According to Variety, Call Me By Your Name and Suspiria director Luca Guadagnino will be taking on William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies.
Luca Guadagnino is in talks to direct the feature film adaption of ‘LORD OF THE FLIES’ for Warner Bros. Nicole Perlman and Geneva Robertson-Dworet are set to write the screenplay. (Source: https://t.co/cQFoqj0A2F) pic.twitter.com/mYGXLthjFO
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Guadagnino will be directing a screenplay penned by Nicole Perlman and Geneva Robertson-Dworet, who previously collaborated on Captain Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy, and more.
The Warner Bros. film will be based on the 1954 book, which revolves around a group of British boys stranded on an island, and the disaster that ensues. Since the release of the book, it’s been adapted for film and television three separate times.
Lead photo courtesy of Maximilian Bühn.
