“The sky is darkening and the beast is close at hand.” So begins the official and brutal first trailer for Lord of the Flies, Netflix‘s upcoming series adaptation of William Golding’s 1954 novel.
Adapted for television by Adolescence co-creator, Emmy winner Jack Thorne, in Lord of the Flies, innocence descends into savagery when a group of English schoolboys becomes desert island castaways. It tells the story of the boys who attempt to remain civil by organizing themselves, led by Ralph (Winston Sawyers), who is supported by the group’s intellectual, Piggy (David McKenna). However, Jack (Lox Pratt) challenges his leadership and begins to draw other boys away, sending them on a course from hope to tragedy.
The trailer opens with a terrifying plane crash that leaves the boys stranded on the island. Greeted by a group of boys dressed all in black, the castaways are asked, “Were you
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