The original novel, which was published in 1954, was adapted into the 1963 film Lord of the Files, which starred James Aubrey, Tom Chapin and Hugh Edwards, and was directed by Peter Brook.
The filmmakers will reportedly be incredibly faithful to the original novel, while, at the same time, gender-swapping all of the character.
Hopefully we’ll learn more about this new version of Lord of the Flies very soon.
Deadline reports that it took some time to get the film rights intact, since the whole situation is rather complicated.