HARRY POTTER DIRECTOR TO REMAKE THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS

[Wang Chung]

he idea of a dramatic retelling of Man on Wire has been talked about for a few years now, and so has a remake of the 1962 science fiction/horror film The Day of the Triffids. That movie was an adaptation of a 1951 novel by John Wyndham about an invasion of alien plants that begins with the plants blinding most of the humans on Earth. The Day of the Triffids is a distinctly British tradition, which has also been adapted to TV twice, and radio thrice. As such, it makes sense that the director who has now signed on is Mike Newell, whose accomplished career includes such films as Four Weddings and a Funeral and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

While I have not seen this particular film but from what I have seen it looks like it was something that appeared in an episode of MST3K but I would be game for a new version.