I've read that Speilberg has obtained the rights to "War of the Worlds" and that the project has now been put on the Fast Track. Speilberg wants to get back into the film genre that he loves- Classic 30's Era Movies. "The War of the Worlds," the classic H.G. Wells science fiction novel that begins with those foreboding words of alien observation, will be updated by director Steven Spielberg, with Tom Cruise to star, Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks announced.