Lord of the Flies is coming to the big screen, yet again.
The story, about British boarding school boys who wind up on a abandoned island and promptly devolve into barbarous tribalism, has been made twice before as English-language films: Peter Brook's 1963 version being generally held in better regard and noted for holding truer to the themes of the book, while Harry Hook's 1990 version, starring a young Balthazar Getty, obtaining some cult fandom for its visual flourishes despite mixed reviews.
However, when Warner Brothers first secured the rights to the story they promptly announced that the team of Scott McGehee and David Siegel would write and direct a version that replaced the school boys with school girls. This promptly upset the internet who noted that the story is inherently about the toxicity of the male gender, and that if anyone was going to attempt to carry over the film to a women's perspective it should, at least, be women.
Somewhat ironically, early reports of Guadagnino's involvement signaled that he would be sticking with the all-female concept . The Hollywood trades, however, have since reversed course, with
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