Steven Spielberg is to produce the remake of
When Worlds Collide, taking over from Stephen Sommers, according to Variety.
Paramount's original
When Worlds Collide, directed by Rudolph Mate and released in 1951, served as inspiration for the 1998 films
Deep Impact and
Armageddon. Spielberg was an exec producer on
Deep Impact, directed by Mimi Leder.