Guadanino's "Lord of the Flies" new development of the screenwriter

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As a novel full of science fiction and dystopia, William Golding 's "Lord of the Flies" has always been a source of adaptations that Hollywood is keen on. Recently, the media broke the news that the new version of "Lord of the Flies" under preparation by Warner Company has determined the candidate for the screenwriting. Patrick Nais , who has written the screenplays of "When the Monster Comes to Knock on the Door" and "Chaotic Walk", etc. Will write the script of this film.

"The Lord of the Flies" will be written by Patrick Ness

Lord of the Flies

Patrick Ness is an accomplished teenager film writer, and Warner chose him to write the screenplay, it is not difficult to imagine this "Lord of the Flies" will have a popular and fashionable style. In addition, the Italian director Luca Guadanino of "Please Call Me by Your Name" and "Breeze" will direct the film.


"The Lord of the Flies" is William Golding's masterpiece. The novel was published in 1954 and tells the story of a nuclear war in the future World War III. A group of children between the ages of 6 and 12 are on their way Trapped on a deserted island due to a plane crash, at first it was able to get along in harmony. Later, due to the expansion of its evil nature, it killed each other and had a tragic result. The author concretizes abstract philosophical propositions, allowing readers to appreciate them through reading fascinating stories and exciting battle scenes. The characters, scenes, stories, and images are all symbolic. "The Lord of the Flies" is an important philosophical novel that uses the innocence of children to explore the serious theme of the evil of human nature.

In 1963, Peter Brooke filmed the movie version of "Lord of the Flies", which was nominated for the Cannes Film Festival . In 1990, Columbia Pictures remade "The Lord of the Flies", but the response was mediocre. Three years ago, Warner had the intention to remake "Lord of the Flies" into an all-female film. The directors identified at the time were Scott McGee and David Segal. However, this version is finally gone. In fact, there is not much difference between the female team and the male team for the novel about the society of "Lord of the Flies". There has been a new trend in Hollywood in the past two years, and some classics have been re-transformed after "transsexuality". Among them, more well-known ones include last year's "Super Sergeant" , the new version of "Mermaid" starring Tatum in preparation, and the female. Versions of "Stolen Heart", "Eight Arhats" and so on.

At present, the new version of "Lord of the Flies" has no specific shooting information and story summary.
 
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