Spielberg: 'Independence Day thwarted my film'

Director Steven Spielberg would have re-made Orson Welles' classic sci-fi radio show War Of The Worlds for the big screen much earlier if it wasn't for special effects blockbuster Independence Day.

War Of The Worlds fired the Saving Private Ryan director's imagination when he purchased the last existing copy of the radio script 12 years ago - but he didn't want to jump on the alien invasion film bandwagon.