New War of the Worlds movie?

Originally posted by cal31
No, they annouced it is going to be the most expensive movie ever.

what was the figure? because without a number they cant have any idea of this.. and where did they announce it at?

there was a rough figure over here Film Force

and i remember an article in the local paper on the 9th May 2004:

WANTED FOR FILM SHOOTING

1000 EXTRAS

To work for approxametly in June / Early July

We are especially seeking:

Long-haired males of all ages with beards/sideburns or willing to grow them.
STRICTLY long-haired females (minimum shoulder length) with natural hair color.
Teenagers with natural hair color (no crew cuts or very short hair).
All must have an enthusiastic attitude and willing to work long hours possibly also at night.

Auditions will be held at the Catholic Institute as Follows

bla bla bla..........

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This film was not shot for some unknown reasons. But we gathered that IT WAS a SS film and a PA (Production Assistant) who always lands o job in them said it was the War Of The Worlds.
While the guy doing the auditions said it was a terrorist film ; which we assumed as being, at that time, The 1972 olympics project, which is now known as Vengeance.
As usual they used a nom de plum on the application form which was 'Waterlake Productions'

Originally posted by cal31
No, they annouced it is going to be the most expensive movie ever.

Umm, where did you hear that? This article ran the other day in the new york times:

"An article in The Arts yesterday about the filming of "The War of the Worlds" in Bayonne, N.J., misstated the size of the film’s budget. It is $128 million, a spokeswoman for Paramount Pictures said, not $200 million."

Article

matrix 2 and 3 were over 300 million and the 300 was a minimum figure

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Originally posted by Holcomb
Umm, where did you hear that? This article ran the other day in the new york times:

"An article in The Arts yesterday about the filming of "The War of the Worlds" in Bayonne, N.J., misstated the size of the film’s budget. It is $128 million, a spokeswoman for Paramount Pictures said, not $200 million."

Article

Every place I've read says that it's gonna cost more than the Titanic, which currently is the highest costing movie ever with over $200 million.

Originally posted by cal31
Every place I've read says that it's gonna cost more than the Titanic, which currently is the highest costing movie ever with over $200 million.

Did you read my post? That was taken directly from an article stating the budget is NOT $200mil.

Ive never read the book I saw the movie though

I recently found out from my local newspaper that they are gonna shot some scenes in the town next to mine which is about 10 min. from where i live before christmas and confirmed it as it is posted on Steven Spielbergs web site, I cant wait!, lol

check the november 19 update in the link below to see what im talking about!

http://www.spielbergfilms.com/

Yeah Tom Cruise and the gang are supposed to be at the edge of my town making a gas station to blow it up... 😖igh:.. its all the way at 1st street (im on 24th) so I dont think imma hike 23 blocks to go see tom.. I will however hike that many to pick up my collectors edition of world of warcraft.. w00tie w00t!

some pruduction pics

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and the website War Of The Worlds

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Yea, I can't wait for the film -- big fan of all films Spielberg! Thanks for the pics!

Teaser Trailer up and running Clickerty Click

Originally posted by GCG
Teaser Trailer up and running Clickerty Click

yeah, too bad it shows basically nothing, but this still is one of my most anticipated movies of next year, right next to Episode III and King Kong.

Screw King Kong. The only reason it is anticipated is because of Peter Jackson. I personally think the remake will suck just like the Godzilla remake.