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Ice Cube in “War of the Worlds.”<\/p>\n
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War of the Worlds star Ice Cube says the critically maligned remake of the H.G. Wells alien invasion classic, was shot with no director or actors on set.<\/p>\n
The film, which was released in early August on Prime Video, initially debuted with a 0% \u201crotten\u201d rating<\/a> from 10 Rotten Tomatoes critics. Since then, the film has limped to a 4% \u201crotten\u201d rating based on 48 reviews.<\/p>\n ForbesWhen Is \u2018Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle\u2019 Coming To Streaming?By Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n Now, about a month and a half after the film\u2019s release on streaming, Ice Cube<\/a> is shedding a little light about the production. In the film, the hit rapper-turned-actor stars as Will Radford, whose role as a government domestic terror analyst plays out on screen during an alien invasion.<\/p>\n War of the Worlds is based on Wells\u2019 classic novel from 1898, which was first adapted as a radio play by Orson Welles in 1938. The story was also adapted as a Gene Barry feature film in 1958 and Tom Cruise<\/a>\u2019s version directed by Steven Spielberg<\/a> in 2005.<\/p>\n ForbesWhen Is Stephen King\u2019s \u2018The Long Walk\u2019 Coming To Streaming?By Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThis is a movie I did in 2020 during the pandemic, five years ago,\u201d Ice Cube explained on Kai Cenat\u2019s livestream (via Deadline<\/a>). \u201cWe shot it in 15 days, and it was during the pandemic. So, the director wasn\u2019t in there, none of the actors [were] in there. This was the only way we could really shoot the movie. It\u2019s pandemic time.\u201d<\/p>\n As such, Ice told Cenat, \u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s only the computer screen. But really, if s— went down, everybody would only have their screen to look at.\u201d<\/p>\n The official summary of the film reads, \u201cA gargantuan invasion is coming with this fresh take on the legendary novel of the same name. Renowned actress Eva Longoria is joined by iconic rapper and actor Ice Cube, along with Michael O\u2019Neill and Iman Benson, for a thrilling out-of-this-world adventure that is filled with present-day themes of technology, surveillance, and privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n ForbesRotten Tomatoes Critics Crush Ice Cube\u2019s \u2018War Of The Worlds\u2019 RemakeBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n Ice Cube\u2019s version of War of the Worlds did indeed have a director, Rich Lee, whose credits include a string of music videos for the likes of Eminem, Lana Del Rey, Black Eyed Peas, Nicole Scherzinger and Maroon 5.<\/p>\n \u2018War Of The Worlds\u2019 Originated As A Universal Pictures Film<\/p>\n While Ice Cube\u2019s War of the Worlds debuted exclusively on streaming on Prime Video, it started out as a Universal Pictures production.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, it was a Universal movie and they sold it to Amazon Prime. And it took a minute to finish the movie because of how it\u2019s shot,\u201d Ice Cube told Kai Cenat. \u201cAll the footage is from real surveillance cameras all around the world. So they had to build all that s—.\u201d<\/p>\n