{"id":19549,"date":"2021-04-12T11:36:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T16:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=19549"},"modified":"2021-04-12T11:36:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T16:36:37","slug":"season-two-of-war-of-the-worlds-premieres-on-epix-june-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/12\/season-two-of-war-of-the-worlds-premieres-on-epix-june-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Season Two of &#8220;War of the Worlds&#8221; Premieres on EPIX June 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19550\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/War-of-the-Worlds.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/War-of-the-Worlds.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/War-of-the-Worlds-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>War of the Worlds<\/em><\/strong>, written and created by BAFTA Award-winner Howard Overman (<em>Misfits, Crazyhead, Merlin<\/em>) of Urban Myth Films will premiere its eight-episode second season on EPIX on June 6 at 9PM.<\/p>\n<p>Set in France and the UK, the critically-acclaimed, modern-day retelling of H.G. 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