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December 3, 2008
BBC to remake The Day of The Triffids
Once again the BBC are going to remake The Day Of The Triffids. Personally I think the last version was pretty good despite the doddery Triffids. Although I can see how some 21st century SFX could make it a lot slicker.It will be written by ER screenwriter Patrick Harbinson and go into production later this year, which doesn't leave long.
In the meantime read the book, it was much, much better than I expected it to be.
I thought they already did a remake of Day of the Triffids ... 28 Days Later?
Except that: it wasn't made by the BBC, it was a film, and it was a story of pseudo-zombies rather than human killing plants.
If your point is that there have been other apocalyptic TV series, well yes, but you can never have too many.