War of the War of the Worlds

摘要

Paramount pictures' new war of the Worlds has the makings of a summer blockbuster. The remake, set in present-day America, has a $130 million production budget, dazzling special effects, director Steven Spielberg and star Tom Cruise. Paramount is set to unwrap the flick in time for the big July 4 weekend. But to the dismay of the Viacom-owned studio, another War of the Worlds could con out weeks before Spielbergian version hits theaters. An obscure distributor of DVDs called UAV (formerly United American Video) plans to ship its own adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic about a Martian invasion in Victorian England. UAV's movie would go to 60,000 retail outlets around the U.S. in mid-June, right when Paramount is ramping up its marketing for Worlds.