Editing The Day of the Triffids (section)

===Film adaptations===
* London-based film producers [[Albert R. Broccoli]] and [[Irving Allen]] purchased the film rights and in 1956 hired [[Jimmy Sangster]] to write the script.<ref>{{cite book|last=Meikle|first=Denis|title=A History of Horrors: The Rise and Fall of the House of Hammer|url=https://archive.org/details/historyhorrorsri00meik_261|url-access=limited|edition=revised|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2008|isbn=9780810863811|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyhorrorsri00meik_261/page/n65 49]}}</ref> Sangster believed that Wyndham was one of the best [[List of science fiction authors|science fiction novelists]] writing at the time and felt both honoured and "a little bit intimidated" that he was about to "start messing" with Wyndham's novel. Sangster claims he was paid for his work but never heard from the producers and the film was not made. He later said that he did not think that his script was good.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sangster|first=Jimmy|author-link=Jimmy Sangster|title=Do You Want It Good or Tuesday? From Hammer Films to Hollywood! A Life in the Movies: An Autobiography|publisher=Midnight Marquee Press|year=1997|isbn=9781887664134|pages=43–45}}</ref>
* A British [[The Day of the Triffids (film)|cinematic version]], directed by [[Steve Sekely]], with a screenplay by [[Bernard Gordon (writer)|Bernard Gordon]], was filmed on location in Spain and released in [[1962 in film|July 1962]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Day of the Triffids|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055894/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|publisher=IMDb|date=22 May 2013|access-date=22 May 2013}}</ref> Not in agreement with the novel, it suggested that the triffids arrived on Earth via spores from the meteor shower.
* In September 2010, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' announced that a 3D film version was being planned by producers [[Don Murphy]] and Michael Preger.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/news/3d-triumph-for-triffids-1118024517/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=23 September 2010 |access-date=2024-11-09 |first=Dave |last=McNary |title=3D triumph for 'Triffids'? |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023032220/http://variety.com/2010/film/news/3d-triumph-for-triffids-1118024517/ |archive-date=2020-10-23}}</ref>
* The [[anime]] film ''[[Crayon Shin-chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack!]]'' (2015) had a similar setting with Triffids replaced by killer [[Cactus|cacti]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cinematoday.jp/review/1850|language=ja|title=Cinema Today Review|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509165013/http://www.cinematoday.jp/review/1850|archive-date=9 May 2015}}</ref>