We are so back! It’s the finale (?) of the Spielberg UFO invasion trilogy this week. Joining us once again to talk Grandpa Steve, Tom Cruise, and Janusz Kamiński, is returning champion Patrick Willems!

Topics discussed: post-9/11 filmmaking, the glory of MUNICH, Patrick’s upcoming short film (!!), Gore Verbinski’s PIRATES movies, the Tom Cruise Running Score, longing for Peter Jackson’s comeback, and some text message dispatches from WAR OF THE WORLDS vfx artist, Todd Vaziri.

Next week, it’s James Gunn’s 2006 early creepy crawly romp, SLITHER. Join the conversation on Eye of the Discord https://discord.com/invite/RssDc3brsx.

References:

Special Features
Revisiting the Invasion
Steven Spielberg and the Original War of the Worlds
Characters: The Family Unit
Previsualization
Production Diaries: East Coast - Beginning
Production Diaries: East Coast - Exile
Production Diaries: West Coast - Destruction
Production Diaries: West Coast - War
Designing the Enemy: Tripods and Aliens
Scoring War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds Production Notes
Empire David Koepp Interview
USA Today Spielberg Interview
VFX Building Error
Devin Faraci Spielberg & Cruise Interview
Spiegel International Spielberg & Cruise Interview
Spielberg Offers J.J. Abrams War of the Worlds
Empire Spielberg Interview

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War of the Worlds (2005) with Patrick Willems