When Worlds Collide News

Stephen Sommers Back to the Worlds Collide

December 07, 2005 04:12:13

Stephen Sommers has been brought back by Paramount Pictures and Steven Spielberg into the remake of "When Worlds Collide." He is set to write and direct the film with Spielberg to produce.

The highly anticipated "When Worlds Collide," which is of action, drama, sci-fi genre, begins when a group of astronomers calculate one planet is on course to pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea while a few days later a second will record a direct hit, they set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the first of the unwanted intruders.

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Spielberg Sets to Collide the Worlds

August 31, 2005 10:08:30

Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg is planning to redo another 1950s sci-fi classic, "When Worlds Collide." To bring the project into life, Spielberg has signed on to executive produce the film for Paramount, assuming control of the project from Stephen Sommers, who dropped out to direct and produce "When World Collides."

"He's going to be a producer," Spielberg's publicist, Marvin Levy, confirms. Commenting on the rumors claiming Spielberg will also direct the remake, Levy simply says "I don't know that it's totally out of the question [that he would direct], but it's probably not likely based on other things potentially on his plate. But he usually doesn't make those decisions until he has received a script."

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