"Who are you anyway?" Netflix has debuted their own official trailer for
Lord of the Flies, a new mini-series based on the iconic book of the same name. It was
made by BBC and is being released in the US in May on Netflix. BBC says it's "truthful to the
original novel" – set in the early 1950s on an unnamed Pacific island –
Jack Thorne's adaptation delves further into the book’s emotive themes; human nature, the loss of innocence and boyhood masculinity." A classic story reborn for television -
Lord of the Flies is the story of a group of young schoolchildren who find themselves stranded on a tropical island with no adults, where civilisation turns to violence and chaos. An ensemble cast of over 30 boys in this adaptation, many making professional acting debuts, features:
Winston Sawyers as Ralph,
Lox Pratt as Jack,
David McKenna as Piggy and
Ike Talbut as Simon. They are joined by fellow castaways including
Thomas Connor as Roger,
Noah & Cassius Flemyng as twins Sam & Eric,
Cornelius Brandreth as Maurice, and
Tom Page-Turner as Bill. This looks intense! And they're really playing up the "from the writer of
Adolescence" angle meaning it'll be more brutally honest commentary about how totally screwed up many boys are these days. //
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