"Independence Day" isn't technically "The War of the Worlds" but it's still one of the most successful adaptations of HG ...

“Disclosure” has become a cult word. It shouldn’t be, since all it means, technically, is to reveal something. But the new wave of alien conspiracy theorists have made “disclosure” into a teasingly ...

After first being released in the pages of Pearson's Magazine and Cosmopolitan in 1897 as a serial and the following year as a novel, H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds has been among the works of ...

The legendary director on why he thinks aliens are real, and why he makes movies about things that scare him. Hosted by Rachel Abrams The legendary director on why he thinks aliens are real, and why ...

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.

More than 1,000 scientists have quietly updated the world's post‑detection protocols for alien contact, doubling down on the rule that 'no reply should be sent' without global agreement.

2005’s sci-fi action drama War of the Worlds is taking the fifth spot with a current 76% Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie starred Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins, Lisa ...

Like many great directors, Steven Spielberg has something of an allergy to sequels. Among his 35 features, the moviemaker has made a lone direct sequel—1997’s “The Lost World: Jurassic Park”—and ...