The Day of the Triffids is getting a brand-new TV remake. The classic post-apocalyptic tale originated in the 1951 John Wyndham novel that followed a British biologist's attempts to survive in a world where the majority of the population has gone blind, and the world is beset by ambulatory carnivorous plants called triffids. The story was adapted into a popular sci-fi film starring Howard Keel and Nicole Maurey in 1962.
Per Deadline, Amazon Studios is now developing a television adaptation of The Day of the Triffids. The series will be directed and produced by Johan Renick of the HBO drama Chernobyl. This project is being fast-tracked due to Renick's former coworker, Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin, whose new series is The Last Of Us, the hit HBO post-apocalyptic tale following a fungal infection that leads to a zombie apocalypse.
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Per Deadline, Amazon Studios is now developing a television adaptation of The Day of the Triffids. The series will be directed and produced by Johan Renick of the HBO drama Chernobyl. This project is being fast-tracked due to Renick's former coworker, Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin, whose new series is The Last Of Us, the hit HBO post-apocalyptic tale following a fungal infection that leads to a zombie apocalypse.
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- 3/1/2023
- by Brennan Klein
- ScreenRant
A New remake of The Day of the Triffids is coming this Christmas, with a stellar cast taking on the deadly plants.
It's now been revealed that the two-part sci-fi drama begins on BBC1 on December 28 at 9pm, with the concluding part on December 29.
The cast is headed by British actor Dougray Scott as Bill Masen. Sci-fi and superhero fanatics may recall that Scott, 44, was cast as Wolverine in the first X-Men film back in 1999 but had to be replaced by Hugh Jackman when shooting on Mission: Impossible II overran by two months.
Fellow X-Men actor Brian Cox - the villainous William Stryker in X2 - joins him as Dennis Masen, with other cast members including Joely Richardson as Jo Playton, Vanessa Redgrave as Durrant, Eddie Izzard as Torrence and Jason Priestley as Coker.
The image at the top shows Dougray Scott with Joely Richardson, while the picture below shows...
It's now been revealed that the two-part sci-fi drama begins on BBC1 on December 28 at 9pm, with the concluding part on December 29.
The cast is headed by British actor Dougray Scott as Bill Masen. Sci-fi and superhero fanatics may recall that Scott, 44, was cast as Wolverine in the first X-Men film back in 1999 but had to be replaced by Hugh Jackman when shooting on Mission: Impossible II overran by two months.
Fellow X-Men actor Brian Cox - the villainous William Stryker in X2 - joins him as Dennis Masen, with other cast members including Joely Richardson as Jo Playton, Vanessa Redgrave as Durrant, Eddie Izzard as Torrence and Jason Priestley as Coker.
The image at the top shows Dougray Scott with Joely Richardson, while the picture below shows...
- 12/14/2009
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Weird, isn't it?
The video is the opening titles for an adaptation of John Wyndham's Day of the Triffids, made in 1981 by the BBC. It is currently being repeated on BBC4 on Sundays.
In case you don't know it tells the story of the human race - blinded by a meteor shower - struggling to survive while also being hunted by carniverous plants, the Triffids, with poisonous stings.
Back then I was 10 and I can remember being absolutely petrified by the titles of the show, which didn't bode well for the rest of it. As it turned out, for consistency's sake I was petrified by that too.
As a nipper, the whole man's inhumanity to man plotline passed me by, as did some of the darker elements. Instead I was mesmerised by the Triffids. Yes, they look plastic, but the way they moved, the tapping of their stems, the stings was so creepy.
The video is the opening titles for an adaptation of John Wyndham's Day of the Triffids, made in 1981 by the BBC. It is currently being repeated on BBC4 on Sundays.
In case you don't know it tells the story of the human race - blinded by a meteor shower - struggling to survive while also being hunted by carniverous plants, the Triffids, with poisonous stings.
Back then I was 10 and I can remember being absolutely petrified by the titles of the show, which didn't bode well for the rest of it. As it turned out, for consistency's sake I was petrified by that too.
As a nipper, the whole man's inhumanity to man plotline passed me by, as did some of the darker elements. Instead I was mesmerised by the Triffids. Yes, they look plastic, but the way they moved, the tapping of their stems, the stings was so creepy.
- 7/6/2009
- by noreply@blogger.com (xxNapoleon Solo)
- Scifi Love
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