 Question and answer session with the Pendragon movie director, Tim Hines
Q. What motivated you to make a new War of the Worlds movie?
A. I first attempted to make a version at age ten, when I caught my bedroom on fire filming a burning miniature set. I've always deeply related to the protagonist in THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. In a lot of ways it is the ultimate survivalist story. Anyone who has had to face challenges or difficulties can relate to the writer's experiences, and understand the choices he makes. But the most amazing thing is how Wells wove these experiences of his protagonist seamlessly into the sociological themes he wished to progress. I've drawn plans in some form or another to make WAR OF THE WORLDS continuously over the last several decades. You might say it's been my life's work to make this movie.
Q. Have you had to deviate in anyway from the original book or is a close retelling?
A. No. We have had to deviate in no way whatsoever. Everyone involved worked tirelessly on every level to bring Wells' novel to the screen with every detail intact. Nor were any of Wells' meanings or subtext lost. The screenplay adaptation was carefully constructed, breaking down and translating the original text point-by-point, thought-by-thought, line-by-line.
Q. Do we get to see the martians in any detail? Have you stuck to the original novels description?
A. Yes, and yes. The fans won't be disappointed in any way, but there will be serious surprises that we found through careful examination of the text. In a heartbeat, the fans will say that these wonderful discoveries are correct.
Q. All in all do you feel that you have made a successful retelling?
A. Yes, this is the closest adaptation to the book ever done. As close an adaptation as any novel has ever been done.
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Pendragon 2005 
