 Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) owns one of the last copies of the  Orson Welles (qv) radio script, which he purchased at an auction.  The director wanted to make the film years ago, but decided against  it when _Independence Day (1996)_ (qv) was released. However, the  director wanted to work with Tom Cruise (qv) again after  _Minority Report (2002)_ (qv) and picked  _War of the Worlds (2005)_ (qv) as their next project.