An All-Female ‘Lord Of The Flies’ Reboot Is In The Works… But It’s Written And Directed By Men
'The Simpsons' have already done the best version.
Warner Bros. has reportedly inked a deal to produce a female-led reboot of Lord of the Flies, based on the 1954 novel written by William Golding.
The classic novel, which tells the story of 30 schoolboys who slowly turn into savages while stranded on an island, has previously been adapted to film in 1963 and 1990. It’s also been famously parodied in the classic The Simpsons episode ‘Das Bus’.
The new film will gender-flip the story by replacing the schoolboy characters with girls. The premise of the film, and the fact that it’s being written and directed by the all-male team of Scott McGehee and David Siegel, responsible for Bee Season and What Maisie Knew, has already attracted some criticism.
An all women remake of Lord of the Flies makes no sense because… the plot of that book wouldn't happen with all women.
— roxane gay (@rgay) August 31, 2017
The all-female Lord of the Flies will just be a group of young women apologizing to each other over and over till everyone is dead.
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) August 31, 2017
Honestly any remake of Lord of the Flies seems kinda redundant right now, considering <points in general direction of literally everything>
— Andi Zeisler (@andizeisler) August 31, 2017
GOOD: A female-centric Lord of the Flies!
BAD: A female-centric Lord of the Flies written by… two men.https://t.co/26CBGu4lMj— Devan Coggan (@devancoggan) August 30, 2017
The Lord of the Flies movie feels like a studio had a big jar of "Make with Chicks?" ideas & just picked the one that made the least sense.
— Sam (@unegrandefemme) August 31, 2017
the all-girl remake of lord of the flies wont work bc realistically the girls would set aside their differences & work to get off the island
— ellie (@spikejonzes) August 31, 2017
It’s still very early days for the film so there aren’t any details available on casting or a release date. Doing yet another reboot is a potentially risky move for Warner Bros., especially after Hollywood just experienced it’s worst summer movie season in 25 years. A number of the summer’s biggest blockbuster flops were remakes, including The Mummy and Baywatch.