10. American Pastoral by Philip Roth
The first novel in Philip Roth’s American Trilogy, American Pastoral is a recollection of the life of one Seymour “Swede” Levov, a picture-perfect citizen. Levov’s peaceful upper-middle-class life in the post-war prosperity years was disrupted by the turmoil of the 1960s, with his daughter’s going terrorist delivering the biggest blow to him.
9. 1984 by George Orwell
The one dystopia to rule them all, 1984 was George Orwell’s final novel. It’s a cautionary tale about the dangers of personality cults, police states, and total surveillance; a story about a little man living in a world where truth and facts are manipulated to the point where these words don’t carry any meaning anymore.
8. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West, Cormac McCarthy’s fifth novel, is stuck between being an anti-Western and the Great American Novel.
The first novel in Philip Roth’s American Trilogy, American Pastoral is a recollection of the life of one Seymour “Swede” Levov, a picture-perfect citizen. Levov’s peaceful upper-middle-class life in the post-war prosperity years was disrupted by the turmoil of the 1960s, with his daughter’s going terrorist delivering the biggest blow to him.
9. 1984 by George Orwell
The one dystopia to rule them all, 1984 was George Orwell’s final novel. It’s a cautionary tale about the dangers of personality cults, police states, and total surveillance; a story about a little man living in a world where truth and facts are manipulated to the point where these words don’t carry any meaning anymore.
8. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West, Cormac McCarthy’s fifth novel, is stuck between being an anti-Western and the Great American Novel.
- 5/5/2024
- by dean-black@startefacts.com (Dean Black)
- STartefacts.com
“Pleasant Outcast,” a 10-part Korean series that is set to appear at Canneseries next month, is a companion piece to “Concrete Utopia,” the hit film from last year that was selected as South Korea’s Oscar contender.
Both the Lotte Cultureworks series and “Concrete Utopia,” a dystopian drama-thriller set in a post-apocalyptic Seoul, are adapted from best-selling webtoon “Cheerful Outcast,” by Kim Soong Nyung. The film was frequently compared to William Golding’s seminal novel from the 1954 “Lord of the Flies” and its 1964 film adaptation.
Using the first part of the webtoon, the series follows Dong-hyun, a high school junior, who barely survives his day-to-day bullying at school. “When he wishes all were dead, an unexplained powerful earthquake destroys his school. Trapped in isolated circumstances, the hierarchy and power reshuffle as students struggle to survive, while continuous collapses and accidents kill more students. In this collapsed and extreme world, the...
Both the Lotte Cultureworks series and “Concrete Utopia,” a dystopian drama-thriller set in a post-apocalyptic Seoul, are adapted from best-selling webtoon “Cheerful Outcast,” by Kim Soong Nyung. The film was frequently compared to William Golding’s seminal novel from the 1954 “Lord of the Flies” and its 1964 film adaptation.
Using the first part of the webtoon, the series follows Dong-hyun, a high school junior, who barely survives his day-to-day bullying at school. “When he wishes all were dead, an unexplained powerful earthquake destroys his school. Trapped in isolated circumstances, the hierarchy and power reshuffle as students struggle to survive, while continuous collapses and accidents kill more students. In this collapsed and extreme world, the...
- 3/13/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
In a conversation with uInterview founder Erik Meers, Andrew Cumming, Director of the recently released movie Out of Darkness, reflected on where his inspiration for the prehistoric horror film originated.
“I was finishing film school and I was watching a documentary one night on the BBC here in the UK and the first episode was about early modern humans and I just thought what a cool time period that has been rarely shared in cinema…or it hasn’t been given the treatment I would like it to have, which is this lean, muscular, slightly violent approach,” he said.
He explained that William Golding’s follow-up book to the classic Lord of the Flies set in the same period, called The Inheritors, played a big role in his vision. Cumming recounted, “I finished that book and I thought, ‘Yes. One day I’m going to make this book.’ If I...
“I was finishing film school and I was watching a documentary one night on the BBC here in the UK and the first episode was about early modern humans and I just thought what a cool time period that has been rarely shared in cinema…or it hasn’t been given the treatment I would like it to have, which is this lean, muscular, slightly violent approach,” he said.
He explained that William Golding’s follow-up book to the classic Lord of the Flies set in the same period, called The Inheritors, played a big role in his vision. Cumming recounted, “I finished that book and I thought, ‘Yes. One day I’m going to make this book.’ If I...
- 2/14/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Exclusive: Banijay is ramping up efforts to find new properties for its array of scripted labels, appointing experienced industry exec Hannah Griffiths as its first ever Head of Adaptations.
Griffiths is already up and running at Banijay. She has had a long career in publishing and TV and prior to taking her new role was at All3Media, where she was Head of Literary Acquisitions.
Her brief at production and distribution giant Banijay is to support the company’s scripted labels, working with rights holders to source IP across books, podcasts, and other media.
Based in the firm’s London office and reporting to Banijay UK CEO and Executive Chairman, Patrick Holland, Griffiths will work with the company’s roster of UK labels, which includes Kudos, Mam Tor, Tiger Aspect and recent acquisition The Forge. Her IP advice will also be available to producers across Banijay’s international footprint.
“With our...
Griffiths is already up and running at Banijay. She has had a long career in publishing and TV and prior to taking her new role was at All3Media, where she was Head of Literary Acquisitions.
Her brief at production and distribution giant Banijay is to support the company’s scripted labels, working with rights holders to source IP across books, podcasts, and other media.
Based in the firm’s London office and reporting to Banijay UK CEO and Executive Chairman, Patrick Holland, Griffiths will work with the company’s roster of UK labels, which includes Kudos, Mam Tor, Tiger Aspect and recent acquisition The Forge. Her IP advice will also be available to producers across Banijay’s international footprint.
“With our...
- 1/16/2024
- by Stewart Clarke
- Deadline Film + TV
All At Sea Together
The inaugural edition of the Cinema at Sea – Okinawa Pan-Pacific International Film Festival will be held next month (Nov. 23-29) on the Japanese island of Okinawa. With a 40-title lineup, a competition and a robust international selection, the festival says its mission is to explore the ocean and Pacific regions [with] film acting as a global lens [that] allows us to bridge the gap between different islands, fostering an inclusive atmosphere in Okinawa, where diverse cultures and nationalities converge.”
The festival will open with “From Okinawa With Love,” by Sunairi Hiroshi, which premiered at the Dmz Documentary Festival in Korea, and tracks the work of a photographer who investigated the African American G.I. scene around the island’s U.S. air bases. It will close with “We Are Still Here,” a portmanteau film by indigenous people from Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.
The competition section...
The inaugural edition of the Cinema at Sea – Okinawa Pan-Pacific International Film Festival will be held next month (Nov. 23-29) on the Japanese island of Okinawa. With a 40-title lineup, a competition and a robust international selection, the festival says its mission is to explore the ocean and Pacific regions [with] film acting as a global lens [that] allows us to bridge the gap between different islands, fostering an inclusive atmosphere in Okinawa, where diverse cultures and nationalities converge.”
The festival will open with “From Okinawa With Love,” by Sunairi Hiroshi, which premiered at the Dmz Documentary Festival in Korea, and tracks the work of a photographer who investigated the African American G.I. scene around the island’s U.S. air bases. It will close with “We Are Still Here,” a portmanteau film by indigenous people from Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.
The competition section...
- 10/19/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Foundation Season 2 will arrive this July or not; here in this article, we have discussed what may happen in the upcoming season. Josh Friedman and David S. Goyer created this series adapted from Isaac Asimov’s same-named series of stories. The plot chronicles the thousands-of-years-long saga of a band of exiles called “The Foundation” as the exiles find out that the only way of saving the interstellar Galactic Empire from destruction is by defying it.
When Is ‘Foundation’ Season 2 Releasing?
A series adapted from Asimov’s sci-fi book was first reported to be under development by Skydance Television on 27th June 2017. Apple bought the series on 10th April 2018. Isaac Asimov’s daughter Robyn Asimov serves as an executive producer for the series.
As per Space.com, The first season was released on September 24, 2021, on Apple TV+. Filming of the first season ran from March 12, 2020, to April 2021. The second season was renewed...
When Is ‘Foundation’ Season 2 Releasing?
A series adapted from Asimov’s sci-fi book was first reported to be under development by Skydance Television on 27th June 2017. Apple bought the series on 10th April 2018. Isaac Asimov’s daughter Robyn Asimov serves as an executive producer for the series.
As per Space.com, The first season was released on September 24, 2021, on Apple TV+. Filming of the first season ran from March 12, 2020, to April 2021. The second season was renewed...
- 7/10/2023
- by Suvechchha Saha
- https://dailyresearchplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/new-sam
Showtime's electrifying thriller series "Yellowjackets" is back for more murder and mayhem in its second season. The show follows a high school girl's soccer team - the titular Yellowjackets - destined for the national championship when all hell breaks loose. On the way to the championship, their private plane crashes in the woods and the group is forced to do whatever it takes to survive. Meanwhile, in the present day, the surviving Yellowjackets, now adults, are dealing with the repercussions of what they had to do to survive and go to extremes to keep the secrets of their time in the woods hidden.
Fans might wonder if "Yellowjackets" is based in reality. While it's not a completely true story, it does have real-life inspirations. Here's what we know.
Is "Yellowjackets" Based on a True Story?
The show isn't entirely based on a true story, but it does resemble the real-life Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster.
Fans might wonder if "Yellowjackets" is based in reality. While it's not a completely true story, it does have real-life inspirations. Here's what we know.
Is "Yellowjackets" Based on a True Story?
The show isn't entirely based on a true story, but it does resemble the real-life Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster.
- 4/28/2023
- by Alicia Geigel
- Popsugar.com
Renowned British novelist William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” is to be adapted for television for the first time by Eleven and multi-bafta award-winning screenwriter Jack Thorne, known for TV shows like “This Is England ’88,” “National Treasure” and “His Dark Materials,” and stage shows like “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.”
Executive produced by Eleven’s Joel Wilson and Jamie Campbell, “Lord of the Flies” is comprised of four one-hour episodes, to be aired on BBC One and playing on BBC iPlayer.
The drama tells the story of a group of young boys who find themselves stranded on a tropical island.
In an attempt to remain civil, the boys organize themselves, led by Ralph and supported by the group’s intellectual, Piggy. But Jack, who is in charge of signal fire duty, is more interested in hunting and vying for leadership and begins to draw other boys away...
Executive produced by Eleven’s Joel Wilson and Jamie Campbell, “Lord of the Flies” is comprised of four one-hour episodes, to be aired on BBC One and playing on BBC iPlayer.
The drama tells the story of a group of young boys who find themselves stranded on a tropical island.
In an attempt to remain civil, the boys organize themselves, led by Ralph and supported by the group’s intellectual, Piggy. But Jack, who is in charge of signal fire duty, is more interested in hunting and vying for leadership and begins to draw other boys away...
- 4/20/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The BBC has tasked His Dark Materials writer Jack Thorne to pen a TV adaptation of William Golding’s seminal novel Lord of the Flies.
This marks the first time the novel will be made for television, though there have been two feature film adaptations — the first Peter Brook’s 1963 movie and the second made in 1990 by Harry Hook (above).
Sex Education producer Eleven is attached to make The BBC’s series, which was unveiled by BBC Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore today at a Broadcasting Press Guild event in London. Several other announcements were also made (see below).
Writer Thorne is known for shows such as BBC fantasy series His Dark Materials, Channel 4 Covid-19 drama Help, Shane Meadows’ This is England and Netflix series The Eddy, feature films Wonder and Enola Holmes and theater productions including Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Golding’s 1954 novel tells the story...
This marks the first time the novel will be made for television, though there have been two feature film adaptations — the first Peter Brook’s 1963 movie and the second made in 1990 by Harry Hook (above).
Sex Education producer Eleven is attached to make The BBC’s series, which was unveiled by BBC Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore today at a Broadcasting Press Guild event in London. Several other announcements were also made (see below).
Writer Thorne is known for shows such as BBC fantasy series His Dark Materials, Channel 4 Covid-19 drama Help, Shane Meadows’ This is England and Netflix series The Eddy, feature films Wonder and Enola Holmes and theater productions including Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Golding’s 1954 novel tells the story...
- 4/20/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
There will be spoilers for "Star Wars: The Mandalorian" Chapter 21 - The Pirate
In the latest episode of "The Mandalorian," Chapter 21 - "The Pirate," a choice is brought before the Mandalorians hiding in their secret covert. Captain Carson Teva has tracked them down and given them information about the plight of Greef Karga and the people on Nevarro, under attack by Gorian Shard, the Pirate King. Din Djarin feels honor-bound to go back and help, but he needs help. Accordingly, he's given a chance to address the other members of the covert to see if they would be willing to risk themselves to help.
As the Mandalorians debate this in their secret cavern, each speaker is handed the Armorer's gravity hammer when it's their turn to speak. They respect the honor of the hammer and listen attentively to whoever wields it. This same concept actually has a long history in...
In the latest episode of "The Mandalorian," Chapter 21 - "The Pirate," a choice is brought before the Mandalorians hiding in their secret covert. Captain Carson Teva has tracked them down and given them information about the plight of Greef Karga and the people on Nevarro, under attack by Gorian Shard, the Pirate King. Din Djarin feels honor-bound to go back and help, but he needs help. Accordingly, he's given a chance to address the other members of the covert to see if they would be willing to risk themselves to help.
As the Mandalorians debate this in their secret cavern, each speaker is handed the Armorer's gravity hammer when it's their turn to speak. They respect the honor of the hammer and listen attentively to whoever wields it. This same concept actually has a long history in...
- 3/29/2023
- by Bryan Young
- Slash Film
When William Golding published his groundbreaking 1954 novel Lord of the Flies, it was described, in a contemporary review, as “not only a first-rate adventure but a parable of our times”. It’s testament, then, to how little our collective psychology has evolved in nearly 70 years, that Yellowjackets, Paramount Plus’s unmasking of the dark recesses of the human mind, could be talked of in almost the same terms. Adventure meets social satire, presented in neatly digestible chunks.
This second season continues with the same time split as its predecessor. In the late 1990s, a group of high-school football stars fight for survival in the harsh Canadian wilderness, while, in the present day, the survivors of that traumatic plane crash reckon with what it took to survive. By now we know the protagonists: Shauna, Taissa (Jasmin Savoy Brown/Tawny Cypress), Natalie (Sophie Thatcher/Juliette Lewis), and Misty (Sammi Hanratty/Christina Ricci...
This second season continues with the same time split as its predecessor. In the late 1990s, a group of high-school football stars fight for survival in the harsh Canadian wilderness, while, in the present day, the survivors of that traumatic plane crash reckon with what it took to survive. By now we know the protagonists: Shauna, Taissa (Jasmin Savoy Brown/Tawny Cypress), Natalie (Sophie Thatcher/Juliette Lewis), and Misty (Sammi Hanratty/Christina Ricci...
- 3/24/2023
- by Nick Hilton
- The Independent - TV
Actress Rhea Seehorn discusses a few of her favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Swimmer (1968)
Linoleum (2023)
Close Encounters of The Third Kind (1977)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
The Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)
Glengarry Glenn Ross (1992)
Short Cuts (1993)
Lars And The Real Girl (2007)
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Breaking The Waves (1996)
Sound Of Metal (2020)
Starman (1984)
The Worst Person In The World (2021)
Beatriz At Dinner (2017)
Frida (2002)
The Shape Of Water (2017)
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Nightmare Alley (2021)
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)
The Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)
The Lobster (2015)
Delicatessen (1992)
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
The Favourite (2018)
World’s Greatest Dad (2009)
Birdman (2014)
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
The Stepford Wives (2004)
Triangle Of Sadness (2022)
Get Out (2017)
Nope (2022)
Brazil (1985)
Safe (1995)
Withnail & I (1987)
The Fisher King (1991)
Regarding Henry (1990)
Lost in La Mancha (2002)
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Swimmer (1968)
Linoleum (2023)
Close Encounters of The Third Kind (1977)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
The Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)
Glengarry Glenn Ross (1992)
Short Cuts (1993)
Lars And The Real Girl (2007)
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Breaking The Waves (1996)
Sound Of Metal (2020)
Starman (1984)
The Worst Person In The World (2021)
Beatriz At Dinner (2017)
Frida (2002)
The Shape Of Water (2017)
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Nightmare Alley (2021)
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)
The Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)
The Lobster (2015)
Delicatessen (1992)
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
The Favourite (2018)
World’s Greatest Dad (2009)
Birdman (2014)
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
The Stepford Wives (2004)
Triangle Of Sadness (2022)
Get Out (2017)
Nope (2022)
Brazil (1985)
Safe (1995)
Withnail & I (1987)
The Fisher King (1991)
Regarding Henry (1990)
Lost in La Mancha (2002)
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote...
- 3/7/2023
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Rihanna revealed her second pregnancy in the most Rihanna way possible: floating atop a platform in the sky while headlining the Super Bowl Lvii Halftime Show. She made history Sunday night as the first pregnant woman to perform for the high-profile halftime show – and, of course, she absolutely broke the Internet along the way.
But nothing held the singer back, as Rihanna cradled her second baby bump, danced and belted out hit after hit, opening with “Bitch Better Have My Money,” before moving on to her long list of chart toppers, like “Rude Boy,” “Work,” “Umbrella,” and “Only Girl (In the World).”
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Rihanna Shines Brighter Than Ever at Super Bowl Halftime Show
Most fans marveled at the singer’s ability to deliver a show-stopping performance while pregnant.
Okay. @rihanna Did That Shit! I don’t even have words for epic that was and While She Is Pregnant?!!! I...
But nothing held the singer back, as Rihanna cradled her second baby bump, danced and belted out hit after hit, opening with “Bitch Better Have My Money,” before moving on to her long list of chart toppers, like “Rude Boy,” “Work,” “Umbrella,” and “Only Girl (In the World).”
Also Read:
Rihanna Shines Brighter Than Ever at Super Bowl Halftime Show
Most fans marveled at the singer’s ability to deliver a show-stopping performance while pregnant.
Okay. @rihanna Did That Shit! I don’t even have words for epic that was and While She Is Pregnant?!!! I...
- 2/13/2023
- by Aarohi Sheth
- The Wrap
Paul Tremblay’s novel The Cabin at the End of the World feels like the perfect source material for an M. Night Shyamalan film. The story of an isolated cabin housing an apocalyptic choice seems well-suited for a director who has built his name with intimate stories that shake the foundations of everything we know.
Tremblay’s novel follows Andrew (Ben Aldridge) and Eric (Jonathan Groff), a couple vacationing with their daughter Wen (Kristen Cui) at a Pennsylvania lake house when a knock at their door pits their family’s survival against the continuation of humanity. Four strangers, Leonard (Dave Bautista), Sabrina (Nikki Amuka-Bird), Adriane (Abby Quinn), and Redmond (Rupert Grint) have come to present them with a choice: choose and kill a member of their family or unleash the apocalypse.
A significant amount of marketing for Shyamalan’s adaptation of the book, titled Knock at the Cabin, has been...
Tremblay’s novel follows Andrew (Ben Aldridge) and Eric (Jonathan Groff), a couple vacationing with their daughter Wen (Kristen Cui) at a Pennsylvania lake house when a knock at their door pits their family’s survival against the continuation of humanity. Four strangers, Leonard (Dave Bautista), Sabrina (Nikki Amuka-Bird), Adriane (Abby Quinn), and Redmond (Rupert Grint) have come to present them with a choice: choose and kill a member of their family or unleash the apocalypse.
A significant amount of marketing for Shyamalan’s adaptation of the book, titled Knock at the Cabin, has been...
- 2/6/2023
- by Jenn Adams
- bloody-disgusting.com
Season 2 of “Ginny & Georgia” is back and better than ever with a bevy of pop culture references and a killer soundtrack. Ginny’s love of literature, reading and writing was established in Season 1, and references to classic books and authors continue to thread through the show’s sophomore season.
As Ginny continues to unravel the layers of her mother Georgia’s (Brianne Howey) past, she still has to deal with an out-of-touch English professor who doesn’t exactly grasp the benefits of a diverse literary canon. Ginny’s bedroom is stocked full of classic and colorful book spines. Her dad Zion (Nathan Mitchell) also references a lot of literary figures.
Ginny’s English teacher Mr. Gitten (Johnathan Potts) challenges her to select a book to present for her AP English class; her selection should, in his words, be “anything that encompasses the Black experience in America.” The three options...
As Ginny continues to unravel the layers of her mother Georgia’s (Brianne Howey) past, she still has to deal with an out-of-touch English professor who doesn’t exactly grasp the benefits of a diverse literary canon. Ginny’s bedroom is stocked full of classic and colorful book spines. Her dad Zion (Nathan Mitchell) also references a lot of literary figures.
Ginny’s English teacher Mr. Gitten (Johnathan Potts) challenges her to select a book to present for her AP English class; her selection should, in his words, be “anything that encompasses the Black experience in America.” The three options...
- 1/14/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
With the release of “Yellowjackets” Season 2 on the horizon, Showtime dropped an official teaser that offers a glimpse at the horrors in store for the Wiskayok High School women’s soccer team.
The preview presents a first look at “Lord of the Rings” star Elijah Wood as a citizen detective named Walter, who is confirmed to join the series for a season-long guest arc.
“Kidnapping, cults, death… your friendships are a little more complicated than most,” Wood’s character tells Misty in the teaser, as clips from the upcoming season flash across the screen.
Derived from William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies,” “Yellowjackets” similarly exposes an innate human capacity for brutality: when a plane crash on the way to the 1996 nationals leaves the high school athletes stranded in the wilderness, it’s not long before their primal instincts kick in as a mode of survival. As the show flips...
The preview presents a first look at “Lord of the Rings” star Elijah Wood as a citizen detective named Walter, who is confirmed to join the series for a season-long guest arc.
“Kidnapping, cults, death… your friendships are a little more complicated than most,” Wood’s character tells Misty in the teaser, as clips from the upcoming season flash across the screen.
Derived from William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies,” “Yellowjackets” similarly exposes an innate human capacity for brutality: when a plane crash on the way to the 1996 nationals leaves the high school athletes stranded in the wilderness, it’s not long before their primal instincts kick in as a mode of survival. As the show flips...
- 1/13/2023
- by Katie Reul
- Variety Film + TV
“Yellowjackets” is going to get even wilder in season 2.
The popular Showtime thriller is still in production, but star Sophie Nélisse says that the new season will be unlike anything before.
In the lead-up to season 2, the show held a viewing of the season 1 finale at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood on Dec. 1 with a Q&a session with some of the cast. The actress shared her shocked reaction to filming the anticipated new season.
“There’s scenes in Season 2 that are graphic, to say the least, and I remember just doing it, and [the cast] all sat and looked at each other, and we were like ‘What the f–k are we doing. Like, literally, what the f–k are we doing?'” Nélisse said, via Variety. “You’ll look at it, and you’ll understand, but I don’t think you’ve ever seen such a scene in TV before.
The popular Showtime thriller is still in production, but star Sophie Nélisse says that the new season will be unlike anything before.
In the lead-up to season 2, the show held a viewing of the season 1 finale at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood on Dec. 1 with a Q&a session with some of the cast. The actress shared her shocked reaction to filming the anticipated new season.
“There’s scenes in Season 2 that are graphic, to say the least, and I remember just doing it, and [the cast] all sat and looked at each other, and we were like ‘What the f–k are we doing. Like, literally, what the f–k are we doing?'” Nélisse said, via Variety. “You’ll look at it, and you’ll understand, but I don’t think you’ve ever seen such a scene in TV before.
- 12/3/2022
- by Anita Tai
- ET Canada
Production for the second season of Showtime’s “Yellowjackets” is well underway, and series regular Sophie Nélisse says brace for Showtime’s breakout thriller hit to get far more graphic and disturbing. And she knows that’s a lofty feat, considering the series opened with a gruesome cannibal sequence.
In anticipation of the show’s upcoming return, expected to air in early 2023, “Yellowjackets” held a screening of its Season 1 finale at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood on Dec. 1, followed by a Q&a session moderated by Variety’s Senior Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Stars Christina Ricci, Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis, Sophie Nélisse and Sophie Thatcher all hit the stage to breakdown the show’s inaugural run — and set the stage for what’s next.
“There’s scenes in Season 2 that are graphic, to say the least, and I remember just doing it, and [the cast] all sat and looked at each other,...
In anticipation of the show’s upcoming return, expected to air in early 2023, “Yellowjackets” held a screening of its Season 1 finale at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood on Dec. 1, followed by a Q&a session moderated by Variety’s Senior Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Stars Christina Ricci, Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis, Sophie Nélisse and Sophie Thatcher all hit the stage to breakdown the show’s inaugural run — and set the stage for what’s next.
“There’s scenes in Season 2 that are graphic, to say the least, and I remember just doing it, and [the cast] all sat and looked at each other,...
- 12/3/2022
- by Katie Reul
- Variety Film + TV
The timeline of George Miller's "Mad Max" feature films is a curious one, if it even exists at all. The 1979 original, "Mad Max," takes place in a dystopian near future where oil shortages have kicked off a global spate of lawlessness. Cities are still standing, but society is in the midst of collapsing. In 1981's "Mad Max 2" (released as "The Road Warrior" in the United States), society seems to have fully collapsed. Not just collapsed, but some unnamed cataclysm has wiped out most of the world's population and left the surface of the planet a desert wasteland. Only two years had elapsed since the first movie, but decades worth of damage appear to have been done. One does not join a gang of bondage-gear-enthusiast wasteland lords in only two years.
In 1985, "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome" depicted a world where a rudimentary society had already been rebuilt, and the...
In 1985, "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome" depicted a world where a rudimentary society had already been rebuilt, and the...
- 10/8/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
In the Stone Age horror movie “The Origin,” a tribe of starving homo sapiens must fight for survival in early Britain. It’s a film set 45,000 years ago, but its message about humanity — told through a genre lens — is as dark as it is timeless.
Directed by Scottish helmer Andrew Cumming and written by Ruth Greenberg (“The Spark”) in both of their feature debuts, the film — produced by “Saint Maud’s” Oliver Kassman — is launching at the BFI London Film Festival on Thursday with three sold-out screenings.
Shot on location in 2020 in the Scottish Highlands, the story follows a group of early humans looking for food and shelter in a new land. They subscribe to their leader’s promise of a better life, but find themselves in a dangerous terrain, where they’re preyed upon by a supernatural force. The cast includes Safia Oakley-Green, Kit Young and Chuku Modu.
One...
Directed by Scottish helmer Andrew Cumming and written by Ruth Greenberg (“The Spark”) in both of their feature debuts, the film — produced by “Saint Maud’s” Oliver Kassman — is launching at the BFI London Film Festival on Thursday with three sold-out screenings.
Shot on location in 2020 in the Scottish Highlands, the story follows a group of early humans looking for food and shelter in a new land. They subscribe to their leader’s promise of a better life, but find themselves in a dangerous terrain, where they’re preyed upon by a supernatural force. The cast includes Safia Oakley-Green, Kit Young and Chuku Modu.
One...
- 10/6/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
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French author Annie Ernaux, whose autobiography Happening was adapted for the screen by director Audrey Diwan as the abortion drama under the same name that earned the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival 2021, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Swedish Academy unveiled the honoree Thursday, lauding her for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots and collective restraints of personal memory.” Her other books include The Years and Getting Lost.
Ernaux “was born in 1940 and grew up in the small town of Yvetot in Normandy, where her parents had a combined grocery store and café,” the Swedish Academy noted. “Her path to authorship was long and arduous.”
The honor is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in 1895. The others are prizes in chemistry, physics and medicine,...
French author Annie Ernaux, whose autobiography Happening was adapted for the screen by director Audrey Diwan as the abortion drama under the same name that earned the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival 2021, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Swedish Academy unveiled the honoree Thursday, lauding her for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots and collective restraints of personal memory.” Her other books include The Years and Getting Lost.
Ernaux “was born in 1940 and grew up in the small town of Yvetot in Normandy, where her parents had a combined grocery store and café,” the Swedish Academy noted. “Her path to authorship was long and arduous.”
The honor is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in 1895. The others are prizes in chemistry, physics and medicine,...
- 10/6/2022
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It is unfortunate that comparisons to Starship Troopers (1997) will plague the new science fiction film Voyagers, as the two films are indelibly dissimilar. While Paul Verhoeven’s film was an intentionally over-the-top examination of the dystopian worldview that the novel’s author, Robert A. Heinlein, saw as the inevitable outcome of human evolution, Voyagers is more of a slow-burn think piece that attempts to re-envision Lord of the Flies by William Golding as a sort of teen-centric adventure story that manages to remain engaging and somewhat entertaining throughout.
It is 2063, and the Earth is in imminent peril. Life will soon be unsustainable on the planet. The solution that is devised to ensure the survival of the human race involves hurling a couple dozen specifically bred and trained children across the cosmos to colonize a planet similar to Earth. Accompanying the children on this journey is the scientist in charge of the mission,...
It is 2063, and the Earth is in imminent peril. Life will soon be unsustainable on the planet. The solution that is devised to ensure the survival of the human race involves hurling a couple dozen specifically bred and trained children across the cosmos to colonize a planet similar to Earth. Accompanying the children on this journey is the scientist in charge of the mission,...
- 4/9/2021
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Neil Burger’s sci-fi thriller “Voyagers” follows a team of hormonal, interplanetary teenage explorers as they slowly shed their civilized veneers and take a walk on the primal side.
The film unfolds almost entirely on a shuttle barreling through the deepest recesses of space, with its young crew tasked with a multi-generational mission to colonize a distant world. That premise has drawn comparisons to William Golding’s seminal 1954 novel “Lord of the Flies,” and the similarities between the book and film is one that Burger readily acknowledges and embraces. The film was conceived and shot before Covid, but the feelings of isolation and hopelessness that the characters experience and the paranoia that seizes hold of the crew is instantly recognizable for moviegoers who have spent the last year in semi-lockdown.
“Voyagers,” which stars Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp, Fionn Whitehead and (as the only adult in the room) Colin Farrell, opens on Friday.
The film unfolds almost entirely on a shuttle barreling through the deepest recesses of space, with its young crew tasked with a multi-generational mission to colonize a distant world. That premise has drawn comparisons to William Golding’s seminal 1954 novel “Lord of the Flies,” and the similarities between the book and film is one that Burger readily acknowledges and embraces. The film was conceived and shot before Covid, but the feelings of isolation and hopelessness that the characters experience and the paranoia that seizes hold of the crew is instantly recognizable for moviegoers who have spent the last year in semi-lockdown.
“Voyagers,” which stars Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp, Fionn Whitehead and (as the only adult in the room) Colin Farrell, opens on Friday.
- 4/8/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Neil Burger only directed the first installment of the ill-fated “Divergent” series before moving on to more lucrative problems, but his latest film — a self-generated story that re-stages “Lord of the Flies” on a cramped spaceship full of horny teens — suggests an enduring fascination with the same kind of YA futurism that was all the rage back when Lionsgate was hoping to make Beatrice Prior into the next Katniss Everdeen. Between its dystopian overtures, antiseptic white sets, and diverse-ish cast of talented young actors forced to subsume their colorful screen personas into embryonic characters whose dialogue is limited to lines like “what does it feel like to feel something?,”
For better or worse, Burger knows it doesn’t have to. The middling but enjoyable “Voyagers” is meant to be a timeless parable about the primitive essence of human nature; if its space-age shenanigans are broadly identical to the beats of...
For better or worse, Burger knows it doesn’t have to. The middling but enjoyable “Voyagers” is meant to be a timeless parable about the primitive essence of human nature; if its space-age shenanigans are broadly identical to the beats of...
- 4/7/2021
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Network: Netflix.
Episodes: 10 (hour).
Seasons: One.
TV show dates: May 10, 2019.
Series status: Cancelled.
Performers include: Rachel Keller, Kathryn Newton, Alex Fitzalan, Kristine Froseth, Jacques Colimon, Sean Berdy, Toby Wallace, Gideon Adlon, Olivia DeJonge, Alex MacNicoll, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Jose Julian, Salena Qureshi, Jack Mulhern, and Grace Victoria Cox.
TV show description:
From creator Christopher Keyser, The Society TV show is a modern retelling of William Golding's Lord of the Flies. The mystery drama centers on high school students from an affluent New England town and what happens to them when they are suddenly, utterly on their own. Read More…...
Episodes: 10 (hour).
Seasons: One.
TV show dates: May 10, 2019.
Series status: Cancelled.
Performers include: Rachel Keller, Kathryn Newton, Alex Fitzalan, Kristine Froseth, Jacques Colimon, Sean Berdy, Toby Wallace, Gideon Adlon, Olivia DeJonge, Alex MacNicoll, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Jose Julian, Salena Qureshi, Jack Mulhern, and Grace Victoria Cox.
TV show description:
From creator Christopher Keyser, The Society TV show is a modern retelling of William Golding's Lord of the Flies. The mystery drama centers on high school students from an affluent New England town and what happens to them when they are suddenly, utterly on their own. Read More…...
- 8/25/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Christopher Keyser, who created “The Society,” found out Thursday that Netflix was suddenly pulling the plug on his show. The streamer, which also canceled “I Am Not Okay With This,” released a statement Friday saying, “We’re disappointed to have to make these decisions due to circumstances created by Covid.”
“We spent the last bunch of months getting ready to go back again, dealing with all the Covid protocols,” Keyser told Variety Monday. “And then I got a call from Netflix saying, ‘We have made this decision.’ It was obviously pretty upsetting and abrupt.” Keyser, whose credits include co-creating “Party of Five,” said he and co-executive producer Pavlina Hatoupis spent the rest of Thursday and Friday calling the cast and crew preparing them before the news broke.
“The Society” premiered on Netflix in May 2019. The show is about a group of high-school students from an affluent (and fictional) Connecticut town called West Ham,...
“We spent the last bunch of months getting ready to go back again, dealing with all the Covid protocols,” Keyser told Variety Monday. “And then I got a call from Netflix saying, ‘We have made this decision.’ It was obviously pretty upsetting and abrupt.” Keyser, whose credits include co-creating “Party of Five,” said he and co-executive producer Pavlina Hatoupis spent the rest of Thursday and Friday calling the cast and crew preparing them before the news broke.
“The Society” premiered on Netflix in May 2019. The show is about a group of high-school students from an affluent (and fictional) Connecticut town called West Ham,...
- 8/25/2020
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
Here Piggy, Piggy, Piggy! Odds are that you either read Lord of the Flies in grade school or you are familiar with the title. The story tells of a group of World War II era pre-teens who are marooned on an island and succumb to their animalistic instincts. Adapted a couple of times for the big screen, the brutal novel by author William Golding has become a modern masterpiece. But, while…...
- 5/22/2020
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: The Revenant and 12 Years A Slave producer-financier New Regency looks to have come out on top in the heated contest for screen rights to the remarkable true story of a group of boys who survived for more than a year on a deserted Pacific island.
We understand a low seven-figure deal is in final negotiations and the project will be lined up as a feature film. The firm was understood to be chasing life and book rights. UK outfit The Agency has been handling the sale.
Dubbed ‘the real Lord Of The Flies‘, the story exploded after being published by the Guardian last week in their preview of historian and author Rutger Bregman’s new book Humankind.
As we reported on Monday, a collection of top studios and producers were in the mix for this one so it’s a coup for New Regency, who this week was...
We understand a low seven-figure deal is in final negotiations and the project will be lined up as a feature film. The firm was understood to be chasing life and book rights. UK outfit The Agency has been handling the sale.
Dubbed ‘the real Lord Of The Flies‘, the story exploded after being published by the Guardian last week in their preview of historian and author Rutger Bregman’s new book Humankind.
As we reported on Monday, a collection of top studios and producers were in the mix for this one so it’s a coup for New Regency, who this week was...
- 5/22/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman and Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Film and TV producers are chasing hard to win screen rights to the remarkable true story of a group of boys who survived for more than a year on a deserted Pacific island.
Dubbed ‘the real Lord Of The Flies‘, the story has exploded since being published by the Guardian last week in their preview of historian and author Rutger Bregman’s uplifting book Humankind, which is published in the UK today.
The narrative follows how in 1965 six friends, teenagers bored with their life at a boarding school on the Pacific island of Tonga, stole a fishing boat and set off on an adventure. A massive storm destroyed their vessel and after eight days drifting on the open waters, they washed up on a remote, uninhabited island. Marooned there, the boys overcame incredible adversity, largely through team work, ingenuity and resolve. Unlike William Golding’s classic tale of savagery,...
Dubbed ‘the real Lord Of The Flies‘, the story has exploded since being published by the Guardian last week in their preview of historian and author Rutger Bregman’s uplifting book Humankind, which is published in the UK today.
The narrative follows how in 1965 six friends, teenagers bored with their life at a boarding school on the Pacific island of Tonga, stole a fishing boat and set off on an adventure. A massive storm destroyed their vessel and after eight days drifting on the open waters, they washed up on a remote, uninhabited island. Marooned there, the boys overcame incredible adversity, largely through team work, ingenuity and resolve. Unlike William Golding’s classic tale of savagery,...
- 5/18/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Director Luca Guadagnino has added yet another project to his packed slate of upcoming films and television. According to Variety, the Academy Award-nominated “Call Me By Your Name” and “I Am Love” filmmaker is now set to helm a retelling of “Scarface” for Universal Pictures. The script for this latest version comes from Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, working from earlier drafts by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer (the “Miss Bala” remake), Jonathan Herman (“Straight Outta Compton”), and Paul Attanasio (“Quiz Show”).
The mythic crime story of Scarface has been told many a time in cinema, from the 1932 Howard Hawks original starring Paul Muni, to Brian De Palma’s lurid Miami-set take, from 1983, with Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer. Guadagnino’s version will reportedly be a reimagining of the original immigrant narrative established in both those films, and this time will be set in Los Angeles.
This is not Guadagnino’s first dip into remake territory,...
The mythic crime story of Scarface has been told many a time in cinema, from the 1932 Howard Hawks original starring Paul Muni, to Brian De Palma’s lurid Miami-set take, from 1983, with Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer. Guadagnino’s version will reportedly be a reimagining of the original immigrant narrative established in both those films, and this time will be set in Los Angeles.
This is not Guadagnino’s first dip into remake territory,...
- 5/14/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
William Golding’s 1954 novel Lord of the Flies has seen a handful of adaptations over the years, with the most recent being back in 1990. The classic story has influenced countless other stories about groups of misfits, and now it will be adapted for a new generation at Warner Bros. Pictures with a best-selling young […]
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- 4/27/2020
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
Does Luca Guadagnino ever sleep? The Italian filmmaker released back-to-back arthouse favorites “Call Me by Your Name” and “Suspiria” in 2017 and 2018, launched the short film “The Staggering Girl” at Cannes in 2019, and he’s also working on an adaptation of William Golding’s AP English staple, “Lord of the Flies.” That’s not to mention his miniseries “We Are Who We Are” in the works, plus a sequel to “Call Me By Your Name,” and a long-rumored big-screen imagining of Bob Dylan’s iconic breakup album, “Blood on the Tracks.”
In the latest news on the front of “Lord of the Flies,” which Guadagnino is set up to direct for Warner Bros., the film has landed young-adult novelist and “A Monster Calls” scribe Patrick Ness as the screenwriter. There were previously talks of a gender-bent production, swapping in a group of school girls for the boys in the 1954 novel who,...
In the latest news on the front of “Lord of the Flies,” which Guadagnino is set up to direct for Warner Bros., the film has landed young-adult novelist and “A Monster Calls” scribe Patrick Ness as the screenwriter. There were previously talks of a gender-bent production, swapping in a group of school girls for the boys in the 1954 novel who,...
- 4/25/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Patrick Ness, the author of the Ya best-sellers Chaos Walking and A Monster Calls, has been tapped to adapt Lord of the Flies for Warner Bros.
Call Me by Your Name director Luca Guadagnino is on board to helm the adaptation and produce with producing partner Marco Morabito. Known Universe, the production company founded by tentpole writers Lindsey Beer, Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Nicole Perlman, is also producing.
Ness will go about adapting the influential 1954 novel by William Golding that tells of a group of British boys stranded on a deserted jungle island. A dark allegory on the primal urges shallowly buried ...
Call Me by Your Name director Luca Guadagnino is on board to helm the adaptation and produce with producing partner Marco Morabito. Known Universe, the production company founded by tentpole writers Lindsey Beer, Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Nicole Perlman, is also producing.
Ness will go about adapting the influential 1954 novel by William Golding that tells of a group of British boys stranded on a deserted jungle island. A dark allegory on the primal urges shallowly buried ...
- 4/24/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Patrick Ness, the author of the Ya best-sellers Chaos Walking and A Monster Calls, has been tapped to adapt Lord of the Flies for Warner Bros.
Call Me by Your Name director Luca Guadagnino is on board to helm the adaptation and produce with producing partner Marco Morabito. Known Universe, the production company founded by tentpole writers Lindsey Beer, Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Nicole Perlman, is also producing.
Ness will go about adapting the influential 1954 novel by William Golding that tells of a group of British boys stranded on a deserted jungle island. A dark allegory on the primal urges shallowly buried ...
Call Me by Your Name director Luca Guadagnino is on board to helm the adaptation and produce with producing partner Marco Morabito. Known Universe, the production company founded by tentpole writers Lindsey Beer, Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Nicole Perlman, is also producing.
Ness will go about adapting the influential 1954 novel by William Golding that tells of a group of British boys stranded on a deserted jungle island. A dark allegory on the primal urges shallowly buried ...
- 4/24/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Here are many more movies to watch when you’re staying in for a while, featuring recommendations from Steven Canals, Larry Karaszewski, Gareth Reynolds, and Alan Arkush with special guest star Blaire Bercy from the Hollywood Food Coalition.
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Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Kung Fu Mama a.k.a. Queen of Fist (1973)
Ali: Fear Eats The Soul (1974)
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (2019)
In The Mood For Love (2000)
Hunger (2008)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Fargo (1996)
Night of the Lepus (1971)
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Soylent Green (1973)
Silent Running (1972)
Canyon Passage (1946)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
The Professionals (1966)
Ride Lonesome (1959)
Carrie (1952)
The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
Hello Down There (1969)
The Brass Bottle (1964)
The Trouble With Angels (1966)
Pollyanna (1960)
Tiger Bay (1959)
The Parent Trap (1961)
Endless Night (1972)
The Family Way (1966)
Take A Girl Like You (1970)
Freddy Got Fingered...
Please support the Hollywood Food Coalition. Text “Give” to 323.402.5704 or visit https://hofoco.org/donate!
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Kung Fu Mama a.k.a. Queen of Fist (1973)
Ali: Fear Eats The Soul (1974)
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (2019)
In The Mood For Love (2000)
Hunger (2008)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Fargo (1996)
Night of the Lepus (1971)
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Soylent Green (1973)
Silent Running (1972)
Canyon Passage (1946)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
The Professionals (1966)
Ride Lonesome (1959)
Carrie (1952)
The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
Hello Down There (1969)
The Brass Bottle (1964)
The Trouble With Angels (1966)
Pollyanna (1960)
Tiger Bay (1959)
The Parent Trap (1961)
Endless Night (1972)
The Family Way (1966)
Take A Girl Like You (1970)
Freddy Got Fingered...
- 4/10/2020
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
by Jason Adams
Let's take a break from Movie News to take a look at an exciting television project that's just been announced that's gathering together a pair of our favorite people -- Destroyer director Karyn Kusama has worked on TV before, most notably directing some of the finest episodes of the great Halt and Catch Fire, but she's about to Executive Produce and direct the pilot episode of a show for Showtime called Yellowjackets, which sounds like a Lord of the Flies and Alive riff. And taking it from merely exciting to "Put It In My Face Right Now!" is today's fresh word that Friend-of-tfe and Massively Under-appreciated Actress Melanie Lynskey is taking the lead. Says Variety:
"The project tells the story of a team of talented high school girls soccer players who survive a plane crash deep in the Ontario wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a...
Let's take a break from Movie News to take a look at an exciting television project that's just been announced that's gathering together a pair of our favorite people -- Destroyer director Karyn Kusama has worked on TV before, most notably directing some of the finest episodes of the great Halt and Catch Fire, but she's about to Executive Produce and direct the pilot episode of a show for Showtime called Yellowjackets, which sounds like a Lord of the Flies and Alive riff. And taking it from merely exciting to "Put It In My Face Right Now!" is today's fresh word that Friend-of-tfe and Massively Under-appreciated Actress Melanie Lynskey is taking the lead. Says Variety:
"The project tells the story of a team of talented high school girls soccer players who survive a plane crash deep in the Ontario wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a...
- 10/22/2019
- by JA
- FilmExperience
Film CommentaryOn the surface, 'Jallikattu' is about a village chasing a buffalo that's broken free. But beneath that, it's the near breakdown of civilisation as we know it. Sowmya Rajendran*Spoilers ahead When I was a schoolgirl, I remember a train journey when two men were fighting over a berth late at night. With utter disregard to the sleeping passengers, they kept shouting and throwing one 'challengu' after another at each other. I woke up and started giggling helplessly at the intensity of their ridiculous fight as my mother desperately tried to shush me, not wanting to anger them further. The desire to establish who's the alpha male even in the most juvenile of situations has become a subject of interest in contemporary Malayalam cinema. Starting with Maheshinte Prathikaram to the recent Kumbalangi Nights and now Jallikattu (based on a story by S Hareesh), these films break down...
- 10/21/2019
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
‘Call Me By Your Name’ and ‘Suspiria’ helmer, Luca Guadagnino, has entered into talks with Warner Bros to take over the helm of their ‘Lord of the Flies’ adaptation.
William Golding’s classic 1954 novel focuses on a group of British boys stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempt to govern themselves during a nuclear war.
Guadagnino and his producing partner Marco Morabito will produce the movie if terms are agreed upon.
Back in 2017, after Warner won the rights to adapt the story, it was widely reported that the story would take on a gender swap approach with Scott McGehee and David Siegel acting as co-directors. The very thought of a male directing team fronting an all-female lead feature led to a major backlash and the idea was subsequently dropped.
Also in news – Robert De Niro set for Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
At the time,...
William Golding’s classic 1954 novel focuses on a group of British boys stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempt to govern themselves during a nuclear war.
Guadagnino and his producing partner Marco Morabito will produce the movie if terms are agreed upon.
Back in 2017, after Warner won the rights to adapt the story, it was widely reported that the story would take on a gender swap approach with Scott McGehee and David Siegel acting as co-directors. The very thought of a male directing team fronting an all-female lead feature led to a major backlash and the idea was subsequently dropped.
Also in news – Robert De Niro set for Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
At the time,...
- 7/30/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
William Golding’s classic novel Lord of the Flies is being being adapted into a feature film again and this time it looks like it’ll be directed by Luca Guadagnino, who is best known for his work on Call Me by Your Name and Suspiria.
Lord of the Flies is a favorite book of mine and I liked both the 1963 film adaptation as well as the 1990 film. It was only a matter of time before the story got another film adaptation. Warner Bros. has been looking to get the movie off the ground since 2017.
The story follows a group of school boys who end up stranded on a deserted island and over time they descend into a savage social order. At one point, the studio had the idea of having this new adaption focus on a group of school girls, but according to the report, that plan has been...
Lord of the Flies is a favorite book of mine and I liked both the 1963 film adaptation as well as the 1990 film. It was only a matter of time before the story got another film adaptation. Warner Bros. has been looking to get the movie off the ground since 2017.
The story follows a group of school boys who end up stranded on a deserted island and over time they descend into a savage social order. At one point, the studio had the idea of having this new adaption focus on a group of school girls, but according to the report, that plan has been...
- 7/30/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Rosie Fletcher Jul 30, 2019
Luca Guadagnino's next project will be a new version of William Golding's classic nightmarish novel, Lord of the Flies.
He nailed the coming-of-age genre with Call Me By Your Name, then he veered into the world of horror with Suspiria, a remake of Dario Argento's classic giallo film about a dance academy with a very dark and gruesome secret. There really was no other logical choice then for director Luca Guadagnino than to opt to take on a new adaptation of coming-of-age story turned absolute horror show (and also religious allegory) Lord of the Flies.
According to THR, the director is in talks with Warner Bros. to take on the project, which he would also produce with his producing partner Marco Morabito. Back in 2017, there was talk of adapting William Golding's novel but gender-swapping it so it would focus on a group of school...
Luca Guadagnino's next project will be a new version of William Golding's classic nightmarish novel, Lord of the Flies.
He nailed the coming-of-age genre with Call Me By Your Name, then he veered into the world of horror with Suspiria, a remake of Dario Argento's classic giallo film about a dance academy with a very dark and gruesome secret. There really was no other logical choice then for director Luca Guadagnino than to opt to take on a new adaptation of coming-of-age story turned absolute horror show (and also religious allegory) Lord of the Flies.
According to THR, the director is in talks with Warner Bros. to take on the project, which he would also produce with his producing partner Marco Morabito. Back in 2017, there was talk of adapting William Golding's novel but gender-swapping it so it would focus on a group of school...
- 7/30/2019
- Den of Geek
Ralph, Piggy, Jack, Simon, and the rest of the characters in William Golding’s classic novel Lord of the Flies are heading for the big screen once again. The story of a power struggle on a desolate island, which has already been adapted on film multiple times, is getting a new remake at Warner Bros., and […]
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- 7/29/2019
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
A new adaptation of William Golding's classic novel "Lord of the Flies" has been in the works for several years at Warner Bros., and Variety has reported that Luca Guadagnino, director of Call Me By Your Name and Suspira, is in negotiations to direct. I'd imagine that most of us have read "Lord of the Flies" in English class at some point…...
- 7/29/2019
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Luca Guadagnino is in negotiations to direct Warner Bros.’ adaptation of the classic William Golding novel “Lord of the Flies,” an individual with knowledge of the project tells TheWrap.
If he directs, Guadagnino is also in negotiations to produce the film along with Marco Morabito. Known Universe, the production company founded by Lindsey Beer and also including Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Nicole Perlman, are in negotiations to executive produce.
No screenwriter has been set on the film yet.
“Lord of the Flies” is the story of a group of school boys who become stranded on a deserted island and over time find themselves devolving into savages of their basest nature.
Also Read: Chloe Sevigny to Star in Luca Guadagnino's HBO Drama 'We Are Who We Are'
When Warner Bros. first acquired the rights to “Lord of the Flies” back in 2017, it was announced that the project would be a gender-flipped take on the story,...
If he directs, Guadagnino is also in negotiations to produce the film along with Marco Morabito. Known Universe, the production company founded by Lindsey Beer and also including Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Nicole Perlman, are in negotiations to executive produce.
No screenwriter has been set on the film yet.
“Lord of the Flies” is the story of a group of school boys who become stranded on a deserted island and over time find themselves devolving into savages of their basest nature.
Also Read: Chloe Sevigny to Star in Luca Guadagnino's HBO Drama 'We Are Who We Are'
When Warner Bros. first acquired the rights to “Lord of the Flies” back in 2017, it was announced that the project would be a gender-flipped take on the story,...
- 7/29/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Oscar-nominated “Call Me By Your Name” and “Suspiria” director Luca Guadagnino is in negotiations to direct a new adaptation of William Golding’s classic coming-of-age novel for Warner Bros. According to Variety, Warners has been trying to mount the project since reacquiring the rights in 2017.
There have previously been talks of a gender-bent production, swapping in a group of school girls for the boys in the novel who, marooned on a desert island, unravel into savagery and madness. According to other sources, the screenplay will come from Nicole Perlman and Geneva Robertson-Dworet — scribes behind such recent action tentpoles including “Captain Marvel,” “Guardians of the Galaxy,” and “Tomb Raider.”
“Lord of the Flies” would mark the biggest scope, and presumably budget, yet for the Italian auteur who currently already has a busy slate on his hands. He’s in pre-production on the HBO miniseries “We Are What We Are,” which centers...
There have previously been talks of a gender-bent production, swapping in a group of school girls for the boys in the novel who, marooned on a desert island, unravel into savagery and madness. According to other sources, the screenplay will come from Nicole Perlman and Geneva Robertson-Dworet — scribes behind such recent action tentpoles including “Captain Marvel,” “Guardians of the Galaxy,” and “Tomb Raider.”
“Lord of the Flies” would mark the biggest scope, and presumably budget, yet for the Italian auteur who currently already has a busy slate on his hands. He’s in pre-production on the HBO miniseries “We Are What We Are,” which centers...
- 7/29/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Suspiria and Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino is reportedly in talks to direct Warner Bros’ latest take on William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, a project the studio has been trying to mount for the past two years.
There have been a couple of versions of Lord of the Flies prior: Peter Brook’s 1963 movie and Harry Hook’s 1990 film, the latter of which was rated R and grossed just under $14 million at the domestic box office.
The book follows a group of schoolboys stranded on an island. They divide into two groups and square off against each other, giving way to savagery despite their best attempts for cooler, more rational heads to prevail. Guadagnino’s version will reportedly stick to that take with a contemporary spin; no writers are attached to the project.
Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name was nominated for four Oscars,...
There have been a couple of versions of Lord of the Flies prior: Peter Brook’s 1963 movie and Harry Hook’s 1990 film, the latter of which was rated R and grossed just under $14 million at the domestic box office.
The book follows a group of schoolboys stranded on an island. They divide into two groups and square off against each other, giving way to savagery despite their best attempts for cooler, more rational heads to prevail. Guadagnino’s version will reportedly stick to that take with a contemporary spin; no writers are attached to the project.
Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name was nominated for four Oscars,...
- 7/29/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
“Call Me by Your Name” director Luca Guadagnino is in negotiations to direct Warner Bros.’ latest adaptation of William Golding’s classic novel “Lord of the Flies,” sources tell Variety.
Guadagnino and his producing partner Marco Morabito are also in negotiations to produce. Known Universe, the production company founded by Lindsey Beer, Nicole Perlman and Geneva Robertson-Dworet, is negotiations to executive produce.
Warner Bros. has been trying to get the movie off the ground since 2017, when it reacquired the rights to the novel. The studio had previously held some rights to the book, as it was Warner Bros. that most recently adapted the novel with Henry Hook’s 1990 film.
The original novel follows a group of school boys stranded on a deserted island who descend into a savage social order. When the studio reacquired all the rights in 2017, there was an idea of making it a group of school girls...
Guadagnino and his producing partner Marco Morabito are also in negotiations to produce. Known Universe, the production company founded by Lindsey Beer, Nicole Perlman and Geneva Robertson-Dworet, is negotiations to executive produce.
Warner Bros. has been trying to get the movie off the ground since 2017, when it reacquired the rights to the novel. The studio had previously held some rights to the book, as it was Warner Bros. that most recently adapted the novel with Henry Hook’s 1990 film.
The original novel follows a group of school boys stranded on a deserted island who descend into a savage social order. When the studio reacquired all the rights in 2017, there was an idea of making it a group of school girls...
- 7/29/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Call Me by Your Name director Luca Guadagnino has found his next project with Warner Bros.' adaptation of Lord of the Flies.
Guadagnino is in talks to helm the adaptation of William Golding's classic 1954 novel that centers on a group of young male boarding school students that end up stranded on an island and devolve into savages.
Known Universe, the production company founded by tentpole writers Lindsey Beer, Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Nicole Perlman, is in talks to executive produce. If the deals are made, Guadagnino and his producing partner Marco Morabito will produce the movie.
The studio previously ...
Guadagnino is in talks to helm the adaptation of William Golding's classic 1954 novel that centers on a group of young male boarding school students that end up stranded on an island and devolve into savages.
Known Universe, the production company founded by tentpole writers Lindsey Beer, Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Nicole Perlman, is in talks to executive produce. If the deals are made, Guadagnino and his producing partner Marco Morabito will produce the movie.
The studio previously ...
- 7/29/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Call Me by Your Name director Luca Guadagnino has found his next project with Warner Bros.' adaptation of Lord of the Flies.
Guadagnino is in talks to helm the adaptation of William Golding's classic 1954 novel that centers on a group of young male boarding school students that end up stranded on an island and devolve into savages.
Known Universe, the production company founded by tentpole writers Lindsey Beer, Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Nicole Perlman, is in talks to executive produce. If the deals are made, Guadagnino and his producing partner Marco Morabito will produce the movie.
The studio previously ...
Guadagnino is in talks to helm the adaptation of William Golding's classic 1954 novel that centers on a group of young male boarding school students that end up stranded on an island and devolve into savages.
Known Universe, the production company founded by tentpole writers Lindsey Beer, Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Nicole Perlman, is in talks to executive produce. If the deals are made, Guadagnino and his producing partner Marco Morabito will produce the movie.
The studio previously ...
- 7/29/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Yerin Ha.
Four months after graduating from Nida, Yerin Ha has landed her first major screen role in an ambitious Us cable series co-produced by Steven Spielberg.
The Korean-Australian actor will have an ongoing role in Halo, an adaptation of the Xbox video game which depicts a 26th Century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant.
American Gods’ Pablo Schreiber plays the lead, Master Chief, Earth’s most advanced warrior who is the only hope of salvation for a civilisation pushed to the brink of destruction by the Covenant.
Yerin is cast as Quan Ah, a shrewd, audacious 16-year-old from the Outer Colonies who meets Master Chief at a fateful time for both.
The series is produced by Showtime in partnership with 343 Industries along with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television. Production will begin in the northern autumn in Budapest, Hungary.
Showtime commissioned the nine-episode series created by Kyle Killen.
Four months after graduating from Nida, Yerin Ha has landed her first major screen role in an ambitious Us cable series co-produced by Steven Spielberg.
The Korean-Australian actor will have an ongoing role in Halo, an adaptation of the Xbox video game which depicts a 26th Century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant.
American Gods’ Pablo Schreiber plays the lead, Master Chief, Earth’s most advanced warrior who is the only hope of salvation for a civilisation pushed to the brink of destruction by the Covenant.
Yerin is cast as Quan Ah, a shrewd, audacious 16-year-old from the Outer Colonies who meets Master Chief at a fateful time for both.
The series is produced by Showtime in partnership with 343 Industries along with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television. Production will begin in the northern autumn in Budapest, Hungary.
Showtime commissioned the nine-episode series created by Kyle Killen.
- 4/17/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Welcome to Trailer Watch, a regular feature that helps put the spotlight on series that may fly under the radar in the crowded Peak TV landscape. Each installment will explain what the show is and why it looks interesting. This week it's The Society, Netflix's contemporary take on William Golding's classic novel Lord of the Flies.
It's a good time to be in the teen television business. From Stranger Things, 13 Reasons Why, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and On My Block to second-window deals for shows like Riverdale, Netflix has already had success as a platform for shows starring and aimed at young ...
It's a good time to be in the teen television business. From Stranger Things, 13 Reasons Why, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and On My Block to second-window deals for shows like Riverdale, Netflix has already had success as a platform for shows starring and aimed at young ...
- 4/13/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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