Why is it set in America, again?

Rating: Null/10 (23 January 2008)

Why do our Collonial cousins insist on making films taken directly from novels and making the setting the USA?
The original novel by H.G.Wells made quite scary reading, was perfectly in tune with it's 1895 time period, and set in and around London.
Why cant someone re-make this film set in the correct time period, and the correct location and stick to the plot as penned by Mr Wells?
I realise that most film making is carried out in the States (probably due to their seamingly unending supply of cash) and I very much enjoy a lot of them compared with some of the tripe churned out by Directors here in Great Britain (no cash at all), but please remember there is a whole world out there, and if your going to make a film (movie) as a direct result of a written novel, please try to stick as near as possible to the original plot.