H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds

H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds, titled Invasion internationally, is a 2005 American science fiction film directed and co-written by David Michael Latt. Produced and distributed by The Asylum, it is an adaptation of the H. G. Wells' novel of the same name and was one of three films released in 2005 adapting the novel, after the Steven Spielberg version and the Timothy Hines version. It stars C. Thomas Howell, Peter Greene, and Jake Busey. A contemporary translation of the novel set in the United States, the film tells of an invasion of Earth by technologically advanced extraterrestrials, from the perspective of an American astronomer trying to reunite with his family. It is the only adaptation besides the 1953 film in which the main character actively tries to repel the