The War of the Worlds Notches Up Presales

ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has scored a slew of presales for The War of the Worlds, which has now been sold in over 80 territories.

A Mammoth Screen production for the BBC co-produced with Creasun Media in association with Red Square, The War of the Worlds will air in Europe on TF1 (France), Movistar+ (Spain), LaF via Sky Italy, Channel 1 (Russia), RUV (Iceland), YLE (Finland) and on Epic Drama in territories across CEE. The drama has also been picked up by Foxtel in Australia, TVNZ in New Zealand and Blue Ant Media in Canada, while a deal in Africa with M-Net takes the series to over 50 countries across the continent.

Ruth Berry, managing director of ITV Studios Global Entertainment, said: “The War of the Worlds is an internationally recognized story and this is the first British television adaptation of H.G Wells’ classic tale. It is an incredible and truly groundbreaking production full of mood and atmosphere, which is bringing to life some of literature’s most notorious foes. It is event television at its best that viewers won’t want to miss.”