt about being a comic book hero? The premise of the forthcoming graphic novel Orson Welles: Warrior of the Worlds […]
Martin Freeman linked to forthcoming ‘War of the Worlds’ drama
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.com. Deadline revealed last summer that the script would focus […]
Lilly Library marking 80th anniversary of ‘War of the Worlds’ broadcast
By GABRIELLA ALTCHEK Indiana University newsroom Indiana University Libraries’ Lilly Library is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the 1938 The War of the Worlds broadcast by openly streaming its recent digitization of the infamous radio event taken directly from Orson Welles’ personal lacquer disc recordings. The Lilly Library’s collection features Welles’ radio scripts, production material […]
Princeton honoring ‘War of the Worlds’ 80th with special events
Given that the character of Professor Richard Pierson of the Observatory at Princeton played a key role in The War of the Worlds broadcast, it seems fitting that the Princeton Public Library host a celebration of the 80th anniversary of the infamous radio broadcast. Hannah Schmidl of the Princeton Public Library and A. Brad Schwartz, […]
Bharat Nalluri tapped to direct ‘We Interrupt This Program’
Director Bharat Nalluri (The Man Who Invented Christmas) is set to helm We Interrupt This Program, which looks back at the making of the famed The War of the Worlds radio broadcast. According to Deadline, Sean Sorensen’s script explores two dramas unfolding on the night of October 30, 1938. The most well-known is the infamous radio broadcast, […]
Sculptures to mark ‘War of the Worlds’ in New Jersey town
To commemorate The War of the Worlds radio broadcast, the West Windsor Arts Council in New Jersey is gearing up to launch a new public arts project and install at least 10 Martian-themed sculptures around town over the next few years. It hopes to have the first sculpture in place in time for the broadcast’s 80th […]
‘The War of the Worlds’ radio broadcast – Best of Wellesnet
Recollections by Welles, his eldest daughter, listeners, and telephone operators have appeared here.
‘We Interrupt This Program’ movie to recount ‘War of the Worlds’ broadcast
The script reportedly chronicles the stormy struggle behind the scenes between Welles and his Mercury Theatre partner John Houseman.
Draft ‘War of the Worlds’ radio script on auction block
The script was acquired from the estate of radio actor James E. Jewell.
What critics think: ‘Brave New Jersey’ recalls ‘War of the Worlds’ broadcast
The Gravitas Ventures film arrived in theaters and in-demand on August 4.
Watch trailer for ‘Brave New Jersey,’ inspired by ‘War of the Worlds’ broadcast
The film will be available on demand and in select theaters on August 8.
Did ‘The Shadow’ influence ‘The War of the Worlds’?
“The Death Triangle” episode of “The Shadow” uses a fake news bulletin.