Editing The Day the Earth Stood Still (section)

===Adaptations===
The film was dramatized as a [[radio play]] on January 4, 1954, for the ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]''; Michael Rennie reprised his lead role as Klaatu with actress [[Jean Peters]] as Helen Benson.<ref name=Brooklyn>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/53934778/?terms=%22Day+the+Earth+Stood+Still%22 |author=<!--staff writer(s); no by-line--> |title=Radio Highlights |newspaper=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (New York) |page=11 |date=1954-01-04 |access-date=2018-12-17 }}</ref> This production was later re-broadcast on the ''Hollywood Radio Theater'', the re-titled ''Lux Radio Theatre'', which aired on the [[American Forces Network|Armed Forces Radio Service]].<ref name="Notes">[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/72439/the-day-the-earth-stood-still#notes "Notes: 'The Day the Earth Stood Still'."] ''[[Turner Classic Movies]]''. Retrieved: February 1, 2015.</ref>

The 2008 remake [[The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film)|''The Day the Earth Stood Still'']] was directed by [[Scott Derrickson]] and stars [[Keanu Reeves]] as [[Klaatu (The Day the Earth Stood Still)|Klaatu]]. Rather than leaving to humans the chance to collaborate, the remake rests on Klaatu's decision whether to let humanity be destroyed or saved.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Scott|first=A. O.|date=2008-12-12|title=It's All Over, Earthlings (Don't Flee to New Jersey) (Published 2008)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/movies/12stil.html|access-date=2021-03-14|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>