Lord of the Flies
A female - lead reboot ofLord of the Fliesis in development . It ’s not the first prison term the Hellenic novel has been translated to concealment , but it is an interesting spin . The original character in William Golding ’s leger were all young son , but this time around , they ’ll be girls . The record book , published in 1954 , has become a groundwork of high school lit year . It ’s position in the thick of a wartime evacuation , and abide by a group of youthful , elementary - aged students stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash . They demonstrate a mini commonwealth and endeavour to inhabit off of the land , but as their time there continues on , they eventually revert to their most feral inclination .
The tale has been adapt several time in the intervening decades , most famously with Peter Brook ’s 1963 film , which is considered more faithful than Harry Hook ’s 1990 feature . It has also been get for stage .
The new take , report byDeadline , is being domiciliate at Warner Bros. and written and directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel . The two have a longstanding professional partnership , having work on moving-picture show like neo noir flickSuture(1993 ) , Tilda Swinton - lead mysteryThe Deep End(2001 ) , and 2008 indie thrillerUncertainty , asterisk Joseph Gordon - Levitt and Lynn Collins . They last helmed 2012 dramaWhat Maisie Knew , and are next slated to produce forthcoming comedyLife of the Party , from Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy .
McGehee and Siegel toldDeadlinethat they ’re fan of Brook ’s original film , but thought a raw , contemporary version felt well timed . McGehee sound out :
" [ The subject matter ] is aggressively cliff-hanging , and taking the opportunity to tell it in a way of life it has n’t been tell before , with girls rather than boys , is that it change over affair in a way that might facilitate people see the story afresh . It weaken aside from some of the normal , the ways we think of boys and aggression . hoi polloi still talk about the motion picture and the book from the standpoint of pure storytelling . It is a bang-up risky venture write up , existent entertainment , but it has a lot of significance embedded in it as well . We ’ve gotten to think about this awhile as the rights were worked out , and we ’re passing eager to put playpen to paper . "
The concept is intriguing , and it ’s certainly on - movement . It joins late gender - swapped remakes like Paul Feig’sGhostbusters , upcomingOcean ’s Eight , and the of late announcedPicture of Dorian Gray . But so too soon on , it ’s arduous to judge what the finished product could look like . What Maisie Knewwas generally well take in , but McGehee and Siegel have a mixed racetrack record , andLord of the Fliesis an iconic story . It could be a bang or it could be a dud , but either style , it ’s worth keep an oculus on .
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A release appointment forLord of the Flieshas not yet been announce .
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