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Lord Of The Flies – Now Streaming on Stan Australia!
From Adolescence screenwriter Jack Thorne and BAFTA-winning director Marc Munden comes the highly anticipated first television adaptation of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies.
Premiering February 8, only on Stan, watch the trailer for William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, adapted for television by multi-BAFTA award winners, writer Jack Thorne (Adolescence, Stan Original The Hack) and director Marc Munden (The Mark of Cain, National Treasure). Produced by Eleven (Stan Original Ten Pound Poms, Sex Education) in co-production with BBC, Sony Pictures Television will distribute the series internationally.
An ensemble cast of over 30 boys, many making their professional acting debuts, is led by Winston Sawyers as Ralph, Lox Pratt as Jack, David McKenna as Piggy and Ike Talbut as Simon. They are joined by fellow castaways including Thomas Connor as Roger, Noah and Cassius Flemyng as twins Sam and Eric, Cornelius Brandreth as Maurice and Tom Page-Turner as Bill.
Lord of the Flies is the story of schoolboys stranded on a tropical island with no adults, following a deadly plane crash. In an attempt to remain civil they organise themselves, led by Ralph and supported by the group’s intellectual, Piggy. But when Jack becomes more interested in hunting and vying for leadership, he soon begins to draw other boys away from the group and, ultimately, from hope to tragedy.
Jack Thorne’s adaptation is the first for television. Truthful to the original novel – set in the early 1950s on an unnamed Pacific island – Thorne’s adaptation delves further into the book’s emotive themes; human nature, the loss of innocence and boyhood masculinity. Each of the four episodes is titled after a character at the core of the story – Ralph, Piggy, Simon, and Jack – offering a subtly different perspective on the boys’ collective plight and manner in which they cope with their predicament. The series has been made with the support of Lord of the Flies author William Golding’s family.
The Stan Original Lord of the Flies premieres February 8, all episodes at once and only on Stan.
