Sony Pictures Television introduced Friday that Netflix has acquired the U.S. rights to Lord of the Flies, a brand new TV present created by Adolescence creator Jack Thorne. The restricted sequence is predicated on William Golding’s seminal novel of the identical title.
“When a gaggle of boys crash‑land on a abandoned island, their combat for survival spirals into one thing a lot darker,” the logline reads.
The BBC, which aired the present within the UK, released a trailer for Lord of the Flies (watch more trailers):
What occurs within the Lord of the Flies trailer?
Set within the Fifties, a airplane crashes with a gaggle of schoolboys on a abandoned Pacific island. Amidst the chaos, two boys — Ralph (Winston Sawyers) and Jack (Lox Pratt) — emerge because the leaders. With no adults to oversee, the boys descend into insanity as they slowly lose their innocence.
“In an try to stay civil, the boys arrange themselves, led by Ralph and supported by the group’s mental, Piggy,” the synopsis reads. “However Jack, who’s answerable for sign fireplace obligation, is extra involved in looking and vying for management and begins to attract different boys away from the order of the group and in the end from hope to tragedy.”
Lord of the Flies additionally stars David McKenna as Piggy, Ike Talbut as Simon, Thomas Connor as Roger, Noah as Sam, Cassius Flemyng as Eric, Cornelius Brandreth as Maurice, and Tom Web page-Turner as Invoice.
Thorne wrote and created Lord of the Flies, the first-ever TV present based mostly on Golding’s novel. Thorne is coming off the overwhelming success of Adolescence, the Emmy-winning restricted sequence that turned Netflix’s second-most-watched English-language present ever, behind Wednesday Season 1.
Marc Munden directed the four-part sequence, with Joel Wilson serving as an government producer.
Lord of the Flies premiered on the BBC on February 8. Netflix has not introduced a launch date for the present.
