Patric k Nes s and Guada Luca gnino are ad Lord o aptin f the F g lies fo r the big sc reen.
Guatemala June, 17
Author Patrick Ness has been confirmed to pen the screenplay for Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming adaptation of Lord Of The Flies.
It was announced last year that Guadagnino would be directing the new Warner Bros. adaptation of William Golding’s popular 1954 novel.
Luca Guadagnino
Patrick Ness
The book, which follows a group of British boarding school boys who are split into two groups after being stuck on a desert island without an authority figure, was made into a movie in 1963 by Peter Brook, and then again in 1990 by Harry Hook.
Given its popularity, it’s actually a little surprising that nobody has adapted Lord of the Flies for film or television in over three decades. But the dynamic duo of Guadagnino and Ness seems like an inspired choice to reimagine the novel for a twenty-first century audience, and though the tolerance people for child actors is low, it will be approached this adaptation with cautious optimism. Pag. 26
