Lord of the Flies Trailer Unveiled by Netflix
Netflix today debuted the official trailer for the acclaimed limited series Lord of the Flies, which premieres in the United States on May 4.
The series is adapted for television by Emmy-winner Jack Thorne, the Emmy-, Golden Globe-, Critics’ Choice-, and PGA Award-winning co-creator of Adolescence, with Marc Munden (The Mark of Cain, National Treasure) serving as director.
The trailer reveal also highlights music by Oscar-winner Hans Zimmer, Kara Talve (Bleeding Fingers Music), and Cristobal Tapia de Veer.
The new Lord of the Flies adaptation is officially described as follows: “Innocence descends into savagery when a group of English schoolboys becomes desert island castaways in the first television adaptation of William Golding’s landmark dystopian classic.”
Winston Sawyers stars as Ralph, Lox Pratt as Jack, David McKenna as Piggy, and Ike Talbut as Simon.
Thomas Connor appears as Roger, Noah and Cassius Flemyng as twins Sam and Eric, Cornelius Brandreth as Maurice, and Tom Page-Turner as Bill – alongside an ensemble of more than 30 boys playing the desert island camp’s “biguns” and “littluns.”
The executive producers of the four-episode series are Joel Wilson and Jamie Campbell for Eleven, Jack Thorne (Enola Holmes 3) for One Shoe Films, and Marc Munden.
Lord of the Flies is an Eleven and One Shoe Films production backed by Sony Pictures Television.
